Birney 'A' 1
API 15057200530000 · Ford County, Kansas · BIRNEY field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1973-08-31
API
15057200530000
Operator
unavailable
County
Ford
Field
BIRNEY
Location
Spudded
1973-08-14
Completed
1973-08-23
Plugged
1973-08-31
Measured depth
5,014 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 18 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Corral Formation | 1,300–1,310 | — | 3 |
| Wellington Formation | 1,722 | — | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 1,898 | 2,385 | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,510 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 4,099–4,102 | — | 2 |
| Lansing Group | 4,248 | — | 2 |
| Paola Limestone Member | — | 4,436 | 1 |
| Cement City Limestone Member | 4,459 | — | 1 |
| Quivira Shale Member | — | 4,463 | 1 |
| Drum Limestone Member | 4,488 | — | 1 |
| Block Limestone Member | — | 4,492 | 1 |
| Winterset Limestone Member | 4,543 | — | 1 |
| Canville Limestone Member | — | 4,548 | 1 |
| Bethany Falls Limestone Member | 4,593 | — | 1 |
| Kansas City Group | 4,670 | 4,429 | 2 |
| Cherokee Group | 4,806 | — | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 4,900 | — | 2 |
| Pennsylvanian System | — | 4,900 | 1 |
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. 2 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
37.675790, -99.583815
37.67579, -99.58382 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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