WAMPLER 'B' 1
API 15055206180000 · Finney County, Kansas · BUERKLE EAST field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1999-07-15
API
15055206180000
Operator
American Warrior, Inc.
County
Finney
Field
BUERKLE EAST
Location
Permit
29-AUG-1985
Spudded
1985-09-04
Completed
1985-11-07
Plugged
1999-07-15
Measured depth
4,820 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 80 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine Formation | 1,384 | 1,494 | 1 |
| Blaine Salt Bed | 1,497 | 1,550 | 2 |
| Cedar Hills Sandstone Formation | 1,590 | 1,719 | 1 |
| Stone Corral Formation | 1,990 | 2,081 | 1 |
| Wellington Formation | 2,310 | — | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 2,392 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,545 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,572 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,572 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,576 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,579 | — | 1 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,595 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,618 | — | 1 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,649 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,684 | 2,730 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,744 | 2,779 | 1 |
| Florence Limestone Member | 2,780 | — | 1 |
| Matfield Shale Formation | 2,797 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 2,820 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 2,844 | — | 1 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 2,844 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 2,866 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 2,889 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 2,911 | — | 1 |
| Easly Creek Shale Formation | 2,917 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 2,939 | — | 1 |
| Hooser Shale Member | 2,944 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 2,968 | — | 1 |
| Stearns Shale Formation | 2,971 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 2,990 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 2,993 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 3,004 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 3,018 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 3,046 | — | 1 |
| Roca Shale Formation | 3,095 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 3,112 | — | 1 |
| Johnson Shale Formation | 3,152 | — | 1 |
| Long Creek Limestone Member | 3,174 | — | 1 |
| Janesville Shale Formation | 3,200 | — | 1 |
| Falls City Limestone Formation | 3,202 | — | 1 |
| Onaga Shale Formation | 3,222 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,222–3,277 | — | 3 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,310–3,360 | — | 2 |
| Stotler Limestone Formation | 3,381 | — | 1 |
| Red Shale Bed | 3,465 | — | 1 |
| Severy Shale Formation | 3,525 | — | 1 |
| Shawnee Group | 3,531–3,599 | — | 2 |
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 3,531 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 3,812 | — | 1 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 3,822 | — | 1 |
| Iatan Limestone Member | 3,854 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 3,900 | — | 2 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,007 | — | 1 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,067 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,070 | 4,090 | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 4,183 | — | 1 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 4,194 | — | 1 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 4,228 | — | 1 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 4,239 | — | 1 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 4,263 | — | 1 |
| Exline Limestone Member | 4,271 | — | 1 |
| Pleasanton Group | 4,310 | — | 1 |
| Marmaton Group | 4,331–4,348 | — | 3 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 4,358 | — | 1 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 4,382 | — | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 4,409 | — | 1 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 4,430 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 4,447 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 4,447 | — | 1 |
| Verdigris Limestone Member | 4,480 | — | 1 |
| Atoka Limestone Bed | 4,514 | — | 1 |
| Atokan Stage | 4,553 | — | 2 |
| Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed | 4,610 | — | 2 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 4,610 | — | 1 |
| Morrowan A Sandstone Bed | 4,622 | — | 1 |
| Morrowan B Sandstone Bed | 4,653 | — | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 4,665–4,666 | — | 3 |
| Meramecian Stage | 4,666 | — | 1 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 4,666 | — | 1 |
| St. Louis Limestone Formation | 4,680–4,762 | — | 2 |
A dash is a formation Kansas records for this well without a depth. In the base column a dash is also a depth Kansas’s sources record differently from one another. 6 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
38.241353, -100.973013
38.24135, -100.97301 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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