The Cherokee Group formation
Footprint and mineral-owner context for the Cherokee Group, drawn from the same state oil and gas commission well records behind our county pages. Every figure on this page is an estimate subject to verification of your specific interest.
Last updated June 2026.
What is the Cherokee Group?
The Cherokee Group is a producing formation named across 16 counties in Kansas, in the Cherokee Basin, with 63,449 active wells on record across those counties.
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The Cherokee Group shows up in state oil and gas commission well records as a producing formation or pool in 16 of the counties and parishes we cover, across the Cherokee Basin. Every county where it produces sits in the same basin, though well counts and operators differ county to county. Across those counties, state records show 63,449 active wells producing, with the heaviest activity in Woodson County, Allen County, Miami County. This page is built from the same public well-record data as our county pages, not a USGS geologic assessment, so it does not carry a play-wide resource estimate the way our larger flagship formation pages do.
Counties in the Cherokee Group play
These are the counties and parishes we cover where state commission records show the Cherokee Group producing. Each links to that county's own Cherokee Group well count and operators, not just the general county page.
What the Cherokee Group means for your minerals
A resource estimate for a play is not the value of your acreage. Your mineral and royalty interest is valued on the income your wells actually pay, roughly 36 to 72 times your average monthly royalty check, the same as 3 to 6 times your annual royalty. Where you land in that band depends on your wells decline, the operator, your royalty rate, and any undeveloped drilling upside. For the full method and a free on-screen estimate, see what are my mineral rights worth.
The Cherokee Group is part of the Cherokee Basin. For the basin-wide value bands and the counties we buy in, see the Cherokee Basin page.
Cherokee Group questions
- Which counties does the Cherokee Group produce in?
- State commission well records show the Cherokee Group producing in 16 counties we cover: Allen County, Anderson County, Bourbon County, Chautauqua County, Coffey County, Crawford County, Elk County, Franklin County, Greenwood County, Labette County, Linn County, Miami County, and others. See each county's page for the full local well and operator picture.
- How many wells produce from the Cherokee Group?
- Across the counties we cover, state oil and gas commission records show about 63,449 active wells tied to the Cherokee Group. That figure is a sum across counties from public well records, not a measure of any one owner's interest.
- What is a Cherokee Group mineral interest worth?
- A Cherokee Group interest is valued the same way as any producing interest: roughly 36 to 72 times your average monthly royalty check. Where you land in that range depends on your wells' decline, the operator, your royalty rate, and any undeveloped drilling upside. This is an estimate, not an offer.
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