Oil & gas wells in Atchison County, MO
210 catalogued wells in Atchison County, Missouri, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Atchison County, Missouri has 210 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 210 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 18 Missouri counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 4,892 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
210
Active
0
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
210
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Atchison County?
0% of Atchison County's wells are active, close to the Missouri share of 0%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 0% statewide and 47% nationally. 210 wells (100%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 98% across Missouri and 4% nationally.
What kinds of wells are in Atchison County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 0% and the gas share 0%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Atchison County compare with other Missouri counties?
Atchison County has the 4th-most catalogued wells of the 18 Missouri counties with at least 25. The median Missouri county on WellCensus has 114 wells. The largest, Jackson County, has 1,711. By documented orphans it ranks 4th in Missouri.
Who operates wells in Atchison County?
Missouri records currently come only from the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026); the state's own registry of active and plugged wells is not yet ingested, so counts cover documented orphans only.
Wells in Atchison County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 24-005-00001 | 24-005-00001 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00002 | 24-005-00002 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00003 | 24-005-00003 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00004 | 24-005-00004 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00005 | 24-005-00005 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00006 | 24-005-00006 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00007 | 24-005-00007 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00008 | 24-005-00008 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00009 | 24-005-00009 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00010 | 24-005-00010 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00014 | 24-005-00014 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00024 | 24-005-00024 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00025 | 24-005-00025 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00026 | 24-005-00026 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00027 | 24-005-00027 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00028 | 24-005-00028 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00029 | 24-005-00029 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00030 | 24-005-00030 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00031 | 24-005-00031 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00032 | 24-005-00032 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00033 | 24-005-00033 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00034 | 24-005-00034 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00035 | 24-005-00035 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00038 | 24-005-00038 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-005-00041 | 24-005-00041 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 210 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 Atchison County, MO?
Atchison County, Missouri has 210 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 210 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Atchison County?
210 wells in Atchison County, Missouri are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 4th-highest count among Missouri counties.
What share of wells in Atchison County are plugged?
0 of Atchison County's 210 catalogued wells (0%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 0% across Missouri.
Which Missouri county has the most oil and gas wells?
Jackson County has the most catalogued wells of any Missouri county on WellCensus (1,711); Atchison County ranks 4th with 210.
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About this data
Source: 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 Atchison County, Missouri”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/missouri/atchison (data as of October 10, 2026).