Layton Oil CO
1,085 wells name this operator of record — 0.2% of the Kansas register, from 1935 to 1984.
⚠️ What this page is, and what it is not
A count of the wells that name this company as operator of record — the operator the register carries, which is not necessarily the operator today, and not necessarily the one who drilled the well. Wells change hands and the register is not always caught up.
It is not a rating and not an accusation. In particular, a well plugged at the State’s expense means the Commission could not find a responsible party at the time it acted — that is a fact about a file, not a finding against a named company.
1,085Wells
811 ftMedian depth
14Counties
1935–1984Years
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total depth | 811 ft | 1041 ft | 2831 ft — shallower here |
What happened to these wells — on this operator's records
851 of the 1,085 wells on this operator's records are classed as plugged and abandoned. 3 were plugged at the State’s expense because no responsible party could be found, and 17 sit on the register as inactive — neither producing nor plugged.
⚠️ Two fields in this register disagree, and we show both rather than pick one: across Kansas, 245,220 wells are classed as plugged but 92,867 of them carry no plugging date, while 26,002 wells carry a date under another class. Here, 368 of these wells have a date on file. What each class means.
Where they are
| County | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | 434 | 40.0% |
| Allen | 200 | 18.4% |
| Franklin | 190 | 17.5% |
| Douglas | 77 | 7.1% |
| Miami | 46 | 4.2% |
| Woodson | 45 | 4.1% |
| Wilson | 16 | 1.5% |
| Elk | 11 | 1.0% |
| Linn | 4 | 0.4% |
| Neosho | 3 | 0.3% |
| Greenwood | 2 | 0.2% |
| Labette | 2 | 0.2% |
| Chautauqua | 1 | 0.1% |
| Anderson | 1 | 0.1% |
In which fields
| Field | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 218 | 20.1% |
| Baldwin | 49 | 4.5% |
| Wayside-havana | 24 | 2.2% |
| Neodesha | 7 | 0.6% |
| Paola-rantoul | 6 | 0.6% |
| Iola | 4 | 0.4% |
| Wc | 4 | 0.4% |
| Perry-halligan | 3 | 0.3% |
| E-h Project | 3 | 0.3% |
| Mound City | 2 | 0.2% |
| Wildcat | 2 | 0.2% |
| Jefferson-sycamore | 2 | 0.2% |
An old well on land in Kansas?
3 wells in Kansas were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 1,085 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
| Lease and well | Operator | Field | Depth (ft) | Year | Plugged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hegwald C-116-30 API 15-207-01964 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 900 | — | State |
| Hegwald 8 API 15-207-02291 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 900 | — | State |
| Hegwald 14 API 15-207-02293 | Layton Oil CO | — | 300 | — | State |
| East Freeman N-143 | Layton Oil CO | Wc | 0 | 1983 | — |
| East Freeman N-141 | Layton Oil CO | Wc | 0 | 1982 | — |
| Brady 1-x API 15-125-23105 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 835 | 1981 | — |
| Brady 2-x API 15-125-23106 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 540 | 1981 | — |
| Gullick X-52 API 15-125-23277 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 702 | 1981 | — |
| Brady D-3 API 15-125-24408 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 1596 | 1981 | — |
| Brady Swd-1 API 15-125-23654 | Layton Oil CO | — | 0 | 1981 | — |
| A. Norris (kf) Wsw-1 API 15-125-24536 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 2264 | 1981 | — |
| Hammon Cc-37 | Layton Oil CO | Wildcat | 0 | 1981 | — |
| Hempen C-7-30 API 15-207-21934 | Layton Oil CO | Perry-halligan | 870 | 1980 | — |
| Earl Gray E-15-30 API 15-207-22000 | Layton Oil CO | Perry-halligan | 872 | 1980 | — |
| Wiley Tract 1 H-10 | Layton Oil CO | Wc | 0 | 1980 | — |
| Eh. S.w.d.w | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1980 | — |
