Adams 'E' 1
API 15119103400000 · Meade County, Kansas · Adams Ranch field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 2025-04-24
API
15119103400000
Operator
Castle Resources, Inc.
County
Meade
Field
Adams Ranch
Location
Spudded
1959-08-25
Completed
1959-11-18
Plugged
2025-04-24
Measured depth
6,075 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 68 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Corral Formation | 1,240–1,243 | — | 2 |
| Wellington Formation | 1,715 | — | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 1,908 | — | 2 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,487 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,510–2,512 | — | 2 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,512 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,543 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,550 | — | 1 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,591 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,615 | — | 1 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,657 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,669 | 2,745 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,748 | 2,798 | 1 |
| Florence Limestone Member | 2,798 | — | 1 |
| Matfield Shale Formation | 2,851 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 2,863–2,864 | — | 2 |
| Council Grove Group | 2,900 | — | 1 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 2,900 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 2,984 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 2,996 | — | 1 |
| Easly Creek Shale Formation | 3,017 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 3,023 | — | 1 |
| Hooser Shale Member | 3,038 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 3,041 | — | 1 |
| Stearns Shale Formation | 3,070 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 3,079 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 3,101 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 3,107 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 3,117 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 3,174 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,416 | — | 2 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,630 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 4,266–4,267 | — | 2 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 4,301 | — | 1 |
| Iatan Limestone Member | 4,360 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 4,410–4,411 | — | 2 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,650 | — | 1 |
| Kansas City Group | 4,691 | — | 1 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,693 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,706 | 4,720 | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 4,922–4,923 | — | 2 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 4,926–4,927 | — | 2 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 5,022 | — | 2 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 5,025–5,030 | — | 2 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 5,094 | — | 1 |
| Pleasanton Group | 5,095–5,131 | — | 2 |
| Marmaton Group | 5,140 | — | 2 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 5,176 | — | 1 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 5,227 | — | 1 |
| Novinger Limestone Bed | 5,228 | — | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 5,270–5,327 | — | 2 |
| Cherokee Group | 5,322–5,358 | — | 2 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 5,324 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 5,357–5,358 | — | 2 |
| Verdigris Limestone Member | 5,420 | — | 1 |
| Atokan Stage | 5,605 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed | 5,718 | — | 2 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 5,718 | — | 1 |
| Morrowan A Sandstone Bed | 5,750 | 5,760 | 2 |
| Chesteran Stage | 5,834–5,861 | — | 2 |
| Mississippian System | 5,834–5,861 | — | 2 |
| Morrowan C Sandstone Bed | 5,834 | — | 1 |
| Lower Morrowan Sandstone Bed | 5,835 | 5,848 | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone C Bed | 5,848–5,861 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Zone B Bed | 5,874 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Zone A Bed | 5,955–5,978 | — | 2 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 6,053 | — | 1 |
| Lower Kearny Member | — | — | 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. 16 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
37.020422, -100.566875
37.02042, -100.56687 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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