Oil & gas wells in Hayes County, NE
259 catalogued wells in Hayes County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Hayes County, Nebraska has 259 catalogued oil & gas wells: 21 active (8%), 215 plugged & abandoned (83%) and 10 documented orphans. It ranks 13th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
259
Active
21
Plugged
215
Documented orphans
10
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Hayes County?
8% of Hayes County's wells are active, 2 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 83% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. 10 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.1% across Nebraska and 4% nationally. The remaining 13 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Hayes County?
By product class, 47 of the county's wells (18%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 9 (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 Hayes County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Hayes County has the 13th-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 2nd in Nebraska.
Who operates wells in Hayes 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 Hayes County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gessleman, Carrie 1 | 26-085-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Terrell 1 | 26-085-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Beebe, Robert 1 | 26-085-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Beebe 1 | 26-085-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Buffington (Harris) 1 | 26-085-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| George Beebe 1 | 26-085-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Beebe 1 | 26-085-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Beebe, Robert 1 | 26-085-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schaffert, Eugene D 1 | 26-085-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schneider "B" 1 | 26-085-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1 | 26-085-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Altman 1 | 26-085-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Denny (Malone) 1 | 26-085-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Brenning 1 | 26-085-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Little 28-12 | 26-085-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Smith 1 | 26-085-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schneider 1 | 26-085-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Atwood 1 | 26-085-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schneider 88-1 | 26-085-05018 | Other status | Other type | — |
| School Lands 1 | 26-085-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Krejci 1 | 26-085-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fortkamp 1 | 26-085-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Broz 1 | 26-085-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McKILLIP 1 | 26-085-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Irvine 1 | 26-085-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 259 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 Hayes County, NE?
Hayes County, Nebraska has 259 catalogued oil & gas wells: 21 active, 215 plugged and 10 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Hayes County?
10 wells in Hayes County, Nebraska are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 2nd-highest count among Nebraska counties.
What share of wells in Hayes County are plugged?
215 of Hayes County's 259 catalogued wells (83%) 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); Hayes County ranks 13th with 259.
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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 Hayes County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/hayes (data as of October 10, 2026).