Oil & gas wells in Stafford County, KS
9,938 catalogued wells in Stafford County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Stafford County, Kansas has 9,938 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,566 active (16%), 7,933 plugged & abandoned (80%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
9,938
Active
1,566
Plugged
7,933
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Stafford County?
16% of Stafford County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 80% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 114 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 3 wells (0.0%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 322 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Stafford County?
By product class, 4,666 of the county's wells (47%) are oil wells, 247 (2%) gas wells and 670 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Stafford County well is 7,081 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 Stafford County compare with other Kansas counties?
Stafford County has the 16th-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 69th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Stafford County?
549 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Stafford County. 44% 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 Stafford County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith 1-19 | 15-185-23149 | Shut-in | Oil | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Vink 1-17 | 15-185-23150 | Active | Oil | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Wilkens 1-15 | 15-185-23151 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Klepper Sw 1 | 15-185-23098 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chew Oil and Gas Company |
| Helmer 1 | 15-185-23091 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lotus Operating Company, L.L.C. |
| Brown 2 | 15-185-11728 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Grow 'A' 3-16 | 15-185-23127 | Active | Oil | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Crawford 'A' 1 | 15-185-23128 | Active | Oil | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Dewey 1-18 | 15-185-23141 | Active | Oil | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Hufford 1-19 | 15-185-23142 | Active | Oil | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Heter 1-16 | 15-185-23130 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lebsack Oil Production Inc. |
| Hahn 2 | 15-185-70113 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Globe Operating, Inc. |
| R. C. Gates 15 | 15-185-01746 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Schlochtermeier 'B' 2-7 | 15-185-13188 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | F. G. Holl Company L.L.C. |
| Meyer 1-5 | 15-185-22839 | Other status | Other type | F. G. Holl Company L.L.C. |
| Rugan 'G' 1-2 | 15-185-23092 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | F. G. Holl Company L.L.C. |
| Bernice 1 | 15-185-23097 | Active | Oil | MAD Operators LLC |
| Young 3-19 | 15-185-23107 | Shut-in | Gas | F. G. Holl Company L.L.C. |
| Widener 4 | 15-185-23108 | Active | Oil | MAD Operators LLC |
| Keith 1 | 15-185-23109 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Widener, A.C. Farms, Inc. |
| Maxwell 2 | 15-185-23114 | Active | Oil | MAD Operators LLC |
| Shore 'A' 1-28 | 15-185-23119 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Trans Pacific Oil Corporation |
| McFarland 'A' 2-11 | 15-185-23143 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | F. G. Holl Company L.L.C. |
| Rugan 'F' 2-4 | 15-185-23144 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | F. G. Holl Company L.L.C. |
| Sleeper 'C' 1-15 | 15-185-23121 | Active | Oil | F. G. Holl Company L.L.C. |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Stafford County, KS?
Stafford County, Kansas has 9,938 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,566 active, 7,933 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Stafford County?
3 wells in Stafford County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 69th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Stafford County are plugged?
7,933 of Stafford County's 9,938 catalogued wells (80%) 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); Stafford County ranks 16th with 9,938.
How many companies operate wells in Stafford County?
549 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Stafford 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 Stafford County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/stafford (data as of October 10, 2026).