Oil & gas wells in Stanton County, KS
1,795 catalogued wells in Stanton County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Stanton County, Kansas has 1,795 catalogued oil & gas wells: 906 active (50%), 732 plugged & abandoned (41%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 59th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,795
Active
906
Plugged
732
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Stanton County?
50% of Stanton County's wells are active, 29 percentage points above the Kansas share of 21%. 41% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 74 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 81 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Stanton County?
By product class, 192 of the county's wells (11%) are oil wells, 980 (55%) gas wells and 86 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Stanton County well is 7,507 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 Stanton County compare with other Kansas counties?
Stanton County has the 59th-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 77th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Stanton County?
111 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Stanton County. 84% 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 Stanton County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tresner, Fern 1 | 15-187-30050 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Parks 'C' 1 | 15-187-30053 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mater Gas Unit 'A' 1 | 15-187-00118 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Dotzer 1 | 15-187-00322 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Winger Gas Unit 'D' 3-HI | 15-187-20767 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Shore, E. 21-11 | 15-187-20923 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pioneer Oil Company, Inc. |
| Janet Nordling 1-1432 | 15-187-20945 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harris Oil & Gas Company |
| Barber 1-111 | 15-187-20947 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harris Oil & Gas Company |
| Western Feed Yard 1-1133 | 15-187-20958 | Active | Oil | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Darrough 1-32 | 15-187-20973 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stelbar Oil Corporation, Inc. |
| Stewart 1-17 | 15-187-20838 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mustang Oil and Gas Corp. |
| Hoffman 'A' 1-25 | 15-187-20924 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McCoy Petroleum Corporation |
| Johns 'B' 2 | 15-187-20925 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McCoy Petroleum Corporation |
| P & P 2-28 | 15-187-20935 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manuel Corporation |
| Hoffman 'A' 2-25 | 15-187-20937 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | McCoy Petroleum Corporation |
| Johns 'B-D' 4 | 15-187-20938 | Active | Oil | McCoy Petroleum Corporation |
| McPherson College 'B' 1-49 | 15-187-20944 | Orphaned | Gas | Great Plains Petroleum, Inc. |
| Shore 1-31 | 15-187-20948 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Key Production Company, Inc. |
| Lucas 1-1211 | 15-187-20952 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Te-Ray Energy, Inc. |
| Cockrum 1 | 15-187-20953 | Active | Oil | Berexco LLC |
| Roger Canny 1-1533 | 15-187-20965 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mariah Operating Company, LLC |
| Beatrice 1 | 15-187-20967 | Shut-in | Gas | Berexco LLC |
| Shore 1-36 | 15-187-20974 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White, Kenneth S. |
| Jacquart 2-27 | 15-187-20977 | Active | Oil | Beren Corporation |
| Western Feed Yard 3-1333 | 15-187-20980 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wabash Production and Development, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,795 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 Stanton County, KS?
Stanton County, Kansas has 1,795 catalogued oil & gas wells: 906 active, 732 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Stanton County?
2 wells in Stanton County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 77th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Stanton County are plugged?
732 of Stanton County's 1,795 catalogued wells (41%) 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); Stanton County ranks 59th with 1,795.
How many companies operate wells in Stanton County?
111 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Stanton 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 Stanton County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/stanton (data as of October 10, 2026).