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API 15119100760000 · Meade County, Kansas · BORCHERS NORTHWEST field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1962-08-12
API
15119100760000
Operator
unavailable
County
Meade
Field
BORCHERS NORTHWEST
Location
Spudded
1962-07-29
Completed
1962-08-12
Plugged
1962-08-12
Measured depth
5,755 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 66 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Formation | 2,049 | — | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 2,054 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,620 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,651 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,651 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,675 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,683 | — | 1 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,719 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,737 | — | 1 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,768 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,781 | 2,850 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,856 | 2,895 | 1 |
| Florence Limestone Member | 2,899 | — | 1 |
| Matfield Shale Formation | 2,947 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 2,961 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 3,009 | — | 1 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 3,009 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 3,011 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 3,065 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 3,073 | — | 1 |
| Easly Creek Shale Formation | 3,091 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 3,100 | — | 1 |
| Hooser Shale Member | 3,114 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 3,120 | — | 1 |
| Stearns Shale Formation | 3,138 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 3,141 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 3,170 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 3,175 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 3,230 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 3,263 | — | 1 |
| Roca Shale Formation | 3,332 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 3,335 | — | 1 |
| Onaga Shale Formation | 3,470 | — | 1 |
| Pennsylvanian System | 3,476 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,476 | — | 2 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,588 | — | 1 |
| Stotler Limestone Formation | 3,596 | — | 1 |
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 3,972 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 4,360 | — | 1 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 4,380 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 4,510 | — | 1 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,696 | — | 1 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,748 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,771 | 4,784 | 1 |
| Dennis Limestone Formation | 4,868 | — | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 4,967 | — | 1 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 4,978 | — | 1 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 5,019 | — | 1 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 5,040 | — | 1 |
| Marmaton Group | 5,164 | — | 1 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 5,192 | — | 1 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 5,219 | — | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 5,287 | — | 1 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 5,322 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 5,343 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 5,343 | — | 1 |
| Verdigris Limestone Member | 5,396 | — | 1 |
| Atoka Limestone Bed | 5,461 | — | 1 |
| Atokan Stage | 5,520 | — | 1 |
| Atoka Shale Bed | 5,559 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed | 5,654–5,659 | — | 2 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 5,654 | — | 1 |
| Morrowan B Sandstone Bed | 5,668 | 5,691 | 1 |
| Chesteran Stage | 5,697 | — | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 5,697 | — | 1 |
| Stone Corral Formation | — | — | 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
37.194950, -100.458200
37.19495, -100.45820 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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