Oil & gas wells in Keith County, NE
49 catalogued wells in Keith County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Keith County, Nebraska has 49 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 43 plugged & abandoned (88%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 24th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
49
Active
0
Plugged
43
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Keith County?
0% of Keith County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 88% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Keith County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 6 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Keith County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 1 (2%) gas wells and 0 (0%) 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 Keith County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Keith County has the 24th-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 Keith 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 Keith County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinrich, Samuel 1 | 26-101-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Southwell 1 | 26-101-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Welpton 1 | 26-101-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Anderson, Laurine 1 | 26-101-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Harms, William F 1 | 26-101-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Humphrey, Harold 1 | 26-101-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McLAUGHLIN 1 | 26-101-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sillasen, Andrew 1 | 26-101-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| LAKE McCONAUGHY/FELTZ 1 | 26-101-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McGINLEY, G 1 | 26-101-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Patrick 1 | 26-101-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McGINLEY LAND & CATTLE CO 1 | 26-101-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McGINLEY 1 | 26-101-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Whitetail Creek Ranch Co 1 | 26-101-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hansen 1 | 26-101-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1 | 26-101-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stuehm 1 | 26-101-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fernstrom 1 | 26-101-05020 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Ables, Laura 1 | 26-101-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jensen 1 | 26-101-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kahl 1 | 26-101-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mauser 14-5 | 26-101-05025 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Kahl 1 | 26-101-05026 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Sudman, Anna B 1 | 26-101-05078 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Feltz Et Ux 1 | 26-101-19000 | Other status | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 49 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 Keith County, NE?
Keith County, Nebraska has 49 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 43 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Keith County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Keith County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Keith County are plugged?
43 of Keith County's 49 catalogued wells (88%) 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); Keith County ranks 24th with 49.
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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 Keith County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/keith (data as of October 10, 2026).