Oil & gas wells in Saunders County, NE
28 catalogued wells in Saunders County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Saunders County, Nebraska has 28 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 23 plugged & abandoned (82%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 34th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
28
Active
0
Plugged
23
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Saunders County?
0% of Saunders County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 82% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Saunders County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 5 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Saunders County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) 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 Saunders County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Saunders County has the 34th-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 Saunders 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 Saunders County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson 1 | 26-155-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Radenslaben 1 | 26-155-00005 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Ohnoutke 1 | 26-155-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Strat Test 21 | 26-155-19000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Strat Test 19 | 26-155-19001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bartek 1 | 26-155-19002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Egr 1 | 26-155-19003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Koutney 1 | 26-155-19004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nelson 1 | 26-155-19005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nygren 44-33 | 26-155-19006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kaspar 1 | 26-155-19008 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Prochaska 1 | 26-155-19009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Roberts 1 | 26-155-19010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Forster 1-A | 26-155-19011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hannon 1 | 26-155-19012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nelson 1 | 26-155-19013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nelson 2 | 26-155-19014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Roberts 1 | 26-155-19015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Case 1 | 26-155-19016 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Komenda 1 | 26-155-21001 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Hartung Farm Test 22 | 26-155-30002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ballow Farm Test 25 | 26-155-30003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Zimmerman Farm Test 19 | 26-155-30004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Zimmerman Farm Test 21 | 26-155-30005 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Thomas Farm Test 23 | 26-155-30006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 28 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 Saunders County, NE?
Saunders County, Nebraska has 28 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 23 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Saunders County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Saunders County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Saunders County are plugged?
23 of Saunders County's 28 catalogued wells (82%) 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); Saunders County ranks 34th with 28.
Nearby in the Nebraska rankings
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 Saunders County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/saunders (data as of October 10, 2026).