Oil & gas wells in Lincoln County, NE
227 catalogued wells in Lincoln County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lincoln County, Nebraska has 227 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active (0.9%), 207 plugged & abandoned (91%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 15th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
227
Active
2
Plugged
207
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lincoln County?
0.9% of Lincoln County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 91% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.1% across Nebraska and 4% nationally. The remaining 17 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lincoln County?
By product class, 11 of the county's wells (5%) are oil wells, 7 (3%) gas wells and 4 (2%) 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 Lincoln County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Lincoln County has the 15th-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 6th in Nebraska.
Who operates wells in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterson 1 | 26-111-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State "B" 1 | 26-111-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1 | 26-111-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| O'Brien 1 | 26-111-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Doyle 1 | 26-111-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stephen Moore 1 | 26-111-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Raymond Fulk 1 | 26-111-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Simmons 1 | 26-111-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Baker 1 | 26-111-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wolfe 1 | 26-111-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McNICKLE ET UX 1 | 26-111-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1 | 26-111-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Melton Et Al 1 | 26-111-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1 | 26-111-05015 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Donald L. Melton 1 | 26-111-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Melton 1 | 26-111-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Melton 1 | 26-111-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Melton "A" 1 | 26-111-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Donald L. Melton "A" 2 | 26-111-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| M H Clemens 1 | 26-111-05021 | Other status | Other type | — |
| D C Melton 1 | 26-111-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Donald L Melton 1 | 26-111-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Donald L Melton 2 | 26-111-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Melton 1 | 26-111-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Hasenauer 1 | 26-111-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 227 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 Lincoln County, NE?
Lincoln County, Nebraska has 227 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active, 207 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lincoln County?
1 wells in Lincoln County, Nebraska are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 6th-highest count among Nebraska counties.
What share of wells in Lincoln County are plugged?
207 of Lincoln County's 227 catalogued wells (91%) 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); Lincoln County ranks 15th with 227.
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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 Lincoln County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/lincoln (data as of October 10, 2026).