Oil & gas wells in Cheyenne County, NE
3,536 catalogued wells in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cheyenne County, Nebraska has 3,536 catalogued oil & gas wells: 271 active (8%), 2,929 plugged & abandoned (83%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 2nd of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 16% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
3,536
Active
271
Plugged
2,929
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cheyenne County?
8% of Cheyenne County's wells are active, 2 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 83% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Cheyenne County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 336 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cheyenne County?
By product class, 916 of the county's wells (26%) are oil wells, 151 (4%) gas wells and 194 (5%) 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 Cheyenne County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Cheyenne County has the 2nd-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 Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meier, D "B" 1 | 26-033-05001 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Meier 1 | 26-033-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Badziong, Wm 1 | 26-033-05004 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Laaker 1 | 26-033-05005 | Other status | Other type | — |
| State Of Nebraska "B" 1 | 26-033-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stewart "A" 1 | 26-033-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| State 1 | 26-033-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1 | 26-033-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Robirds, J 2 | 26-033-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ritchie 1 | 26-033-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Robirds 5 | 26-033-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Ruhter, E 1 | 26-033-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Robirds, J 3 | 26-033-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Phelps 1 | 26-033-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Robirds 4 | 26-033-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Robirds 6 | 26-033-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| State Of Nebr 915 1 | 26-033-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| Sage-State 2 | 26-033-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Meyer, Clarence 1 | 26-033-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Chaloupka, Anna 1 | 26-033-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Robirds (Wsgp # 36) 1 | 26-033-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Olsen (Gas) 1 | 26-033-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Hiett, D P 1 | 26-033-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wilson, Eliz 1 | 26-033-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Wilson "A" 1 | 26-033-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,536 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 Cheyenne County, NE?
Cheyenne County, Nebraska has 3,536 catalogued oil & gas wells: 271 active, 2,929 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cheyenne County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Cheyenne County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Cheyenne County are plugged?
2,929 of Cheyenne County's 3,536 catalogued wells (83%) 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); Cheyenne County ranks 2nd with 3,536.
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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 Cheyenne County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/cheyenne (data as of October 10, 2026).