Oil & gas wells in Bates County, MO
148 catalogued wells in Bates County, Missouri, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Bates County, Missouri has 148 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 143 documented orphans. It ranks 7th of the 18 Missouri counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 4,892 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
148
Active
0
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
143
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Bates County?
0% of Bates County's wells are active, close to the Missouri share of 0%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 0% statewide and 47% nationally. 143 wells (97%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 98% across Missouri and 4% nationally. The remaining 5 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Bates 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 Bates County compare with other Missouri counties?
Bates County has the 7th-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 8th in Missouri.
Who operates wells in Bates 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 Bates County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 24-013-00001 | 24-013-00001 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00002 | 24-013-00002 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00003 | 24-013-00003 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00004 | 24-013-00004 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00005 | 24-013-00005 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00006 | 24-013-00006 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00007 | 24-013-00007 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00008 | 24-013-00008 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00009 | 24-013-00009 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00010 | 24-013-00010 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00011 | 24-013-00011 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00012 | 24-013-00012 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00013 | 24-013-00013 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00014 | 24-013-00014 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00015 | 24-013-00015 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00016 | 24-013-00016 | Other status | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00017 | 24-013-00017 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00018 | 24-013-00018 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00019 | 24-013-00019 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00020 | 24-013-00020 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00021 | 24-013-00021 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00022 | 24-013-00022 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00023 | 24-013-00023 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00024 | 24-013-00024 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-013-00025 | 24-013-00025 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 148 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 Bates County, MO?
Bates County, Missouri has 148 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 143 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Bates County?
143 wells in Bates County, Missouri are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 8th-highest count among Missouri counties.
What share of wells in Bates County are plugged?
0 of Bates County's 148 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); Bates County ranks 7th with 148.
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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 Bates County, Missouri”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/missouri/bates (data as of October 10, 2026).