Oil & gas wells in Scotts Bluff County, NE
659 catalogued wells in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska has 659 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active (1%), 573 plugged & abandoned (87%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 9th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
659
Active
7
Plugged
573
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Scotts Bluff County?
1% of Scotts Bluff County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 87% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Scotts Bluff County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 79 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Scotts Bluff County?
By product class, 89 of the county's wells (14%) are oil wells, 2 (0.3%) gas wells and 10 (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 Scotts Bluff County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Scotts Bluff County has the 9th-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 Scotts Bluff 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 Scotts Bluff County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage Hill Unit 5 | 26-157-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Henderson 2(1-18a) | 26-157-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stage Hill Unit 6 | 26-157-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Stage Hill Unit 3 | 26-157-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Stage Hill Unit 7 | 26-157-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Stage Hill Unit 8 | 26-157-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| State 1 | 26-157-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Roberts "G" 1 | 26-157-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wilson 1 | 26-157-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Henderson 6 | 26-157-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State Of Nebraska 1 | 26-157-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Henderson 3 | 26-157-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Murphy Land Co 1 | 26-157-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cleveland 1 | 26-157-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wilson 1-A | 26-157-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Roberts 1-13 | 26-157-05017 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Henderson 1 | 26-157-05018 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Wilson-Champlin 1 | 26-157-05019 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Ethel M Wilson 1 | 26-157-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bulman 1 | 26-157-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State "A" 1 | 26-157-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hampton 31-14 | 26-157-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 16-1 | 26-157-05024 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Murphy 1 | 26-157-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hampton 1 | 26-157-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 659 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 Scotts Bluff County, NE?
Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska has 659 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active, 573 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Scotts Bluff County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Scotts Bluff County are plugged?
573 of Scotts Bluff County's 659 catalogued wells (87%) 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); Scotts Bluff County ranks 9th with 659.
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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 Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/scotts-bluff (data as of October 10, 2026).