Rains & Williamson Oil CO
421 wells name this operator of record — 0.1% of the Kansas register, from 1935 to 1996.
⚠️ 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.
421Wells
3838 ftMedian depth
42Counties
1935–1996Years
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total depth | 3838 ft | 4540 ft | 2831 ft — deeper here |
What happened to these wells — on this operator's records
362 of the 421 wells on this operator's records are classed as plugged and abandoned. 0 were plugged at the State’s expense because no responsible party could be found, and 2 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, 255 of these wells have a date on file. What each class means.
Where they are
| County | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ellis | 55 | 13.1% |
| Russell | 43 | 10.2% |
| Sumner | 39 | 9.3% |
| Rush | 23 | 5.5% |
| Sedgwick | 22 | 5.2% |
| Pawnee | 21 | 5.0% |
| Ness | 19 | 4.5% |
| Kingman | 19 | 4.5% |
| Rice | 16 | 3.8% |
| Trego | 16 | 3.8% |
| Decatur | 14 | 3.3% |
| Stafford | 14 | 3.3% |
| Barton | 13 | 3.1% |
| Graham | 12 | 2.9% |
| Butler | 10 | 2.4% |
| Rooks | 9 | 2.1% |
| Gove | 8 | 1.9% |
| Hodgeman | 6 | 1.4% |
| Kiowa | 6 | 1.4% |
| Sheridan | 5 | 1.2% |
| Ellsworth | 4 | 1.0% |
| Edwards | 4 | 1.0% |
In which fields
| Field | Wells | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Wildcat | 117 | 27.8% |
| Unknown | 26 | 6.2% |
| Mellard | 10 | 2.4% |
| Buerki | 9 | 2.1% |
| Wellington West | 7 | 1.7% |
| Bunker Hill | 7 | 1.7% |
| Pettigrew | 6 | 1.4% |
| Ellis | 5 | 1.2% |
| Maple Grove | 5 | 1.2% |
| Leiss Northwest | 5 | 1.2% |
| Meserve | 5 | 1.2% |
| Wallace | 5 | 1.2% |
An old well on land in Kansas?
0 wells in Kansas were plugged at the State’s expense, out of 421 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory 5 API 15-167-22459-0001 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unknown | 2945 | 1991 | — |
| Ediger 1 API 15-119-20789 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Mckinney | 5782 | 1989 | — |
| Erskine 4 API 15-191-22070 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wellington West | 3735 | 1988 | — |
| Botkin 2 API 15-191-21981 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wellington West | 3690 | 1987 | — |
| Botkin 3 API 15-191-22005 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wellington West | 3735 | 1987 | — |
| Botkin 2 API 15-191-21912 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wellington West | 0 | 1986 | — |
| Strecker 'a' 1 API 15-167-22717 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Steinle Northwest | 3456 | 1986 | — |
| Susie Duncan 1 API 15-191-21913 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Duncan | 4107 | 1986 | — |
| Erskine 2 API 15-191-21804 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wellington West | 3710 | 1985 | — |
| Botkin 1 API 15-191-21877 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wellington West | 3710 | 1985 | — |
| Roda B 4 API 15-167-22372 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Weilert | 0 | 1984 | — |
| Steckel, O 1 API 15-167-22376 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Mellard | 0 | 1984 | — |
| Gregory 1 API 15-167-22269 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Bunker Hill | 3376 | 1984 | — |
| Gregory 2 API 15-167-22370 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Bunker Hill | 3303 | 1984 | — |
| Gregory 4 API 15-167-22429 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Bunker Hill | 3271 | 1984 | — |
| Gregory 3 API 15-167-22430 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Bunker Hill | 3520 | 1984 | — |
| Hunt 'a' 1 API 15-191-21661 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Belle Plaine South | 3778 | 1984 | — |
| Steckel 'b' 4 API 15-167-22223 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Mellard | 3145 | 1983 | — |
| Becker 2 API 15-167-21935 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Claussen Northwest | 3290 | 1982 | — |
| Becker 4 API 15-167-22035 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Claussen Northwest | 3570 | 1982 | — |
| Markley 'a' 1 API 15-191-21219 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 3890 | 1982 | — |
| Dreiling 1 API 15-051-22025 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 0 | 1981 | — |
| Britton 1 API 15-145-20695 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Gatterman | 0 | 1981 | — |
| Anderson 1 API 15-159-20949 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Bredfeldt | 0 | 1981 | — |
