Oil & gas wells in Frontier County, NE
213 catalogued wells in Frontier County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Frontier County, Nebraska has 213 catalogued oil & gas wells: 14 active (7%), 185 plugged & abandoned (87%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 17th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1.0% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
213
Active
14
Plugged
185
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Frontier County?
7% of Frontier County's wells are active, 3 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 87% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Frontier County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 14 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Frontier County?
By product class, 46 of the county's wells (22%) are oil wells, 1 (0.5%) gas wells and 7 (3%) 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 Frontier County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Frontier County has the 17th-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 Frontier 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 Frontier County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn 1 | 26-063-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Foley 1-33 | 26-063-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Minnick 1 | 26-063-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hackenkamp "B" 1 | 26-063-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lashley 1 | 26-063-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Neiman 1 | 26-063-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Frontier-State 1 | 26-063-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Weskamp 1 | 26-063-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mousel 1 | 26-063-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hackenkamp 1 | 26-063-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Barnett 1 | 26-063-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wescamp 1 | 26-063-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Foley J J 1-28 | 26-063-05012 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Bortner 1 | 26-063-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hanthorn R F 1 | 26-063-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bortner 1 | 26-063-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fritzer 1 | 26-063-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Newcomb "A" 1 | 26-063-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bortner 1 | 26-063-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Allen 1 | 26-063-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Shepherd Earl 1 | 26-063-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Brown 1 | 26-063-05021 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Teel 1 | 26-063-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Swanson Fred 1 | 26-063-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lyne 1 | 26-063-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 213 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 Frontier County, NE?
Frontier County, Nebraska has 213 catalogued oil & gas wells: 14 active, 185 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Frontier County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Frontier County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Frontier County are plugged?
185 of Frontier County's 213 catalogued wells (87%) 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); Frontier County ranks 17th with 213.
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 Frontier County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/frontier (data as of October 10, 2026).