Oil & gas wells in Sioux County, NE
278 catalogued wells in Sioux County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sioux County, Nebraska has 278 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active (0.7%), 237 plugged & abandoned (85%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 12th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
278
Active
2
Plugged
237
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sioux County?
0.7% of Sioux County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 85% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Sioux County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 39 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sioux County?
By product class, 19 of the county's wells (7%) 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 Sioux County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Sioux County has the 12th-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 Sioux 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 Sioux County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd 1 | 26-165-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Denton 1 | 26-165-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Morrison 1 | 26-165-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Robert Thomas 1 | 26-165-05004 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Surb'S Farm (Owwo) 1-20 | 26-165-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wyoming 0121778 (Nebr) 0-89.8 | 26-165-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Blackburn 1 | 26-165-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kirkpatrick 1 | 26-165-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gueck 1 | 26-165-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gueck "A" 1 | 26-165-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1 | 26-165-05011 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Carpenter 1 | 26-165-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nash 1 | 26-165-05013 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Laucomer 1 | 26-165-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Henderson, Et Al 1 | 26-165-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Carpenter 1 | 26-165-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schomp 1 | 26-165-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Arlon E Springer 0-89.2 | 26-165-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ore 1 | 26-165-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| H E Gueck "A" 1 | 26-165-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gueck 1 | 26-165-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Chalupa 1 | 26-165-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Earl Henderson "B" 1 | 26-165-05023 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Gueck 1 | 26-165-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Alex Erdman 0-89.1 | 26-165-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 278 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 Sioux County, NE?
Sioux County, Nebraska has 278 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active, 237 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sioux County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Sioux County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Sioux County are plugged?
237 of Sioux County's 278 catalogued wells (85%) 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); Sioux County ranks 12th with 278.
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 Sioux County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/sioux (data as of October 10, 2026).