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Oil & gas wells in Kiowa County, OK

3,816 catalogued wells in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Kiowa County, Oklahoma has 3,816 catalogued oil & gas wells: 234 active (6%), 3,266 plugged & abandoned (86%) and 65 documented orphans. It ranks 43rd of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

3,816

Active

234

Plugged

3,266

Documented orphans

65

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kiowa County?

6% of Kiowa County's wells are active, 22 percentage points below the Oklahoma share of 28%. 86% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 65 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 251 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Kiowa County?

By product class, 912 of the county's wells (24%) are oil wells, 127 (3%) gas wells and 13 (0.3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 16%. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.

How does Kiowa County compare with other Oklahoma counties?

Kiowa County has the 43rd-most catalogued wells of the 74 Oklahoma counties with at least 25. The median Oklahoma county on WellCensus has 4,129 wells. The largest, Creek County, has 33,057. By documented orphans it ranks 34th in Oklahoma.

Who operates wells in Kiowa County?

195 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kiowa County. 99% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.

Oil & gas wells in Kiowa County, OK
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
V Suitor #135-075-30125Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Well API 35-075-0149935-075-01499Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Well API 35-075-0202335-075-02023Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Well API 35-075-7600335-075-76003Other statusOther typeState Fund Plugging
Rymer P H #135-075-01618Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Sheppard #235-075-01773Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Gibbs #635-075-01874Plugged & abandonedOther type2-J Operating
Mcnutt #135-075-20328Plugged & abandonedOilS A K Oil Account
Mcnutt #j-135-075-21207Plugged & abandonedOilEastbrook Of Fairview Inc
State-Jeffrey #135-075-22020ActiveOilHokio LLC
Hinton #135-075-00001Other statusOilNeosho Operating Services LLC
Agnes Lee Wiley #135-075-00242Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Richardson #135-075-00244Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Harris #135-075-00250Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Stacy-Casey #135-075-00258Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Strange #135-075-00286Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Will Fullingim #135-075-00336Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Farrar #135-075-00348Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Miller #135-075-00367Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
A J Callahan #135-075-00371Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Sim-Barnes #135-075-00403Other statusGasOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Louise Bradley #135-075-00417Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Ditmar #135-075-00861Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Prough Lillie #135-075-00876Plugged & abandonedOther typePerkins Oil Company
Fuchs Sam #235-075-00888ActiveOilFranklin Donna

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,816 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 Kiowa County, OK?

Kiowa County, Oklahoma has 3,816 catalogued oil & gas wells: 234 active, 3,266 plugged and 65 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Kiowa County?

65 wells in Kiowa County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 34th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.

What share of wells in Kiowa County are plugged?

3,266 of Kiowa County's 3,816 catalogued wells (86%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 54% across Oklahoma.

Which Oklahoma county has the most oil and gas wells?

Creek County has the most catalogued wells of any Oklahoma county on WellCensus (33,057); Kiowa County ranks 43rd with 3,816.

How many companies operate wells in Kiowa County?

195 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kiowa County, Oklahoma.

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About this data

Source: Oklahoma Corporation Commission (RBDMS) 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 Kiowa County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/kiowa (data as of October 10, 2026).