Oil & gas wells in Furnas County, NE
248 catalogued wells in Furnas County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Furnas County, Nebraska has 248 catalogued oil & gas wells: 27 active (11%), 178 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 14th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
248
Active
27
Plugged
178
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Furnas County?
11% of Furnas County's wells are active, close to the Nebraska share of 10%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Furnas County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 43 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Furnas County?
By product class, 48 of the county's wells (19%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 4 (2%) 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 Furnas County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Furnas County has the 14th-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 Furnas 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 Furnas County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton 1 | 26-065-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Tombaugh 1 | 26-065-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sumner, Howard L 1 | 26-065-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| White-King 1 | 26-065-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Holtze 1 | 26-065-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Alter 1 | 26-065-05006 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Palmer 1 | 26-065-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McCLINTIC 1 | 26-065-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Smith Barker 1 | 26-065-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hosea 1 | 26-065-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hosea 1-A | 26-065-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Treat 1 | 26-065-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Duval 1 | 26-065-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Orvis 1 | 26-065-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kasson 1 | 26-065-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Johnson 1 | 26-065-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dusenberry 1 | 26-065-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Knappert 1 | 26-065-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Burke 1 | 26-065-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Palmer "A" 1 | 26-065-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cass 1 | 26-065-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Einspahr 1 | 26-065-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Franklin 1 | 26-065-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Youngquist 1 | 26-065-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Palmer 1 | 26-065-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 248 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 Furnas County, NE?
Furnas County, Nebraska has 248 catalogued oil & gas wells: 27 active, 178 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Furnas County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Furnas County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Furnas County are plugged?
178 of Furnas County's 248 catalogued wells (72%) 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); Furnas County ranks 14th with 248.
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 Furnas County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/furnas (data as of October 10, 2026).