Oil & gas wells in Morrill County, NE
1,104 catalogued wells in Morrill County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Morrill County, Nebraska has 1,104 catalogued oil & gas wells: 37 active (3%), 914 plugged & abandoned (83%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 6th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,104
Active
37
Plugged
914
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Morrill County?
3% of Morrill County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 83% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Morrill County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 153 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Morrill County?
By product class, 179 of the county's wells (16%) are oil wells, 2 (0.2%) gas wells and 72 (7%) 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 Morrill County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Morrill County has the 6th-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 Morrill 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 Morrill County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schaffert 1 | 26-123-05000 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Willson "B" 2 | 26-123-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ba-State (East Matador Unit) 1 | 26-123-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Juelfs 2 | 26-123-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Keenan 1 | 26-123-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bonner 1 | 26-123-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bonner 2 | 26-123-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| West Juelfs Unit 4 | 26-123-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Worth 1 | 26-123-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kreader 2 | 26-123-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lane 7 | 26-123-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| State "G" 2 | 26-123-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Lane 1 | 26-123-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| R Juelfs "B" 1 | 26-123-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lessman 1 | 26-123-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| E Humphrey 1 | 26-123-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| E Matador Unit 6 | 26-123-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Lewis B Willson 1 | 26-123-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cutthroat B-A State 1 | 26-123-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Juelfs "A" 1 | 26-123-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Juelfs 2 | 26-123-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1 | 26-123-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McGOWAN 1 | 26-123-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kreader 1 | 26-123-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cape, R (W Lane Unit) 4 | 26-123-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,104 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 Morrill County, NE?
Morrill County, Nebraska has 1,104 catalogued oil & gas wells: 37 active, 914 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Morrill County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Morrill County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Morrill County are plugged?
914 of Morrill County's 1,104 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); Morrill County ranks 6th with 1,104.
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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 Morrill County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/morrill (data as of October 10, 2026).