Oil & gas wells in Dundy County, NE
982 catalogued wells in Dundy County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Dundy County, Nebraska has 982 catalogued oil & gas wells: 250 active (25%), 630 plugged & abandoned (64%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 7th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
982
Active
250
Plugged
630
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Dundy County?
25% of Dundy County's wells are active, 16 percentage points above the Nebraska share of 10%. 64% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Dundy County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 102 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Dundy County?
By product class, 344 of the county's wells (35%) are oil wells, 29 (3%) gas wells and 62 (6%) 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 Dundy County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Dundy County has the 7th-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 Dundy 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 Dundy County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones 2 | 26-057-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jones 1 | 26-057-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Anderson 1 | 26-057-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Anderson 1 | 26-057-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rickard 1 | 26-057-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Rickard 1 | 26-057-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Jones Miles 2 | 26-057-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Jones Miles 1 | 26-057-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Schrader 1 | 26-057-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gottschalk 1 | 26-057-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hansen 1 | 26-057-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State Of Nebraska 1 | 26-057-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Reining 1 | 26-057-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Huey 1 | 26-057-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pierce Lake Unit Wiw 1 | 26-057-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Pierce Lake Unit 1 | 26-057-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Ham 1 | 26-057-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Vonderfecht 1 | 26-057-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pierce Lake Unit 2 | 26-057-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Ulferts 1 | 26-057-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ulferts 1 | 26-057-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dunn 1 | 26-057-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| State "B" 1 | 26-057-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Shafer 1 | 26-057-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Hendrickson 1 | 26-057-05029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 982 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 Dundy County, NE?
Dundy County, Nebraska has 982 catalogued oil & gas wells: 250 active, 630 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Dundy County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Dundy County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Dundy County are plugged?
630 of Dundy County's 982 catalogued wells (64%) 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); Dundy County ranks 7th with 982.
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 Dundy County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/dundy (data as of October 10, 2026).