Oil & gas wells in Imperial County, CA
182 catalogued wells in Imperial County, California, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Imperial County, California has 182 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 144 plugged & abandoned (79%) and 14 documented orphans. It ranks 30th of the 39 California counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 242,471 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
182
Active
0
Plugged
144
Documented orphans
14
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Imperial County?
0% of Imperial County's wells are active, 22 percentage points below the California share of 22%. 79% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 23 wells (13%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 14 wells (8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across California and 4% nationally. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Imperial County?
By product class, 14 of the county's wells (8%) are oil wells, 111 (61%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 68% and the gas share 3%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Imperial County compare with other California counties?
Imperial County has the 30th-most catalogued wells of the 39 California counties with at least 25. The median California county on WellCensus has 675 wells. The largest, Kern County, has 156,849. By documented orphans it ranks 14th in California.
Who operates wells in Imperial County?
41 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Imperial County. 100% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Imperial County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barkett 2 | 04-025-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mike Barkett |
| Yuha 1 | 04-025-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clarence E. Harrison |
| Straw 1 | 04-025-00003 | Orphaned | Oil | Petrodynamics Assoc. |
| Biff 1 | 04-025-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sardi Oil Co. |
| U.S.L. Phyllis 1 | 04-025-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ajax Oil and Development Co. |
| Timken 1 | 04-025-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp., Unit Operator |
| Veysey 1 | 04-025-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp., Unit Operator |
| U.S.A. 27-1 | 04-025-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Expl. Co. |
| Anthony 1 | 04-025-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Anthony-Rivers Dev. Co. |
| Barth 1 | 04-025-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barth Oil Co., Inc. |
| Federal 1 | 04-025-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Argyle M. Campbell, Egger & Rottman |
| Chandler 1 | 04-025-00012 | Orphaned | Other type | J. P. Chandler & Lee Staton |
| F. G. W. De Anza U.S.L. 1 | 04-025-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | De Anza Oil Co. Ltd. |
| Lease by Imperial Valley Oil & Dev. Assoc. 1 | 04-025-00014 | Orphaned | Oil | Imperial Valley Oil & Dev. Assoc. |
| Lease by Imperial Valley Petro. Corp. 1 | 04-025-00015 | Orphaned | Oil | Imperial Valley Petro. Corp. |
| Lease by Irex Oil Co. 1 | 04-025-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Irex Oil Co. |
| Truck Haven 1 | 04-025-00017 | Orphaned | Other type | Harry B. Mortimer & R. L. Rasmussen |
| Lease by Jesse M. Nelson 1 | 04-025-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jesse M. Nelson |
| Lease by 104 Oil & Drilling Co. 1 | 04-025-00019 | Orphaned | Oil | 104 Oil & Drilling Co. |
| Lease by 104 Oil & Drilling Co. 2 | 04-025-00020 | Orphaned | Oil | 104 Oil & Drilling Co. |
| Lease by 104 Oil & Drilling Co. 3 | 04-025-00021 | Orphaned | Oil | 104 Oil & Drilling Co. |
| All American Acres 1 | 04-025-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | O'Quinn & Hadley |
| Pacific Dry Ice 1 | 04-025-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pacific Dry Ice Co. |
| Pacific Dry Ice 2 | 04-025-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pacific Dry Ice Co. |
| Pacific Dry Ice 3 | 04-025-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pacific Dry Ice Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 182 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Imperial County, CA?
Imperial County, California has 182 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 144 plugged and 14 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Imperial County?
14 wells in Imperial County, California are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 14th-highest count among California counties.
What share of wells in Imperial County are plugged?
144 of Imperial County's 182 catalogued wells (79%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 60% across California.
Which California county has the most oil and gas wells?
Kern County has the most catalogued wells of any California county on WellCensus (156,849); Imperial County ranks 30th with 182.
How many companies operate wells in Imperial County?
41 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Imperial County, California.
Nearby in the California rankings
About this data
Source: CalGEM WellSTAR well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Imperial County, California”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/california/imperial (data as of October 10, 2026).