| Boldt 1 API 15-159-20950 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 0 | 1981 | — |
| Steckel 'b' 3 API 15-167-21624 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Mellard | 3085 | 1981 | — |
| Bunker 1 API 15-195-20752 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Ridgeway | 3899 | 1981 | — |
| Staudinger 1 API 15-009-21949 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Kraft-prusa | 3292 | 1980 | — |
| Adamek 1 API 15-053-20605 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Columbia | 3053 | 1980 | — |
| Steckel 'b' 1 API 15-167-21456 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Mellard | 3093 | 1980 | — |
| Mcclellan 1 API 15-065-21085 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wheeler South | 3918 | 1979 | — |
| Thompson 'a' 1 API 15-095-20842 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Spivey-grabs-basil | 4110 | 1979 | — |
| Steckel 1 API 15-167-21269 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Mellard | 3085 | 1979 | — |
| Rogg Farms 1 API 15-167-21310 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Waldo | 3415 | 1979 | — |
| Steckel (twin) 3 API 15-167-21386 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Mellard | 3086 | 1979 | — |
| Fuller 1 API 15-179-20535 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Fuller | 4377 | 1979 | — |
| U. S. Government 1 API 15-063-20380 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Horchem Northwest | 4307 | 1978 | — |
| Tennant 1 API 15-191-20567 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 0 | 1977 | — |
| Hendricks 1 API 15-137-20106 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Lenora | 3810 | 1976 | — |
| Pfeifer 1 API 15-195-19024 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Voda Southeast | 4585 | 1973 | — |
| Wiles 1 API 15-145-20228 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Benson | 4048 | 1971 | — |
| Cerrow 7 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | — | 3195 | 1971 | — |
| Chrisler 'b' 1 API 15-051-20425 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 3380 | 1969 | — |
| Irvin 1 API 15-051-20504 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 3737 | 1969 | — |
| Jacobs 1 API 15-051-20538 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 3695 | 1969 | — |
| Maple 1 API 15-095-20138 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Messenger | 4099 | 1969 | — |
| Allender 'a' 1 API 15-095-20195 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Maple Grove | 4710 | 1969 | — |
| Reiss B 1 API 15-159-20237 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Chase-silica | 2950 | 1969 | — |
| Stamper 1 API 15-163-20223 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Lone Star | 3385 | 1969 | — |
| Barnett 'a' 2 API 15-193-20015 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unknown | 4480 | 1969 | — |
| Nichols 1 API 15-193-20016 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unknown | 4240 | 1969 | — |
| Campbell 1 API 15-165-20144 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4118 | 1968 | — |
| Barnett 1 API 15-153-20033 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unknown | 4190 | 1968 | — |
| Harley North 1 API 15-051-20212 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | North | 3920 | 1968 | — |
| Boschowitzski 1 API 15-051-20217 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 3865 | 1968 | — |
| Polifka 1 API 15-051-20303 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unknown | 3800 | 1968 | — |
| Cessna 1 API 15-095-20110 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4132 | 1968 | — |
| Beltz 1 API 15-135-20199 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4414 | 1968 | — |
| Wagner 2 API 15-145-20042 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Browns Grove | 4333 | 1968 | — |
| Jennings 1 API 15-165-20173 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Hunt | 3955 | 1968 | — |
| City of Hoxie 1 API 15-179-20159 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unknown | 4163 | 1968 | — |
| Zongker 2 API 15-051-20016 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Solburn | 3023 | 1967 | — |
| Wann-rohr 1 API 15-051-20039 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unknown | 3688 | 1967 | — |
| Hall 1 API 15-051-20055 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Canyons | 3728 | 1967 | — |
| Crotinger 1 API 15-051-20063 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4032 | 1967 | — |
| Werth 1 API 15-051-20092 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Ellis | 3823 | 1967 | — |
