Oil & gas wells in Custer County, NE
39 catalogued wells in Custer County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Custer County, Nebraska has 39 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 33 plugged & abandoned (85%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 27th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
39
Active
0
Plugged
33
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Custer County?
0% of Custer County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 85% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Custer County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 6 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Custer County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (3%) 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 Custer County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Custer County has the 27th-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 Custer 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 Custer County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mundell, Jack L, Et Al 1 | 26-041-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Horn 1 | 26-041-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Brown Et Ux 1 | 26-041-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wood, Frank G 1 | 26-041-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Weibe 1 | 26-041-05004 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Koster, John W "B" 1 | 26-041-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ostergard Et Al 1 | 26-041-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Young Et Ux 1 | 26-041-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schuster 1 | 26-041-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Horn 1 | 26-041-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gibbons 2 | 26-041-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gibbons 1 | 26-041-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wilson Et Vir 1 | 26-041-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Peterson Et Ux 1 | 26-041-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Willis 1 | 26-041-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Arnold Et Vir 1 | 26-041-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lichtenberger Et Ux 1 | 26-041-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nagel Et Ux 1 | 26-041-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hogaboom 1 | 26-041-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bartak Et Al 1 | 26-041-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Govier 1 | 26-041-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Olson 1 | 26-041-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Exploration(Strat) 6 | 26-041-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Predmore 14-11 | 26-041-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Anderson 1 | 26-041-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 39 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 Custer County, NE?
Custer County, Nebraska has 39 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 33 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Custer County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Custer County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Custer County are plugged?
33 of Custer County's 39 catalogued wells (85%) 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); Custer County ranks 27th with 39.
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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 Custer County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/custer (data as of October 10, 2026).