Morton And Sons
Operator of record for 17 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Morton And Sons is the operator of record for 17 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 17 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 17 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
17
Active
0
Plugged
17
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 17 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 4
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Morton And Sons operate?
Morton And Sons's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: California (17). Its 17 California wells are 0.0% of the 242,471 catalogued in that state — its largest share of any state. Counts cover only states whose registries WellCensus has ingested with operator names; wells in Nebraska and Texas (location indexes) and in states without a registry ingest are not yet attributed to any operator.
How many of Morton And Sons’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Morton And Sons's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Morton And Sons operate?
By product class, 4 (24%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The wells listed below sit in Kern (CA), Los Angeles (CA) and Orange (CA).
Notable wells operated by Morton And Sons
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bender West 1 | 04-029-30724 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
| Tejon Ranch Co. 15-1 | 04-029-32303 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
| Wm. Rowland Estate 2-1 | 04-037-05709 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Los Angeles, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
| Wm. Rowland Estate 3-1 | 04-037-05710 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Los Angeles, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
| Quinn 1-16 | 04-029-08690 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
| Holtz 7-1 | 04-059-05805 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Orange, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
| Irvine 7-1 | 04-059-05806 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Orange, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
| Macoil 1 | 04-029-32657 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
| Lerdo Community 1-5 | 04-029-30765 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
| Crew Community 1 | 04-059-01073 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Orange, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
| El Toro Co. 14-1 | 04-059-01074 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Orange, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
| Irvine 55-1 | 04-059-01075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Orange, CA | Morton and Sons | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Morton And Sons operate?
Morton And Sons is the operator of record for 17 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (17). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Morton And Sons's wells are still active?
0 of Morton And Sons's catalogued wells are active; 17 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Morton And Sons operate wells?
Morton And Sons is the operator of record for wells in California (17).
Does Morton And Sons operate mostly oil or gas wells?
4 of Morton And Sons's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Morton And Sons's wells are
About this data
Source: State oil & gas regulator registries (operator of record as filed, exact-normalized across states) plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Morton And Sons — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/morton-and-sons-8253 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).