Oil & gas wells in Arthur County, NE
30 catalogued wells in Arthur County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Arthur County, Nebraska has 30 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 28 plugged & abandoned (93%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 32nd of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
30
Active
0
Plugged
28
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Arthur County?
0% of Arthur County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 93% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Arthur County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Arthur County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1 (3%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 27% and the gas share 2%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Arthur County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Arthur County has the 32nd-most catalogued wells of the 36 Nebraska counties with at least 25. The median Nebraska county on WellCensus has 150 wells. The largest, Kimball County, has 4,891.
Who operates wells in Arthur County?
Nebraska records come from the regulator's well-location index — API number, coordinates and status — without operator names or lifecycle dates (NOGCC's free export is API + location + status symbol; the full database is a paid product).
Wells in Arthur County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson, Mrs Bradley 1 | 26-005-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hartman 1 | 26-005-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mildale 1 | 26-005-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Meyers Land And Cattle Co 1 | 26-005-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stewart, Blanche M 1 | 26-005-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Packard 1 | 26-005-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wilson 1-35 | 26-005-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Haythorne Land & Cattle Co 1 | 26-005-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1 | 26-005-05050 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Helmer Valley 1 | 26-005-21001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jensen Ranch Inc 1 | 26-005-21002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hartman, R H 1 | 26-005-21003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jensen Ranch Inc "B" 1 | 26-005-21004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wilson, C W 1 | 26-005-21005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nielson 1-15 | 26-005-21006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kramer 1-1 | 26-005-21007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cross 1-22 | 26-005-21008 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Hawkins Ranch 1-30 | 26-005-21009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Milldale Ranch Co 1-33 | 26-005-21010 | Other status | Other type | — |
| State 1-36-039 | 26-005-21011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Frye 1-11 | 26-005-21012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1-36-937 | 26-005-21013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Trenary 1-19 | 26-005-21014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Anderberg 1-14 | 26-005-21015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1-16-836 | 26-005-21016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 30 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 Arthur County, NE?
Arthur County, Nebraska has 30 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 28 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Arthur County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Arthur County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Arthur County are plugged?
28 of Arthur County's 30 catalogued wells (93%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 77% across Nebraska.
Which Nebraska county has the most oil and gas wells?
Kimball County has the most catalogued wells of any Nebraska county on WellCensus (4,891); Arthur County ranks 32nd with 30.
Nearby in the Nebraska rankings
About this data
Source: Nebraska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 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 Arthur County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/arthur (data as of October 10, 2026).