| Peterson 'b' Was Watson H-7 (ct-1) API 15-125-20706 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 728 | 1979 | — |
| Bragg J-131 | Layton Oil CO | Wc | 0 | 1979 | — |
| Freeman 1 Swd | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1979 | — |
| Paull B-5 API 15-125-20711 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 728 | 1978 | — |
| Ny (shearhart) H-24 API 15-125-21890 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 700 | 1978 | — |
| Bragg N-131 | Layton Oil CO | E-h Project | 0 | 1978 | — |
| Mckemey H-131 | Layton Oil CO | E-h Project | 0 | 1978 | — |
| Mckemey L-131 | Layton Oil CO | E-h Project | 0 | 1977 | — |
| Pearson 114-j API 15-045-20050 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 922 | 1977 | — |
| Pearson I-15 API 15-045-20052 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 938 | 1977 | — |
| Pearson 2 API 15-045-19039 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 0 | 1977 | — |
| Dalby G-125 API 15-125-20681 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 726 | 1976 | — |
| Mitchell P-20 API 15-125-20786 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 720 | 1976 | — |
| Mitchell P-22 API 15-125-20788 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 722 | 1976 | — |
| Mitchell P-16 API 15-125-20789 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 734 | 1976 | — |
| Mitchell P-18 API 15-125-20791 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 730 | 1976 | — |
| Mitchell L-16 API 15-125-20819 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 778 | 1976 | — |
| Mitchell L-18 API 15-125-20820 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 721 | 1976 | — |
| Mitchell L-22 API 15-125-20821 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 728 | 1976 | — |
| Mitchell J-16 API 15-125-20826 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 720 | 1976 | — |
| Mitchell J-14 API 15-125-20827 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 722 | 1976 | — |
| Mitchell L-20 API 15-125-20916 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 728 | 1976 | — |
| Mitchell N-22 API 15-125-20954 | Layton Oil CO | Wayside-havana | 708 | 1976 | — |
| Clinkenbeard 14 API 15-001-20712 | Layton Oil CO | Iola | 883 | 1974 | — |
| Earl Broers 7 API 15-059-20154 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 843 | 1973 | — |
| Earl Broers 9 API 15-059-20166 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 846 | 1973 | — |
| C. L. Wilson 1 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 2450 | 1971 | — |
| Earl Broers 'c' 112 API 15-059-20109 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 850 | 1970 | — |
| Earl Broers 'c' 116 API 15-059-20110 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 850 | 1970 | — |
| Earl Broers 'c' 110 API 15-059-20111 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 850 | 1970 | — |
| Riggs B-1-g API 15-001-20457 | Layton Oil CO | Iola | 876 | 1970 | — |
| East Riggs 1-gh API 15-001-20458 | Layton Oil CO | Iola | 874 | 1970 | — |
| Chism 2-a API 15-125-20107 | Layton Oil CO | Wildcat | 0 | 1968 | — |
| Blosser W-4 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1968 | — |
| Kepley Water Supply 1 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1968 | — |
| Craig Floyd 'e' 1 API 15-019-30125 | Layton Oil CO | Berlin | 1890 | 1967 | — |
| Charles Martin 3 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1967 | — |
| Hadley 'b' 4 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1967 | — |
| Mcvey 1 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1967 | — |
| Patterson 4 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1967 | — |
| Patterson 5-a | Layton Oil CO | — | 0 | 1967 | — |
