Oil & gas wells in Hitchcock County, NE
1,922 catalogued wells in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Hitchcock County, Nebraska has 1,922 catalogued oil & gas wells: 672 active (35%), 1,137 plugged & abandoned (59%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 9% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,922
Active
672
Plugged
1,137
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Hitchcock County?
35% of Hitchcock County's wells are active, 25 percentage points above the Nebraska share of 10%. 59% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Hitchcock County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 113 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Hitchcock County?
By product class, 772 of the county's wells (40%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 369 (19%) 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 Hitchcock County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Hitchcock County has the 4th-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 Hitchcock 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 Hitchcock County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solko 1 | 26-087-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Solko 1 | 26-087-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jankovits 1 | 26-087-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fry 1 | 26-087-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bose 1 | 26-087-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Carlson 1 | 26-087-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Albert Hedke 1 | 26-087-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| State 1 | 26-087-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| St Of Nebr "I" 1 | 26-087-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hedke, A 2 | 26-087-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Carter, Lee 1 | 26-087-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| St Of Nebraska 1 | 26-087-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lewis, M H 3 | 26-087-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lewis, M H (Elliff Unit) 1 | 26-087-05013 | Active | Oil | — |
| Lewis 2 | 26-087-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Solko 1 | 26-087-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Reiher Unit 32 | 26-087-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Newport, A O 3 | 26-087-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Roose 1 | 26-087-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wagner 1 | 26-087-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Reiher Unit 30 | 26-087-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Reiher Unit 28 | 26-087-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Reiher Unit 29 | 26-087-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Reiher Unit 31 | 26-087-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Reiher Unit 27 | 26-087-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,922 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 Hitchcock County, NE?
Hitchcock County, Nebraska has 1,922 catalogued oil & gas wells: 672 active, 1,137 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Hitchcock County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Hitchcock County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Hitchcock County are plugged?
1,137 of Hitchcock County's 1,922 catalogued wells (59%) 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); Hitchcock County ranks 4th with 1,922.
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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 Hitchcock County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/hitchcock (data as of October 10, 2026).