Oil & gas wells in Woodson County, KS
14,592 catalogued wells in Woodson County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Woodson County, Kansas has 14,592 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5,591 active (38%), 4,447 plugged & abandoned (30%) and 175 documented orphans. It ranks 6th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
14,592
Active
5,591
Plugged
4,447
Documented orphans
175
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Woodson County?
38% of Woodson County's wells are active, 17 percentage points above the Kansas share of 21%. 30% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 465 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 175 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 3,914 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Woodson County?
By product class, 9,676 of the county's wells (66%) are oil wells, 195 (1%) gas wells and 1,808 (12%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Woodson County well is 9,996 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 Woodson County compare with other Kansas counties?
Woodson County has the 6th-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 14th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Woodson County?
360 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Woodson County. 65% 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 Woodson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander B Pw-40 | 15-207-26671 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phoenix Kansas Energy, LLC |
| Alexander P-2 | 15-207-26673 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phoenix Kansas Energy, LLC |
| Murray Twins 17 | 15-207-26677 | Active | Oil | RJ Energy, LLC |
| Murray Twins 18 | 15-207-26678 | Active | Oil | RJ Energy, LLC |
| Mills 183 | 15-207-26681 | Active | Injection | Trimble & Maclaskey Oil LLC |
| Murray Twins 20 | 15-207-26691 | Active | Oil | RJ Energy, LLC |
| Murray Twins 21 | 15-207-26693 | Active | Oil | RJ Energy, LLC |
| Murray Twins 19 | 15-207-26690 | Active | Injection | RJ Energy, LLC |
| Marvin Eagle 1 | 15-207-26732 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Quest Energy Service Inc. |
| Steeby 1 | 15-207-26733 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Quest Energy Service Inc. |
| Wycoff 1 | 15-207-26755 | Orphaned | Oil | John R. Norris Enterprises |
| Nordmeyer 10 | 15-207-26756 | Active | Oil | Trimble & Maclaskey Oil LLC |
| Nelson 30 | 15-207-26521 | Active | Oil | Ron-Bob Oil LLC |
| Nelson 31 | 15-207-26522 | Active | Oil | Ron-Bob Oil LLC |
| Nordmeyer 27 | 15-207-26492 | Active | Injection | Trimble & Maclaskey Oil LLC |
| Butler Po-38 | 15-207-26566 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phoenix Kansas Energy, LLC |
| Nordmeyer 4 | 15-207-26580 | Active | Injection | Trimble & Maclaskey Oil LLC |
| Riley 3 | 15-207-19098 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Specht Farms |
| William Ireland 1 | 15-207-26758 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Quest Energy Service Inc. |
| Nordmeyer 5 | 15-207-26665 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Farthing, Mark |
| SECTION 35 was ALEXANDER 'A' PW-27 | 15-207-26666 | Active | Injection | Altavista Energy, Inc. |
| Section 35 PW-44 | 15-207-26667 | Active | Oil | Altavista Energy, Inc. |
| SECTION 35 was ALEXANDER 'A' PW-31 | 15-207-26668 | Active | Injection | Altavista Energy, Inc. |
| SECTION 35 was ALEXANDER 'A' PW-39 | 15-207-26669 | Active | Injection | Altavista Energy, Inc. |
| SECTION 35 was ALEXANDER 'B' PW-28 | 15-207-26670 | Active | Injection | Altavista Energy, Inc. |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Woodson County, KS?
Woodson County, Kansas has 14,592 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5,591 active, 4,447 plugged and 175 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Woodson County?
175 wells in Woodson County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 14th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Woodson County are plugged?
4,447 of Woodson County's 14,592 catalogued wells (30%) 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); Woodson County ranks 6th with 14,592.
How many companies operate wells in Woodson County?
360 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Woodson 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 Woodson County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/woodson (data as of October 10, 2026).