Oil & gas wells in Washington County, KS
84 catalogued wells in Washington County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Washington County, Kansas has 84 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 19 plugged & abandoned (23%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 95th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
84
Active
0
Plugged
19
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Washington County?
0% of Washington County's wells are active, 21 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 23% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 64 wells (76%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Washington County; Kansas as a whole has 10,557. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Washington County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1 (1%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Washington County well is 11,300 ft, the deepest published anywhere in Kansas. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Washington County compare with other Kansas counties?
Washington County has the 95th-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.
Who operates wells in Washington County?
5 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Washington County. 81% 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 Washington County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kohlmeyer 1 | 15-201-19000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Beikmann 1 | 15-201-19001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Carlson 1 | 15-201-19002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dohrety 1 | 15-201-19003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Strawberry 1 | 15-201-19004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sherman 1 | 15-201-19005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stamm 1 | 15-201-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Swartzfoyer 1 | 15-201-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bott 1 | 15-201-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rift 1 | 15-201-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Noel Poersch 1 | 15-201-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mann 1 | 15-201-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Noel Poersch OZ-1 | 15-201-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Noel Poersch OZ-2 | 15-201-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Helms 1 | 15-201-70006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Aubuthnot 1 | 15-201-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alliance Oil, LLC |
| Stewart 1 | 15-201-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alliance Oil, LLC |
| Beatrice A Line Mp 6.08 1 | 15-201-20009 | Shut-in | Other type | Northern Natural Gas Co. |
| M600c 2.27 | 15-201-19006 | Shut-in | Other type | Northern Natural Gas Co. |
| M600a 6.081 | 15-201-19007 | Shut-in | Other type | Northern Natural Gas Co. |
| M600a 9.70 | 15-201-19008 | Shut-in | Other type | Northern Natural Gas Co. |
| M600b 10.45 | 15-201-19009 | Shut-in | Other type | Northern Natural Gas Co. |
| M600v 12.81 | 15-201-19010 | Shut-in | Other type | Northern Natural Gas Co. |
| M600d 14.93 | 15-201-19011 | Shut-in | Other type | Northern Natural Gas Co. |
| M600c 17.68 | 15-201-19012 | Shut-in | Other type | Northern Natural Gas Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 84 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 Washington County, KS?
Washington County, Kansas has 84 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 19 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Washington County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Washington County, Kansas.
What share of wells in Washington County are plugged?
19 of Washington County's 84 catalogued wells (23%) 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); Washington County ranks 95th with 84.
How many companies operate wells in Washington County?
5 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Washington 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 Washington County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/washington (data as of October 10, 2026).