Yost 1
API 15135205450000 · Ness County, Kansas · YOST field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1974-01-23
API
15135205450000
Operator
Rains & Williamson Oil Co., Inc.
County
Ness
Field
YOST
Location
Spudded
1971-12-21
Completed
1972-01-10
Plugged
1974-01-23
Measured depth
4,520 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 16 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Corral Formation | 1,780–1,797 | — | 2 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 3,836–3,837 | — | 2 |
| Lansing Group | 3,878 | — | 2 |
| Paola Limestone Member | — | 4,042 | 1 |
| Cement City Limestone Member | 4,062 | — | 1 |
| Quivira Shale Member | — | 4,066 | 1 |
| Drum Limestone Member | 4,084 | — | 1 |
| Block Limestone Member | — | 4,088 | 1 |
| Winterset Limestone Member | 4,120 | — | 1 |
| Canville Limestone Member | — | 4,124 | 1 |
| Bethany Falls Limestone Member | 4,155 | — | 1 |
| Kansas City Group | 4,176 | 4,038 | 2 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 4,288 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 4,393 | — | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 4,460–4,489 | — | 2 |
| Pennsylvanian System | — | 4,460 | 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. 3 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
38.586257, -99.938890
38.58626, -99.93889 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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