FINCHAM 'A' 4
API 15175203750000 · Seward County, Kansas · SHUCK field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 2003-03-06
API
15175203750000
Operator
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
County
Seward
Field
SHUCK
Location
Spudded
1978-11-28
Completed
1979-01-16
Plugged
2003-03-06
Measured depth
6,350 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 74 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Formation | 2,223 | — | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 2,352 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,614 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,642 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,642 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,654 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,670 | — | 1 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,707 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,718 | — | 1 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,754 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,783 | 2,820 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,834 | 2,875 | 1 |
| Matfield Shale Formation | 2,906 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 2,925 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 2,954 | — | 1 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 2,954 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 2,968 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 3,019 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 3,026 | — | 1 |
| Easly Creek Shale Formation | 3,050 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 3,056 | — | 1 |
| Hooser Shale Member | 3,076 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 3,085 | — | 1 |
| Stearns Shale Formation | 3,097 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 3,100 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 3,116 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 3,124 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 3,160 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 3,194 | — | 1 |
| Roca Shale Formation | 3,250 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 3,262 | — | 1 |
| Johnson Shale Formation | 3,296 | — | 1 |
| Long Creek Limestone Member | 3,300 | — | 1 |
| Janesville Shale Formation | 3,335 | — | 1 |
| Falls City Limestone Formation | 3,357 | — | 1 |
| Onaga Shale Formation | 3,364 | — | 1 |
| Pennsylvanian System | 3,370 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,370–3,448 | — | 3 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,528 | — | 1 |
| Stotler Limestone Formation | 3,534 | — | 1 |
| Red Shale Bed | 3,640 | — | 1 |
| Severy Shale Formation | 3,728 | — | 1 |
| Shawnee Group | 3,736 | — | 1 |
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 3,736 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 4,224 | — | 1 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 4,239 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 4,352 | — | 2 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,648 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,658 | — | 1 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,666 | — | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 4,879 | — | 1 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 4,912 | — | 1 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 4,965 | — | 1 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 4,969 | — | 1 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 5,018 | — | 1 |
| Pleasanton Group | 5,052 | — | 1 |
| Marmaton Group | 5,064 | — | 1 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 5,088 | 5,132 | 1 |
| Novinger Limestone Bed | 5,164 | 5,172 | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 5,205 | — | 1 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 5,245 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 5,287 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 5,287 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed | 5,684–5,901 | — | 2 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 5,684 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Sandstone Bed | 5,942 | 5,960 | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone C Bed | 5,964 | 6,054 | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 5,964 | — | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone B Bed | 6,054–6,232 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Sandstone Lower Bed | 6,105–6,218 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Zone A Bed | 6,145 | 6,270 | 2 |
| Meramecian Stage | 6,270 | — | 1 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 6,270 | 6,318 | 1 |
| St. Louis Limestone Formation | 6,324 | — | 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. 4 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
37.150156, -101.033488
37.15016, -101.03349 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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