Oil & gas wells in Rush County, KS
3,234 catalogued wells in Rush County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Rush County, Kansas has 3,234 catalogued oil & gas wells: 289 active (9%), 2,657 plugged & abandoned (82%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 43rd of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.7% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
3,234
Active
289
Plugged
2,657
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Rush County?
9% of Rush County's wells are active, 12 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 82% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 72 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.0%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 215 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Rush County?
By product class, 926 of the county's wells (29%) are oil wells, 278 (9%) gas wells and 163 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Rush County well is 7,749 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 Rush County compare with other Kansas counties?
Rush County has the 43rd-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 82nd in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Rush County?
302 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Rush County. 43% 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 Rush County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertel 1 | 15-165-21716 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thoroughbred Associates L.L.C. |
| Wilson Trust 1 | 15-165-21723 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thoroughbred Associates L.L.C. |
| Hart 1 | 15-165-21729 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | TREK Resources, Inc. |
| Legleiter 'C' 2 | 15-165-21732 | Active | Injection | Elendil Resources LLC |
| Ladine 1 | 15-165-21734 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Special Energy Corp. |
| Blanche 1 | 15-165-21735 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Special Energy Corp. |
| Alex 1 | 15-165-21738 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Globe Operating, Inc. |
| Zeller 1 | 15-165-21737 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid-Continent Energy Operating Co. |
| Schneider 1 | 15-165-21740 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | TREK Resources, Inc. |
| Betty 1 | 15-165-21728 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L. D. Drilling, Inc. |
| Sloan 1 | 15-165-21736 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Castle Resources, Inc. |
| Oelkers 3 | 15-165-21739 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mai Oil Operations, Inc. |
| Stull 1 | 15-165-21741 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jason Oil Company, LLC |
| North 1 | 15-165-21742 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | TREK Resources, Inc. |
| Stull-Elliot 1 | 15-165-21743 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Saxon Oil Company |
| Lawrence 1 | 15-165-21745 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mai Oil Operations, Inc. |
| Baldwin-Littler 1 | 15-165-21746 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | TREK Resources, Inc. |
| Lohrey 1 | 15-165-20090 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Campbell 1 | 15-165-20144 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pranger 1 | 15-165-20147 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Roth 'B' 1 | 15-165-20150 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Temple 1 | 15-165-20168 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jones 1 | 15-165-20169 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Spomer 'A' 1 | 15-165-20189 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bitter B 1 | 15-165-20191 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,234 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 Rush County, KS?
Rush County, Kansas has 3,234 catalogued oil & gas wells: 289 active, 2,657 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Rush County?
1 wells in Rush County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 82nd-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Rush County are plugged?
2,657 of Rush County's 3,234 catalogued wells (82%) 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); Rush County ranks 43rd with 3,234.
How many companies operate wells in Rush County?
302 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Rush County, Kansas.
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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 Rush County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/rush (data as of October 10, 2026).