Oil & gas wells in Douglas County, NE
25 catalogued wells in Douglas County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Douglas County, Nebraska has 25 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 3 plugged & abandoned (12%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 36th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
25
Active
0
Plugged
3
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Douglas County?
0% of Douglas County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 12% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Douglas County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 22 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Douglas 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 Douglas County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Douglas County has the 36th-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 Douglas 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 Douglas County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasshoff Farm Test 8 | 26-055-19000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Smith 1 | 26-055-19001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| M.U.D. Storage 5 | 26-055-19002 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Sorenson, Harry C 1 | 26-055-21001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ralston 2 | 26-055-50000 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Armour Co. | 26-055-50001 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Cudahy Co. | 26-055-50002 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Swift & Co. | 26-055-50003 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Union Stockyards 3 | 26-055-50004 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Glissman Farm 1 | 26-055-50005 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Alamito Dairy Leavenworth 56 | 26-055-50006 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Omaha Cold Storage | 26-055-50007 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Fairmont Creamery | 26-055-50008 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Y.M.C.A. | 26-055-50009 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Riverview Park | 26-055-50010 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Miller Park | 26-055-50011 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Union Stockyard 1 | 26-055-50012 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Union Stockyards 1 | 26-055-50013 | Other status | Other type | — |
| David Cole Creamery | 26-055-50014 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Metz Brewing Co. | 26-055-50015 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Union Pacific R.R. | 26-055-50016 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Lonergan Lake 2 | 26-055-50017 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Lonergan Lake 3 | 26-055-50018 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Union Stockyards 73-1 | 26-055-50019 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Union Stockyards 5 | 26-055-50020 | Other status | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 25 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 Douglas County, NE?
Douglas County, Nebraska has 25 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 3 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Douglas County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Douglas County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Douglas County are plugged?
3 of Douglas County's 25 catalogued wells (12%) 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); Douglas County ranks 36th with 25.
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 Douglas County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/douglas (data as of October 10, 2026).