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API 15057200640000 · Ford County, Kansas · WILDCAT field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1974-12-21
API
15057200640000
Operator
unavailable
County
Ford
Field
WILDCAT
Location
Spudded
1974-12-05
Completed
1974-12-21
Plugged
1974-12-21
Measured depth
5,405 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 31 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiowa Shale Formation | 238 | — | 1 |
| Permian System | 417 | — | 1 |
| Cedar Hills Sandstone Formation | 908 | — | 1 |
| Salt Plain Formation | 1,140 | — | 1 |
| Stone Corral Formation | 1,480–1,524 | — | 3 |
| Wellington Formation | 1,918 | — | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 2,043 | 2,520 | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,736 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,737 | — | 1 |
| Towanda | 2,802 | — | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,862 | — | 1 |
| Florence | 2,918 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood | 3,293 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee | 3,655 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 4,320 | — | 1 |
| Brown Lime | 4,456 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 4,466 | — | 1 |
| Paola Limestone Member | — | 4,684 | 1 |
| Cement City Limestone Member | 4,700 | — | 1 |
| Quivira Shale Member | — | 4,702 | 1 |
| Drum Limestone Member | 4,740 | — | 1 |
| Block Limestone Member | — | 4,742 | 1 |
| Canville Limestone Member | — | 4,810 | 1 |
| Winterset Limestone Member | 4,810 | — | 1 |
| Bethany Falls Limestone Member | 4,865 | — | 1 |
| Marmaton Group | 4,960 | — | 1 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 5,037 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 5,088 | — | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 5,231 | — | 1 |
| Pennsylvanian System | — | 5,231 | 1 |
| Kansas City Group | — | — | 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. 1 formation was picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and its range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
37.538080, -99.880450
37.53808, -99.88045 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
Every well in Ford County, Kansas
Kansas state record, from KS_wells_ks_wells.parquet. Corpus built 2026-09-11.