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API 15175200910000 · Seward County, Kansas · ARKALON field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1974-05-06
API
15175200910000
Operator
unavailable
County
Seward
Field
ARKALON
Location
Spudded
1969-12-15
Completed
1970-01-22
Plugged
1974-05-06
Measured depth
6,500 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 69 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Corral Formation | 1,556 | 1,605 | 1 |
| Wellington Formation | 2,133 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,665 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,690–2,694 | — | 2 |
| Chase Group | 2,694 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,712 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,723 | — | 1 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,775 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,790 | — | 2 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,840 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,854 | 2,916 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,921 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 3,040 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 3,074–3,075 | — | 2 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 3,074 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 3,084 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 3,141 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 3,150 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 3,250 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 3,258 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 3,300 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 3,335 | — | 1 |
| Roca Shale Formation | 3,405 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 3,412 | — | 1 |
| Johnson Shale Formation | 3,463 | — | 1 |
| Long Creek Limestone Member | 3,470 | — | 1 |
| Janesville Shale Formation | 3,514 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,556 | — | 2 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 4,375–4,380 | — | 2 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 4,398–4,400 | — | 2 |
| Iatan Limestone Member | 4,460 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 4,542 | — | 3 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,781–4,832 | — | 2 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,820 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,832–4,870 | 4,867 | 2 |
| Cherryvale Shale Formation | 4,900 | — | 1 |
| Dennis Limestone Formation | 4,956 | — | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 5,034–5,036 | — | 2 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 5,050–5,052 | — | 2 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 5,089–5,090 | — | 2 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 5,094–5,095 | — | 2 |
| Pleasanton Group | 5,134–5,206 | — | 2 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 5,150 | — | 1 |
| Marmaton Group | 5,218 | — | 2 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 5,231 | — | 1 |
| Pawnee Limestone Formation | 5,276 | — | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 5,321 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 5,362–5,409 | — | 2 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 5,364 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 5,400–5,409 | — | 2 |
| Verdigris Limestone Member | 5,468 | — | 1 |
| Atokan Stage | 5,579 | — | 1 |
| Atoka Shale Bed | 5,636 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed | 5,767–5,851 | — | 4 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 5,770 | — | 1 |
| Morrowan A Sandstone Bed | 5,822–5,824 | 5,832 | 2 |
| Keyes Sandstone Bed | 5,932 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Sandstone Bed | 5,932 | 5,945 | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone C Bed | 5,945–6,007 | 6,054 | 2 |
| Mississippian System | 5,945–5,954 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Stage | 5,954 | — | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone D Bed | 5,954 | — | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone B Bed | 6,054–6,192 | 6,125 | 3 |
| Chesteran Zone A Bed | 6,112–6,125 | 6,260 | 2 |
| Chesteran Sandstone Upper Bed | 6,125 | — | 1 |
| Meramecian Stage | 6,260–6,262 | — | 2 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 6,260–6,262 | — | 2 |
| St. Louis Limestone Formation | 6,385–6,416 | — | 3 |
| 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. 22 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
37.109009, -100.800201
37.10901, -100.80020 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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