Oil & gas wells in Buffalo County, NE
33 catalogued wells in Buffalo County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Buffalo County, Nebraska has 33 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 32 plugged & abandoned (97%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 30th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
33
Active
0
Plugged
32
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Buffalo County?
0% of Buffalo County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 97% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Buffalo County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Buffalo 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 27% and the gas share 2%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Buffalo County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Buffalo County has the 30th-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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploration 11 | 26-019-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Robinson 1 | 26-019-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Edse 1 | 26-019-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Exploration 9 | 26-019-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pettett, J R 1 | 26-019-05004 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Broe 1 | 26-019-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Marcus 1 | 26-019-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gotobed 1 | 26-019-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Huffstutter 1 | 26-019-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Shelton 1 | 26-019-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stephens 31-16 | 26-019-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Strat Test 2 | 26-019-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Burton 1 | 26-019-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bernert, Mary 1 | 26-019-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nickel 1 | 26-019-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Strat Test 3 | 26-019-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hild, J H 1 | 26-019-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dietsch, M E 1 | 26-019-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hervert 1 | 26-019-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| R C Taylor 1 | 26-019-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Conser "A" 1 | 26-019-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Urwiller 1 | 26-019-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Swenson 1 | 26-019-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hahn "B" 1 | 26-019-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stoeger 1 | 26-019-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 33 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 Buffalo County, NE?
Buffalo County, Nebraska has 33 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 32 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Buffalo County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Buffalo County are plugged?
32 of Buffalo County's 33 catalogued wells (97%) 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); Buffalo County ranks 30th with 33.
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 Buffalo County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/buffalo (data as of October 10, 2026).