Oil & gas wells in Scott County, KS
1,507 catalogued wells in Scott County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Scott County, Kansas has 1,507 catalogued oil & gas wells: 339 active (22%), 1,030 plugged & abandoned (68%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 66th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,507
Active
339
Plugged
1,030
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Scott County?
22% of Scott County's wells are active, close to the Kansas share of 21%. 68% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 62 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 74 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Scott County?
By product class, 510 of the county's wells (34%) are oil wells, 69 (5%) gas wells and 91 (6%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Scott County well is 6,432 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 Scott County compare with other Kansas counties?
Scott County has the 66th-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 78th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Scott County?
155 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Scott County. 80% 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 Scott County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schowalter 2-12 | 15-171-20541 | Active | Oil | Abercrombie Energy, LLC |
| Schowalter 3-12 | 15-171-20542 | Active | Oil | Abercrombie Energy, LLC |
| Schowalter 5 | 15-171-20549 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wabash Energy Corporation |
| Rectifier 'Kgs-62' Na | 15-171-20553 | Other status | Other type | Koch Exploration Company |
| Feiertag 'A' 6-15 RE | 15-171-20551 | Active | Oil | Lario Oil & Gas Company |
| Schowalter 4 | 15-171-20548 | Active | Injection | Abercrombie Energy, LLC |
| Carpenter Trust 1-11 | 15-171-20558 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Abercrombie Energy, LLC |
| Hughes Unit 1-17 | 15-171-20560 | Active | Oil | Lario Oil & Gas Company |
| Koci 'A' 2 | 15-171-20546 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pickrell Drilling Company Inc |
| Schowalter 6 | 15-171-20568 | Active | Oil | Shakespeare Oil Co., Inc. |
| Janssen 1 | 15-171-20569 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L. D. Drilling, Inc. |
| Hilltop Farms 6-1 | 15-171-20389 | Other status | Other type | Sharon Resources, Inc. |
| Brookover 1 | 15-171-20022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Christy 'A' 1 | 15-171-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Intermountain Refining Co, Inc |
| Schowalter 7 | 15-171-20572 | Active | Oil | Shakespeare Oil Co., Inc. |
| Dearden 1 | 15-171-20573 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shakespeare Oil Co., Inc. |
| Akers 1 | 15-171-20328 | Other status | Other type | Fina Oil and Chemical Company |
| Feiertag 'A' 6-15 | 15-171-20471 | Other status | Other type | McCoy Petroleum Corporation |
| Boyer 1-20 | 15-171-20472 | Other status | Other type | Corsair Energy, LC |
| Strickert-Christy 2 | 15-171-20494 | Other status | Other type | Wabash Energy Corporation |
| Brower 1 | 15-171-20543 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farmer, John O., Inc. |
| Riney 2 | 15-171-20563 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Viking Resources, Inc |
| Koci 'A' 3 | 15-171-20567 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pickrell Drilling Company Inc |
| Riney Trust 1 | 15-171-20574 | Active | Oil | Ritchie Exploration, Inc. |
| Renz 1 | 15-171-20575 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Viking Resources, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,507 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 Scott County, KS?
Scott County, Kansas has 1,507 catalogued oil & gas wells: 339 active, 1,030 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Scott County?
2 wells in Scott County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 78th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Scott County are plugged?
1,030 of Scott County's 1,507 catalogued wells (68%) 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); Scott County ranks 66th with 1,507.
How many companies operate wells in Scott County?
155 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Scott 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 Scott County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/scott (data as of October 10, 2026).