Oil & gas wells in Sheridan County, KS
1,961 catalogued wells in Sheridan County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sheridan County, Kansas has 1,961 catalogued oil & gas wells: 201 active (10%), 1,647 plugged & abandoned (84%) and 5 documented orphans. It ranks 58th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,961
Active
201
Plugged
1,647
Documented orphans
5
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sheridan County?
10% of Sheridan County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 84% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 28 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 5 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 80 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sheridan County?
By product class, 477 of the county's wells (24%) are oil wells, 4 (0.2%) gas wells and 127 (6%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Sheridan County well is 7,719 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 Sheridan County compare with other Kansas counties?
Sheridan County has the 58th-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 65th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Sheridan County?
214 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Sheridan County. 53% 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 Sheridan County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haffner 1 | 15-179-21098 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A & A Discovery, Inc |
| Desiree 1 | 15-179-21104 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Northern Lights Oil Company, LLC |
| Krannawitter 'A' 2 | 15-179-21105 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nor-West Kansas Oil, L.L.C. |
| Patmon 1 | 15-179-21107 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Castle Resources, Inc. |
| Caldwell 2 | 15-179-21108 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | A & A Production |
| Haffner 2 | 15-179-21102 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | A & A Production |
| Zeigler 6 | 15-179-21106 | Active | Oil | Farmer, John O., Inc. |
| Mosier 1 | 15-179-20307 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Schaffer Trust 1-V | 15-179-20387 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Gooding 1-V | 15-179-20388 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Gilchrist 1 | 15-179-20410 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Oelke 1 | 15-179-20436 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Boggs 1 | 15-179-20455 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Ziegler 1 | 15-179-20456 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Zerr 1 | 15-179-20464 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Reinert 1 | 15-179-20465 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Mosier 2 | 15-179-20586 | Other status | Other type | — |
| W. Hoxie Lkc P-3 | 15-179-20076 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Gore Oil Company |
| Breeden 2 | 15-179-20618 | Other status | Other type | Petroventures, Inc. |
| Breeden 4 | 15-179-20620 | Other status | Other type | Petroventures, Inc. |
| Hansen 1 | 15-179-20740 | Other status | Other type | Petroventures, Inc. |
| Slipkey 2-26 | 15-179-20784 | Other status | Other type | Beacon Exploration Company |
| Slipkey 1-26 | 15-179-20785 | Other status | Other type | Beacon Exploration Company |
| Norbert Von Lintel 'A' 1 | 15-179-20803 | Other status | Other type | Midgard Energy Company |
| Wilbur Bittel 2 | 15-179-20824 | Other status | Other type | Midgard Energy Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,961 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 Sheridan County, KS?
Sheridan County, Kansas has 1,961 catalogued oil & gas wells: 201 active, 1,647 plugged and 5 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sheridan County?
5 wells in Sheridan County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 65th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Sheridan County are plugged?
1,647 of Sheridan County's 1,961 catalogued wells (84%) 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); Sheridan County ranks 58th with 1,961.
How many companies operate wells in Sheridan County?
214 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Sheridan 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 Sheridan County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/sheridan (data as of October 10, 2026).