Oil & gas wells in Harlan County, NE
173 catalogued wells in Harlan County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Harlan County, Nebraska has 173 catalogued oil & gas wells: 29 active (17%), 140 plugged & abandoned (81%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 18th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
173
Active
29
Plugged
140
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Harlan County?
17% of Harlan County's wells are active, 7 percentage points above the Nebraska share of 10%. 81% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Harlan County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 4 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Harlan County?
By product class, 71 of the county's wells (41%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 5 (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 Harlan County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Harlan County has the 18th-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 Harlan 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 Harlan County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seyler 1 | 26-083-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Seyler 1 | 26-083-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Fischer (Fischer Unit) 1 | 26-083-05002 | Active | Oil | — |
| Furse "A" (Fischer Unit) 2 | 26-083-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Seyler 1 | 26-083-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Pond 1 | 26-083-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fischer (Fischer Unit) 2 | 26-083-05006 | Active | Injection | — |
| Seyler (Fischer Unit) 2 | 26-083-05007 | Active | Oil | — |
| Thompson (Fischer Unit) 1 | 26-083-05008 | Active | Oil | — |
| Seyler 1 | 26-083-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Furse (Fischer Unit) 1 | 26-083-05010 | Active | Oil | — |
| Pond (Fischer Unit) 1 | 26-083-05011 | Active | Oil | — |
| Seyler 3 | 26-083-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Gov'T Scully (Nct-1) 1 | 26-083-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Ralston 1 | 26-083-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Drake 1 | 26-083-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Furse 2 | 26-083-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Drake 1 | 26-083-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McCLEERY 1 | 26-083-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Randall 1 | 26-083-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kemper 1 | 26-083-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Slater 1 | 26-083-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kauk "A" 2 | 26-083-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Kemper 2 | 26-083-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Melkus 1 | 26-083-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 173 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 Harlan County, NE?
Harlan County, Nebraska has 173 catalogued oil & gas wells: 29 active, 140 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Harlan County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Harlan County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Harlan County are plugged?
140 of Harlan County's 173 catalogued wells (81%) 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); Harlan County ranks 18th with 173.
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 Harlan County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/harlan (data as of October 10, 2026).