Oil & gas wells in Riley County, KS
189 catalogued wells in Riley County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Riley County, Kansas has 189 catalogued oil & gas wells: 32 active (17%), 124 plugged & abandoned (66%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 86th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
189
Active
32
Plugged
124
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Riley County?
17% of Riley County's wells are active, 4 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 66% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 6 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 25 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Riley County?
By product class, 88 of the county's wells (47%) are oil wells, 2 (1%) gas wells and 6 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Riley County well is 4,439 ft, against 11,300 ft for Kansas as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Riley County compare with other Kansas counties?
Riley County has the 86th-most catalogued wells of the 104 Kansas counties with at least 25. The median Kansas county on WellCensus has 2,220 wells. The largest, Montgomery County, has 21,956. By documented orphans it ranks 80th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Riley County?
16 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Riley County. 39% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Riley County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gehrt 1 | 15-161-19029 | Active | Oil | Vess Oil Corporation |
| Yaege 9 | 15-161-19032 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Thunderbird Drilling, Inc. |
| Gehrt 6 | 15-161-19033 | Active | Injection | Vess Oil Corporation |
| Gehrt 4 | 15-161-19035 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | OXY USA Inc. |
| Gehrt 5 | 15-161-19036 | Active | Oil | Vess Oil Corporation |
| Yaege 4 | 15-161-19038 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Vess Oil Corporation |
| Yaege 5 | 15-161-19039 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | OXY USA Inc. |
| Yaege 6 | 15-161-19040 | Active | Oil | Vess Oil Corporation |
| Yaege 7 | 15-161-19041 | Active | Oil | Vess Oil Corporation |
| Yaege 8 | 15-161-19042 | Active | Oil | Vess Oil Corporation |
| Yaege 12 | 15-161-19043 | Active | Oil | Vess Oil Corporation |
| Yaege 13 | 15-161-19044 | Active | Oil | Vess Oil Corporation |
| Yaege 14 | 15-161-19045 | Active | Oil | Vess Oil Corporation |
| Yaege 15 | 15-161-19047 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Thunderbird Drilling, Inc. |
| Koepsel 1 | 15-161-19051 | Active | Oil | Vess Oil Corporation |
| 1st National Bank Of Topeka 11 | 15-161-20044 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Piqua Petro, Inc. |
| Hollen 1 | 15-161-19010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Toy 2 | 15-161-19019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Durein Estate 1 | 15-161-19066 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kaump 1 | 15-161-19004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| First National Bank 1 | 15-161-19068 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Erichsen 1 | 15-161-19018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Willig 1 | 15-161-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Miller 1 | 15-161-19013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Longren 1 | 15-161-19017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 189 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Riley County, KS?
Riley County, Kansas has 189 catalogued oil & gas wells: 32 active, 124 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Riley County?
2 wells in Riley County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 80th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Riley County are plugged?
124 of Riley County's 189 catalogued wells (66%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 55% across Kansas.
Which Kansas county has the most oil and gas wells?
Montgomery County has the most catalogued wells of any Kansas county on WellCensus (21,956); Riley County ranks 86th with 189.
How many companies operate wells in Riley County?
16 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Riley County, Kansas.
Nearby in the Kansas rankings
About this data
Source: Kansas Geological Survey well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Riley County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/riley (data as of October 10, 2026).