Oil & gas wells in Richardson County, NE
749 catalogued wells in Richardson County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Richardson County, Nebraska has 749 catalogued oil & gas wells: 152 active (20%), 519 plugged & abandoned (69%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
749
Active
152
Plugged
519
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Richardson County?
20% of Richardson County's wells are active, 10 percentage points above the Nebraska share of 10%. 69% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.1% across Nebraska and 4% nationally. The remaining 75 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Richardson County?
By product class, 422 of the county's wells (56%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 24 (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 Richardson County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Richardson County has the 8th-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 3rd in Nebraska.
Who operates wells in Richardson 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 Richardson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horn 1 | 26-147-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| McGINNIS-BOHRER 1 | 26-147-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bohrer 1 | 26-147-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Phillips 1 | 26-147-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lyle Wittwer 1 | 26-147-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Shellenbarger 1 | 26-147-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Horton 1 | 26-147-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Meyers 1 | 26-147-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Tieben Estate 1 | 26-147-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Meyers 1 | 26-147-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Pullman Cattle Company 1 | 26-147-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hough-Hill 1 | 26-147-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bahr 2 | 26-147-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bahr 3 | 26-147-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bahr 4 | 26-147-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bahr 5 | 26-147-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| F T Bucholtz "A" 3 | 26-147-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bohrer 2 | 26-147-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bohrer 1 | 26-147-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McGINNIS "A" 1 | 26-147-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Wiltse 1 | 26-147-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Miles "C" 1 | 26-147-00029 | Active | Oil | — |
| Miles "A" 1 | 26-147-00030 | Other status | Injection | — |
| Miles "A" 3 | 26-147-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Gerweck "B" 1 | 26-147-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 749 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 Richardson County, NE?
Richardson County, Nebraska has 749 catalogued oil & gas wells: 152 active, 519 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Richardson County?
3 wells in Richardson County, Nebraska are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among Nebraska counties.
What share of wells in Richardson County are plugged?
519 of Richardson County's 749 catalogued wells (69%) 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); Richardson County ranks 8th with 749.
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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 Richardson County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/richardson (data as of October 10, 2026).