Kurth 1

API 15057200380000 · Ford County, Kansas · WILDCAT field

Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1972-06-30
API
15057200380000
Operator
unavailable
County
Ford
Field
WILDCAT
Spudded
1972-06-01
Completed
1972-06-13
Plugged
1972-06-30
Measured depth
4,837 ft

Formation tops

Kansas records 20 formations for this well, shallowest first.

FormationTop (ft)Base (ft)Picks
Stone Corral Formation1,306–1,316—3
Wellington Formation1,699—1
Hutchinson Salt Member1,8502,3371
Chase Group2,473—1
Heebner Shale Member4,007–4,009—2
Lansing Group4,137—2
Kansas City Group4,3104,3042
Paola Limestone Member—4,3101
Cement City Limestone Member4,333—1
Quivira Shale Member—4,3381
Drum Limestone Member4,359—1
Block Limestone Member—4,3621
Winterset Limestone Member4,403—1
Canville Limestone Member—4,4051
Bethany Falls Limestone Member4,458—1
Marmaton Group4,553—1
Cherokee Group4,640—1
Fort Scott Limestone Formation4,654—1
Mississippian System4,753–4,762—2
Pennsylvanian System—4,7621

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. 3 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.

Location

37.779923, -99.561826

37.77992, -99.56183 · Surface location as filed with Kansas

Every well in Ford County, Kansas

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