| Younger 1 API 15-051-20110 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unknown | 103 | 1967 | — |
| Lang 1 API 15-051-20142 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Herbert | 3930 | 1967 | — |
| Leyburn-edwards 1 API 15-065-20023 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Evergreen West | 3985 | 1967 | — |
| Wiles 1 API 15-145-20037 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4050 | 1967 | — |
| Gager 1 API 15-163-20040 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unknown | 3475 | 1967 | — |
| Putnam 2 API 15-009-20005 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Trapp | 3425 | 1967 | — |
| Wagner 1 API 15-145-20025 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Browns Grove | 4361 | 1967 | — |
| Hohl 1 API 15-159-20093 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unknown | 3340 | 1967 | — |
| Roy Russell 2 API 15-185-20025 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Leiss Northwest | 4353 | 1967 | — |
| Brenner A 1 API 15-195-20027 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Meserve | 4059 | 1967 | — |
| Brenner 1 API 15-195-30156 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Meserve | 3998 | 1967 | — |
| Burke 1 API 15-083-30085 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Saw Log Creek Southeast | 4897 | 1966 | — |
| Shore 1 API 15-095-30073 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4584 | 1966 | — |
| Allender 1 API 15-095-30114 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Allender | 4725 | 1966 | — |
| Sayre 1 API 15-097-10164 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 5265 | 1966 | — |
| Bowers 1 API 15-097-10232 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Fralick | 4890 | 1966 | — |
| Drake 1 API 15-145-30094 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Oro West | 4362 | 1966 | — |
| Christoph 1 API 15-009-30471 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Cheyenne View | 3435 | 1966 | — |
| Meserve A 1 API 15-051-30325 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Meserve | 3817 | 1966 | — |
| A. C. North A 1 API 15-051-30340 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Stockrange | 3875 | 1966 | — |
| Amstutz 1 API 15-135-30174 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4561 | 1966 | — |
| Ficken 1 API 15-135-30217 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Schaben | 4462 | 1966 | — |
| Jeffrey 1 API 15-163-30174 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Webster | 3379 | 1966 | — |
| Garner 2 API 15-185-30323 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Leiss Northwest | 4277 | 1966 | — |
| Schultz 1 API 15-195-30130 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 3865 | 1966 | — |
| Locker 1 API 15-195-30134 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Locker | 4090 | 1966 | — |
| Proper 1 API 15-195-30137 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Trico | 3675 | 1966 | — |
| Dinkel 1 API 15-195-30140 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Sunny Slope | 4020 | 1966 | — |
| Pearson 1 API 15-195-30152 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4265 | 1966 | — |
| Greenleaf 1 API 15-095-01005 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unknown | 4382 | 1966 | — |
| Lenkner 1 API 15-007-30188 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4641 | 1965 | — |
| Laverentz 1 API 15-007-30195 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4850 | 1965 | — |
| Lechner 'a' 1 API 15-095-30134 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Maple Grove | 4732 | 1965 | — |
| Guyer 1 API 15-145-30089 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4055 | 1965 | — |
| Carey 1 API 15-155-30011 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 3680 | 1965 | — |
| Mccune 1 API 15-185-30070 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4217 | 1965 | — |
| Schartz 1 API 15-185-30208 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Mueller | 3313 | 1965 | — |
| Smith 1 API 15-191-30030 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4480 | 1965 | — |
| Kufeld 1 API 15-009-30281 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 3522 | 1965 | — |
| Axman 1 API 15-009-30302 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Carroll | 3383 | 1965 | — |
| Cerney 'a' 1 API 15-051-30102 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Pleasant | 3798 | 1965 | — |
| Craig 1 API 15-051-30187 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Lieb East | 3440 | 1965 | — |