| Sallee P-26 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 915 | 1966 | — |
| Sallee Q-25 API 15-001-02338 | Layton Oil CO | — | 850 | 1965 | — |
| North Finnerty 116-g API 15-045-19038 | Layton Oil CO | — | 0 | 1963 | — |
| Briley 7-b | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1962 | — |
| Schaal N-7 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1962 | — |
| Krueger P-106 | Layton Oil CO | — | 0 | 1962 | — |
| Krueger N-6 | Layton Oil CO | — | 0 | 1962 | — |
| Wiggins 117-f API 15-001-19216 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 900 | 1961 | — |
| Wiggins B 18-e API 15-001-19254 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 903 | 1961 | — |
| Wiggins 18-f API 15-001-19255 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1961 | — |
| Wiggins B 117-e API 15-001-19257 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1961 | — |
| Powell, J. 'h' 18 API 15-001-19415 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 973 | 1961 | — |
| Powell, J. 'k' 15 API 15-001-19413 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 963 | 1961 | — |
| Hegwald F-112-30 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1961 | — |
| Hegwald G-111-30 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1961 | — |
| Alexander 'a' Cw 1 API 15-207-01154 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1961 | — |
| Earl Gray F-14-30 | Layton Oil CO | — | 0 | 1961 | — |
| Earl Gray D-116-30 | Layton Oil CO | — | 0 | 1961 | — |
| Mcguire 107-k | Layton Oil CO | — | 0 | 1961 | — |
| Mcguire 103-k | Layton Oil CO | — | 0 | 1961 | — |
| Mcguire 103-i | Layton Oil CO | — | 0 | 1961 | — |
| Hegwald Wsw-1 API 15-207-02483 | Layton Oil CO | Perry-halligan | 2064 | 1961 | — |
| Finnerty B Cw-3 API 15-045-19035 | Layton Oil CO | — | 902 | 1960 | — |
| Wiggans C-w-1 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 0 | 1960 | — |
| Deffenbaugh M-19 API 15-059-70797 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 674 | 1959 | — |
| Lochmiller 11-w API 15-125-71209 | Layton Oil CO | Jefferson-sycamore | 900 | 1959 | — |
| Heape 12-w API 15-125-71951 | Layton Oil CO | Jefferson-sycamore | 871 | 1959 | — |
| Thomas I-22 API 15-059-19663 | Layton Oil CO | Paola-rantoul | 611 | 1959 | — |
| Thomas K-16 API 15-059-19667 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 671 | 1959 | — |
| Thomas K-19 API 15-059-19668 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 662 | 1959 | — |
| Thomas K-22 API 15-059-19669 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 610 | 1959 | — |
| Deffenbaugh M-16 API 15-059-19674 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 653 | 1959 | — |
| Deffenbaugh U-14 API 15-059-19685 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 600 | 1959 | — |
| Anderson U-8 API 15-059-19690 | Layton Oil CO | Paola-rantoul | 677 | 1959 | — |
| Anderson U-10 API 15-059-19692 | Layton Oil CO | Paola-rantoul | 700 | 1959 | — |
| Keene I-25 API 15-059-19714 | Layton Oil CO | Paola-rantoul | 650 | 1959 | — |
| Anderson V-9 | Layton Oil CO | — | 654 | 1959 | — |
| Deffenbaugh T-18 | Layton Oil CO | — | 600 | 1959 | — |
| Keene G-25 | Layton Oil CO | — | 594 | 1959 | — |
| Deffenbaugh N-11 API 15-059-70781 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 722 | 1958 | — |
| Vickers M-10 API 15-059-70830 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 664 | 1958 | — |
| Deffenbaugh M-12 API 15-059-19673 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 645 | 1958 | — |
| Anderson T-9 API 15-059-19689 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 713 | 1958 | — |
| Grenola-wilson 1 API 15-049-70898 | Layton Oil CO | — | 2360 | 1957 | — |
| Grossman 9-a API 15-125-71003 | Layton Oil CO | — | 926 | 1957 | — |
| Shanton 'b' 2 | Layton Oil CO | Barsch | 934 | 1955 | — |
