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API 15171000830000 · Scott County, Kansas · WILDCAT field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1950-01-01
API
15171000830000
Operator
unavailable
County
Scott
Field
WILDCAT
Location
Spudded
1949-11-08
Completed
1949-12-26
Plugged
1950-01-01
Measured depth
5,342 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 62 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Hays Limestone Member | 614 | — | 1 |
| Blaine Formation | 1,802 | 1,837 | 1 |
| Stone Corral Formation | 2,266 | 2,343 | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 2,623 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,740 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,771 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,771 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,814 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 3,010 | — | 1 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 3,010 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 3,040 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 3,061 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 3,087 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 3,111 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 3,148 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 3,174 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 3,191 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 3,231 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 3,287 | — | 1 |
| Johnson Shale Formation | 3,320 | — | 1 |
| Long Creek Limestone Member | 3,340 | — | 1 |
| Falls City Limestone Formation | 3,370 | — | 1 |
| Onaga Shale Formation | 3,378 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,386–3,460 | — | 3 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,500 | — | 1 |
| Stotler Limestone Formation | 3,543 | — | 1 |
| Red Shale Bed | 3,610 | — | 1 |
| Howard Limestone Formation | 3,648 | — | 1 |
| Severy Shale Formation | 3,682 | — | 1 |
| Shawnee Group | 3,688 | — | 1 |
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 3,688 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 3,931 | — | 1 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 3,953 | — | 1 |
| Iatan Limestone Member | 3,977 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 4,013 | — | 1 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,108 | — | 1 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,159 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,172 | 4,199 | 1 |
| Dennis Limestone Formation | 4,238 | — | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 4,259 | — | 1 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 4,274 | — | 1 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 4,298 | — | 1 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 4,306 | — | 1 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 4,339 | — | 1 |
| Exline Limestone Member | 4,346 | — | 1 |
| Pleasanton Group | 4,355 | — | 1 |
| Marmaton Group | 4,382 | — | 1 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 4,414 | — | 1 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 4,440 | — | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 4,480 | — | 1 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 4,505 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 4,518 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 4,518 | — | 1 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 4,645 | — | 1 |
| Meramecian Stage | 4,665 | — | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 4,665 | — | 1 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 4,665 | — | 1 |
| Salem Limestone | 4,845 | — | 1 |
| Warsaw Limestone | 4,960 | — | 1 |
| Kinderhookian Stage | 5,105 | — | 1 |
| Viola Limestone | 5,223 | — | 1 |
| Arbuckle Group | 5,290 | — | 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
38.536118, -100.857302
38.53612, -100.85730 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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