Plugged and Abandoned — Woodson County

3,908 of the 15,807 wells on the register in Woodson County — 24.7% — carry this class.

What this class means

the well was plugged and the work was reported. This is the status you want to see against a well nobody produces from any more.

Woodson County holds 1.6% of the wells in this class statewide, while holding 3.0% of the register overall — so the class is under-represented here.

What stands out among these

The operator named on most of these records is Bird & Hanley Oil CO, on 153 of them (3.9%), ahead of Tremo Corp (96) and T E Bird (75). The oldest well here was completed in 1198 and the most recent in 2025, and the deepest reaches 9996 feet — Horsch 1-b.

Who operated them

An old well on land in Woodson County?

0 wells in Woodson County were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 3,908 on the register — the sign that an operator was gone. If you find a well on your land, report it and do not tidy it up: knocking over casing can make you the responsible party. This site reads the register; it does not plug wells. Tell us where and we pass the request to Kansas operators and consultants.

We recommend nobody and we are nobody's agent. We have no arrangement with any firm today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.

The wells

Part of a bigger picture: all 15,807 wells in Woodson County.

Other groups of a similar size

• Plugged and Abandoned — Barber 4,801
• Plugged and Abandoned — Sumner 4,495
• Producing — Woodson 4,363
• Approved Intent to Drill — Montgomery 4,327
• Approved Intent to Drill — Allen 4,189
• Plugged and Abandoned — Mcpherson 4,068
• Plugged and Abandoned — Wilson 3,761
• Plugged and Abandoned — Pratt 3,549
• Plugged and Abandoned — Trego 3,455
• Plugged and Abandoned — Kingman 3,278
• Approved Intent to Drill — Miami 3,171