Oil & gas wells in Sherman County, KS
736 catalogued wells in Sherman County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sherman County, Kansas has 736 catalogued oil & gas wells: 260 active (35%), 229 plugged & abandoned (31%) and 11 documented orphans. It ranks 77th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
736
Active
260
Plugged
229
Documented orphans
11
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sherman County?
35% of Sherman County's wells are active, 14 percentage points above the Kansas share of 21%. 31% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 14 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 11 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 222 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sherman County?
By product class, 48 of the county's wells (7%) are oil wells, 289 (39%) gas wells and 5 (0.7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Sherman County well is 6,004 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 Sherman County compare with other Kansas counties?
Sherman County has the 77th-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 47th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Sherman County?
57 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Sherman County. 64% 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 Sherman County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuhlman 4-33 | 15-181-20308 | Active | Gas | Lobo Production, Inc |
| Turnour 2-4 | 15-181-20309 | Active | Gas | Lobo Production, Inc |
| Koller 2-4 | 15-181-20310 | Active | Gas | Lobo Production, Inc |
| Koller 3-4 | 15-181-20311 | Active | Gas | Lobo Production, Inc |
| Schields 4-32 | 15-181-20312 | Active | Gas | Lobo Production, Inc |
| Schields 5-32 | 15-181-20313 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lobo Production, Inc |
| Morton 3-5 | 15-181-20314 | Active | Gas | Lobo Production, Inc |
| Schields 'A' 5-32 | 15-181-20315 | Active | Gas | Lobo Production, Inc |
| Homestead 1-4 | 15-181-20317 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| Gannon 2 | 15-181-20319 | Active | Gas | Deep Rock Exploration, Inc. |
| Chambers Lilloe 1-15 | 15-181-20063 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Bergsma 1-14 | 15-181-20064 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Bergsma 2-14 | 15-181-20065 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Peters 1-22 | 15-181-20066 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Brubaker 1-14 | 15-181-20067 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Peters 1-17 | 15-181-20078 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Wright 1-8 | 15-181-20079 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Peters 1-21 | 15-181-20080 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Neil 1-28 | 15-181-20081 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Peters 1-20 | 15-181-20082 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Hendricks 1-18 | 15-181-20083 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Wright 1-16 | 15-181-20084 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Hendricks 1-6 | 15-181-20085 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Brubaker 1-9 | 15-181-20086 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Schwendener 1-25 | 15-181-20089 | Other status | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 736 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 Sherman County, KS?
Sherman County, Kansas has 736 catalogued oil & gas wells: 260 active, 229 plugged and 11 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sherman County?
11 wells in Sherman County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 47th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Sherman County are plugged?
229 of Sherman County's 736 catalogued wells (31%) 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); Sherman County ranks 77th with 736.
How many companies operate wells in Sherman County?
57 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Sherman 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 Sherman County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/sherman (data as of October 10, 2026).