A & H ADAMS UNIT 3
API 15119200950000 · Meade County, Kansas · ADAMS RANCH field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 2002-01-17
API
15119200950000
Operator
Spess Oil Company, a General Partnership
County
Meade
Field
ADAMS RANCH
Location
Spudded
1972-04-22
Completed
1972-06-06
Plugged
2002-01-17
Measured depth
6,302 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 73 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Corral Formation | 1,380 | — | 3 |
| Wellington Formation | 2,035 | — | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 2,040 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,614 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,641 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,641 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,670 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,677 | — | 1 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,718 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,733 | — | 1 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,784 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,802 | 2,877 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,881 | 2,930 | 1 |
| Florence Limestone Member | 2,954 | — | 1 |
| Matfield Shale Formation | 2,986 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 2,998 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 3,042 | — | 1 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 3,042 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 3,046 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 3,101 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 3,108 | — | 1 |
| Easly Creek Shale Formation | 3,122 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 3,141 | — | 1 |
| Hooser Shale Member | 3,152 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 3,161 | — | 1 |
| Stearns Shale Formation | 3,176 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 3,178 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 3,204 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 3,208 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 3,259 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 3,304 | — | 1 |
| Roca Shale Formation | 3,382 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 3,386 | — | 1 |
| Pennsylvanian System | 3,540 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,540 | — | 1 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,755 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 4,428 | — | 1 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 4,465 | — | 1 |
| Iatan Limestone Member | 4,530 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 4,590 | — | 1 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,822 | — | 1 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,860 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,872 | 4,890 | 1 |
| Dennis Limestone Formation | 5,006 | — | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 5,092 | — | 1 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 5,114 | — | 1 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 5,154 | — | 1 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 5,156 | — | 1 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 5,191 | — | 1 |
| Exline Limestone Member | 5,198 | — | 1 |
| Marmaton Group | 5,282 | — | 1 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 5,318 | — | 1 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 5,354 | — | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 5,423 | — | 1 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 5,462 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 5,492 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 5,492 | — | 1 |
| Verdigris Limestone Member | 5,552 | — | 1 |
| Atoka Limestone Bed | 5,665 | — | 1 |
| Atokan Stage | 5,724 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed | 5,838–5,880 | — | 2 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 5,838 | — | 1 |
| Morrowan A Sandstone Bed | 5,863 | 5,880 | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Sandstone Bed | 5,911 | 5,918 | 1 |
| Chesteran Stage | 5,947 | — | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone D Bed | 5,947 | — | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 5,947 | — | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone C Bed | 6,055 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Zone B Bed | 6,085 | — | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone A Bed | 6,150 | — | 1 |
| Meramecian Stage | 6,298 | — | 1 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 6,298 | — | 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. 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
37.052035, -100.531005
37.05203, -100.53100 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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