Oil & gas wells in Sheridan County, NE
61 catalogued wells in Sheridan County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sheridan County, Nebraska has 61 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 51 plugged & abandoned (84%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 22nd of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
61
Active
0
Plugged
51
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sheridan County?
0% of Sheridan County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 84% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Sheridan County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 10 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sheridan County?
By product class, 3 of the county's wells (5%) are oil wells, 1 (2%) 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 Sheridan County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Sheridan County has the 22nd-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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman 1 | 26-161-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ada Finegan Et Al 1 | 26-161-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lunsford 1 | 26-161-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| North 1 | 26-161-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bauer 1 | 26-161-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| E E M Caldwell 1 | 26-161-05006 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Meyers Land & Cattle Co. 1 | 26-161-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Krause Estate 1 | 26-161-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Musser-Mosler 1 | 26-161-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Krause 1 | 26-161-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jacob H. Herman 1 | 26-161-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jaggers 1 | 26-161-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Emerson Eckerle, Et Al 1 | 26-161-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jaggers 2 | 26-161-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sandoz 47-18 | 26-161-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Henry Nickels 1 | 26-161-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Peterson 1 | 26-161-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Demmer 1 | 26-161-05018 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Murray 1 | 26-161-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1 | 26-161-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Willard J Hess 1 | 26-161-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cerny 1 | 26-161-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Serbousek 72-28 | 26-161-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Murphy 1 | 26-161-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ray 2 | 26-161-05075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 61 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 Sheridan County, NE?
Sheridan County, Nebraska has 61 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 51 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sheridan County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Sheridan County are plugged?
51 of Sheridan County's 61 catalogued wells (84%) 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); Sheridan County ranks 22nd with 61.
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 Sheridan County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/sheridan (data as of October 10, 2026).