Oil & gas wells in Garden County, NE
225 catalogued wells in Garden County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Garden County, Nebraska has 225 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active (3%), 162 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
225
Active
7
Plugged
162
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Garden County?
3% of Garden County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.1% across Nebraska and 4% nationally. The remaining 54 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Garden County?
By product class, 17 of the county's wells (8%) are oil wells, 40 (18%) gas wells and 2 (0.9%) 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 Garden County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Garden County has the 16th-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. By documented orphans it ranks 4th in Nebraska.
Who operates wells in Garden 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 Garden County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckley 1 | 26-069-05000 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Walsh 1 | 26-069-05001 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Bailey 1 | 26-069-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Putman 1 | 26-069-05003 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Beard Estate 1 | 26-069-05004 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Smith 1 | 26-069-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cabela 1 | 26-069-05006 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Paulsen 1 | 26-069-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Blanchard 1 | 26-069-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| St. Of Nebr. "H" 1 | 26-069-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clopine 1 | 26-069-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rush Creek Land & Livestock Co. 1 | 26-069-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rush Creek 1 | 26-069-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Henrickson 1 | 26-069-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Orr 1 | 26-069-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Blanchard 1 | 26-069-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rush Creek 1 | 26-069-05016 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Schmid 1 | 26-069-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rush Creek Land & Livestock Co. 18-1 | 26-069-05018 | Other status | Other type | — |
| State 16-45 | 26-069-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Laux 1 | 26-069-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Laux 1 | 26-069-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Olson 2 | 26-069-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Olson 1 | 26-069-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stevens Estate 1 | 26-069-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 225 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 Garden County, NE?
Garden County, Nebraska has 225 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active, 162 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Garden County?
2 wells in Garden County, Nebraska are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 4th-highest count among Nebraska counties.
What share of wells in Garden County are plugged?
162 of Garden County's 225 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); Garden County ranks 16th with 225.
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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 Garden County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/garden (data as of October 10, 2026).