Oil & gas wells in Sumner County, KS
6,118 catalogued wells in Sumner County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sumner County, Kansas has 6,118 catalogued oil & gas wells: 884 active (14%), 4,633 plugged & abandoned (76%) and 65 documented orphans. It ranks 24th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
6,118
Active
884
Plugged
4,633
Documented orphans
65
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sumner County?
14% of Sumner County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 76% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 94 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 65 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 442 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sumner County?
By product class, 2,223 of the county's wells (36%) are oil wells, 330 (5%) gas wells and 483 (8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Sumner County well is 9,755 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 Sumner County compare with other Kansas counties?
Sumner County has the 24th-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 22nd in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Sumner County?
444 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Sumner County. 41% 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 Sumner County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 'A' 1 | 15-191-22338 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan-Western Petroleum, Inc. |
| Burkhart 'B' 1 | 15-191-22343 | Active | Oil | B5 Operating, LLC |
| O'Hara 12 | 15-191-22348 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Buffalo Oil & Gas, LLC |
| Andra 1-A | 15-191-22370 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Docking Development Company, LLC |
| Parry 'A' 1 | 15-191-22374 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | B5 Operating, LLC |
| Byers 'A' 1 | 15-191-22344 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Noble Petroleum, Inc. |
| Meeker 1 | 15-191-22349 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | HRF Exploration & Production, Inc. |
| M. G. Mason 1 | 15-191-22355 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Noble Petroleum, Inc. |
| Alvin 7 | 15-191-22356 | Active | Gas | Union Valley Petroleum Corporation |
| Rectifier N-3.25 | 15-191-22358 | Shut-in | Other type | ONEOK NGL Pipeline, LLC |
| Wentworth-Sundance 5 | 15-191-22361 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cyclone Petroleum, Incorporated |
| Tracy 1 | 15-191-22362 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | TRI-EX Petroleum, LP |
| McCartney 1 | 15-191-22367 | Active | Injection | Bear Petroleum, LLC |
| Alvin 8 | 15-191-22372 | Active | Oil | Union Valley Petroleum Corporation |
| Strother-Sundance 3 | 15-191-22357 | Shut-in | Gas | RedBud Oil & Gas Operating, LLC |
| Gadberry 2 | 15-191-22323 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Catron Oil Division |
| Wentworth 10 | 15-191-22335 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cyclone Petroleum, Incorporated |
| Dean C-1 | 15-191-22339 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | RedBud Oil & Gas Operating, LLC |
| Wolf 1 | 15-191-22375 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pace Exploration L.L.C. |
| Airport (Wunderlich) S Wsw | 15-191-71064 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Voils 1 | 15-191-00369 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Aufderhar 1 | 15-191-00392 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Walta 1 | 15-191-00554 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bell B Owwo 1 | 15-191-00577 | Active | Oil | Bear Petroleum, LLC |
| Creed, G. and M. 1 | 15-191-00578 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 6,118 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 Sumner County, KS?
Sumner County, Kansas has 6,118 catalogued oil & gas wells: 884 active, 4,633 plugged and 65 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sumner County?
65 wells in Sumner County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 22nd-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Sumner County are plugged?
4,633 of Sumner County's 6,118 catalogued wells (76%) 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); Sumner County ranks 24th with 6,118.
How many companies operate wells in Sumner County?
444 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Sumner 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 Sumner County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/sumner (data as of October 10, 2026).