| Rohr 1 API 15-051-30189 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Penny-wann | 3665 | 1965 | — |
| Haselhorst 1 API 15-051-30533 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Spring Hill School Dist | 2626 | 1965 | — |
| Karst 1 API 15-167-30056 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Donovan Southeast | 3409 | 1965 | — |
| Fair 'b' 1 API 15-185-30002 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Salt Marsh | 3540 | 1965 | — |
| Flagler 1 API 15-195-30103 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Shaw Creek | 4100 | 1965 | — |
| Konecny 1 API 15-009-73040 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Sandford | 3387 | 1964 | — |
| Birzer 1 API 15-009-74019 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | St Peter East | 3415 | 1964 | — |
| Hall 1 API 15-051-71755 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Bemis-shutts | 3700 | 1964 | — |
| Heitschmidt 1 API 15-053-35155 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Heiken | 3296 | 1964 | — |
| Burmeister 1 API 15-083-70638 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4812 | 1964 | — |
| Drach 1 API 15-185-19348 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Drach | 3747 | 1964 | — |
| Reith 1 API 15-039-00203 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unnamed | 4291 | 1964 | — |
| Lewis 1 API 15-047-10095 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4890 | 1964 | — |
| Schaller 1 API 15-083-00253 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4852 | 1964 | — |
| Schaffer 1 API 15-083-00271 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4845 | 1964 | — |
| Scothorn 1 API 15-083-10215 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Armstrong | 4568 | 1964 | — |
| Ryan 1 API 15-135-00338 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4520 | 1964 | — |
| Rohr 1 API 15-135-00342 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4400 | 1964 | — |
| Sutton 1 API 15-185-01408 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unnamed | 4095 | 1964 | — |
| Wolf 2 API 15-185-19469 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | — | 3515 | 1964 | — |
| Unger 2 API 15-039-00465 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Ung | 4037 | 1963 | — |
| Irvin 1 API 15-051-03797 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Irvin | 3936 | 1963 | — |
| Roth 'c' 1 API 15-051-04098 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Ruder | 3614 | 1963 | — |
| Roth 2 API 15-051-04139 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Schoenchen | 3620 | 1963 | — |
| Hertel 1 API 15-051-74011 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Sunnydale | 3534 | 1963 | — |
| Roth 1 API 15-051-74529 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Schoenchen | 3598 | 1963 | — |
| Davignon 'b' 1 API 15-065-02382 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Morel | 3900 | 1963 | — |
| Hagen 1 API 15-159-02930 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 3317 | 1963 | — |
| B. Shuyler 1 API 15-159-73648 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Tobias | 3430 | 1963 | — |
| Largent-dick 1 API 15-163-02621 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Berland Southeast | 3826 | 1963 | — |
| Waldo 1 API 15-039-00198 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4356 | 1963 | — |
| Schwab 1 API 15-051-01485 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Sweet William Northwest | 4002 | 1963 | — |
| Joy 1 API 15-051-01555 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Unnamed | 3765 | 1963 | — |
| Bowlby 1 API 15-051-01566 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Krueger | 3520 | 1963 | — |
| Cerney 1 API 15-051-01571 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Pleasant | 3839 | 1963 | — |
| Porter 1 API 15-063-00128 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4540 | 1963 | — |
| Sylvia Mayer 1 API 15-159-00673 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 3725 | 1963 | — |
| Hoelscher 1 API 15-159-00687 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Orth | 3315 | 1963 | — |
| O'toole 1 API 15-195-00495 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4390 | 1963 | — |
| Demel 1 API 15-009-01488 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 3370 | 1963 | — |
| Graber 1 API 15-095-01505 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Wildcat | 4500 | 1963 | — |
| Beinke 1 API 15-163-19431 | Rains & Williamson Oil CO | Cooper | 3864 | 1963 | — |