Oil & gas wells in Russell County, KS
11,870 catalogued wells in Russell County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Russell County, Kansas has 11,870 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,595 active (22%), 8,630 plugged & abandoned (73%) and 29 documented orphans. It ranks 12th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
11,870
Active
2,595
Plugged
8,630
Documented orphans
29
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Russell County?
22% of Russell County's wells are active, close to the Kansas share of 21%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 87 wells (0.7%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 29 wells (0.2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 529 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Russell County?
By product class, 6,671 of the county's wells (56%) are oil wells, 43 (0.4%) gas wells and 1,592 (13%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Russell County well is 4,535 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 Russell County compare with other Kansas counties?
Russell County has the 12th-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 28th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Russell County?
421 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Russell 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 Russell County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Boxberger 3 | 15-167-02586 | Active | Oil | Scheck Oil Operation |
| Sam Boxberger 7 | 15-167-02623 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | J.H. R., Inc. |
| Boxberger A 9 | 15-167-02660 | Active | Oil | Owen's Pumping Service |
| Boxberger B 5 | 15-167-02664 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Owen's Pumping Service |
| Boxberger A 10 | 15-167-02668 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Owen's Pumping Service |
| Frederick Krug 'A' 10 | 15-167-02826 | Active | Oil | Fossil Creek Energy, LLC |
| Michel 4 | 15-167-05959 | Active | Injection | G L M Company |
| Boxberger B 4 | 15-167-02663 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Boxberger, Carl W. |
| Borell, E. A. 5 | 15-167-02164 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | War Cry, LLC |
| Waudby 'B' 13 | 15-167-23161 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | M.A. Yost Operations, Inc |
| Boomhower 7 | 15-167-23165 | Active | Oil | Popp Operating, Inc. |
| Miller 'D' 1 | 15-167-06752 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shields Oil Producers Inc. |
| J. Letsch 'B' 7 (Wfs 8) | 15-167-20271 | Active | Injection | Fossil Creek Energy, LLC |
| Eulert Ranch 'C' 2 | 15-167-23166 | Active | Oil | Fossil Energy, LLC |
| Betts 1 | 15-167-23180 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grady Bolding Corporation |
| Kaufman 1 | 15-167-23188 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Black Dahlia Oil & Gas Co. |
| Boomhower 9 | 15-167-23190 | Active | Oil | Popp Operating, Inc. |
| Kilian, Richard 2 | 15-167-23195 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | G L M Company |
| Eulert Ranch 'G' 1 | 15-167-23219 | Active | Oil | Fossil Energy, LLC |
| Field A 7 | 15-167-23174 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Prospect Oil & Gas Corp |
| Boomhower 6 | 15-167-23163 | Active | Oil | Popp Operating, Inc. |
| Boxberger 'A' 9 | 15-167-23204 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Vonfeldt, Alan J |
| Kaufman 2 | 15-167-23214 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Black Dahlia Oil & Gas Co. |
| Boxberger 'H' 4 | 15-167-23216 | Active | Oil | Vonfeldt, Alan J |
| Kaufman 3 | 15-167-23217 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Black Dahlia Oil & Gas Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 11,870 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 Russell County, KS?
Russell County, Kansas has 11,870 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,595 active, 8,630 plugged and 29 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Russell County?
29 wells in Russell County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 28th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Russell County are plugged?
8,630 of Russell County's 11,870 catalogued wells (73%) 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); Russell County ranks 12th with 11,870.
How many companies operate wells in Russell County?
421 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Russell 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 Russell County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/russell (data as of October 10, 2026).