| Gartner 8-w API 15-125-71201 | Layton Oil CO | Gartner Flood | 896 | 1955 | — |
| Surface Ch-1 API 15-125-73056 | Layton Oil CO | — | 1100 | 1955 | — |
| Shanton 5 | Layton Oil CO | W. Moorehead | 889 | 1954 | — |
| Barsch 25-v API 15-125-70997 | Layton Oil CO | — | 921 | 1954 | — |
| Barsch 17-n API 15-125-71000 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 920 | 1954 | — |
| Stepanich 16-m API 15-125-71010 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 896 | 1954 | — |
| Farmer Corewell 3 | Layton Oil CO | Tyro | 0 | 1953 | — |
| Barsch 119-u | Layton Oil CO | Neodesha | 936 | 1952 | — |
| Barsch 117-s API 15-125-73996 | Layton Oil CO | Neodesha | 927 | 1952 | — |
| Grossman 2 | Layton Oil CO | Neodesha | 0 | 1952 | — |
| Barsch 101 | Layton Oil CO | Neodesha | 0 | 1952 | — |
| Barsch 117-q | Layton Oil CO | Neodesha | 0 | 1952 | — |
| Barsch 124-u | Layton Oil CO | Neodesha | 0 | 1952 | — |
| Wren 22 API 15-205-72144 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 910 | 1949 | — |
| Fisher B-7 API 15-125-71698 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 920 | 1946 | — |
| Frantz 102 API 15-125-73587 | Layton Oil CO | — | 1083 | 1946 | — |
| Barsch 18-p-2 API 15-125-70996 | Layton Oil CO | Unknown | 955 | 1935 | — |
| Bell 12-j API 15-045-70236 | Layton Oil CO | — | 816 | — | — |
| Bell 14-c API 15-045-70237 | Layton Oil CO | — | 893 | — | — |
| Bell 14-e API 15-045-70238 | Layton Oil CO | — | 858 | — | — |
| Bell 114-g API 15-045-70239 | Layton Oil CO | — | 740 | — | — |
| Bell 114-j API 15-045-70240 | Layton Oil CO | — | 0 | — | — |
| Bell 14-ha API 15-045-70241 | Layton Oil CO | — | 829 | — | — |
| Bell 114-ja API 15-045-70242 | Layton Oil CO | — | 828 | — | — |
| Bell 114-ja API 15-045-70243 | Layton Oil CO | — | 805 | — | — |
| Finnerty 12-r API 15-045-70244 | Layton Oil CO | — | 811 | — | — |
| Finnerty 114-m API 15-045-70245 | Layton Oil CO | — | 1072 | — | — |
| Finnerty 117-a API 15-045-70246 | Layton Oil CO | — | 833 | — | — |
| Finnerty 117-d API 15-045-70247 | Layton Oil CO | — | 878 | — | — |
| Finnerty 117-j API 15-045-70248 | Layton Oil CO | — | 884 | — | — |
| Finnerty 15-ha API 15-045-70249 | Layton Oil CO | — | 831 | — | — |
| Finnerty 16-ha API 15-045-70250 | Layton Oil CO | — | 836 | — | — |
| Finnerty 16-ma API 15-045-70251 | Layton Oil CO | — | 790 | — | — |
| Finnerty 114-ga API 15-045-70252 | Layton Oil CO | — | 862 | — | — |
| Finnerty 114-ja API 15-045-70253 | Layton Oil CO | — | 825 | — | — |
| Finnerty 114-ja API 15-045-70254 | Layton Oil CO | — | 831 | — | — |
| Finnerty 116-ga API 15-045-70255 | Layton Oil CO | — | 863 | — | — |
| Finnerty 116-ja API 15-045-70256 | Layton Oil CO | — | 832 | — | — |
| Finnerty 116-ja API 15-045-70257 | Layton Oil CO | — | 828 | — | — |
| N. Finnerty 18-c API 15-045-70263 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 860 | — | — |
| N. Finnerty 18-d API 15-045-70264 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 861 | — | — |
| North Finnerty 18-g API 15-045-70265 | Layton Oil CO | — | 867 | — | — |
| North Finnerty 18-h API 15-045-70266 | Layton Oil CO | — | 867 | — | — |
| N. Finnerty 14-da API 15-045-70267 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 893 | — | — |
| N. Finnerty 15-ca API 15-045-70268 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 882 | — | — |
| North Finnerty 15-ea API 15-045-70269 | Layton Oil CO | — | 856 | — | — |
| N. Finnerty 17-da API 15-045-70270 | Layton Oil CO | Baldwin | 875 | — | — |
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- Raymond Oil Co., INC 1,105
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- Palomino Petroleum, INC 1,076
- Phillips Petroleum CO 1,049
- Kcc Fee Fund Plug 1,040
- State of Kansas 1,022
- Not Confirmed 1,019