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Oil & gas wells in Stanislaus County, CA

153 catalogued wells in Stanislaus County, California, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Stanislaus County, California has 153 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (0.7%), 139 plugged & abandoned (91%) and 5 documented orphans. It ranks 32nd of the 39 California counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 242,471 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

153

Active

1

Plugged

139

Documented orphans

5

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Stanislaus County?

0.7% of Stanislaus County's wells are active, 22 percentage points below the California share of 22%. 91% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 5 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across California and 4% nationally. The remaining 6 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Stanislaus County?

By product class, 4 of the county's wells (3%) are oil wells, 12 (8%) 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 Stanislaus County compare with other California counties?

Stanislaus County has the 32nd-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 23rd in California.

Who operates wells in Stanislaus County?

89 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Stanislaus 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.

Oil & gas wells in Stanislaus County, CA
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Graham 104-099-00001Plugged & abandonedOther typeAtlantic Richfield Co.
Isom 204-099-00002Plugged & abandonedOther typeA & M Oil & Gas Co.
Lease by Santa Maria Petro. Corp. 104-099-00003Plugged & abandonedOther typeSanta Maria Petro. Corp.
Lease by W. H. Clary 104-099-00004OrphanedOther typeW. H. Clary
Skiles 104-099-00005Plugged & abandonedOther typeChristiana Oil Corp.
Williams 104-099-00006Plugged & abandonedOther typeChristiana Oil Corp.
Lease by Oakdale Oil Corp., Ltd. 104-099-00007Plugged & abandonedOther typeOakdale Oil Corp., Ltd.
Lease by Southern Oil & Gas Company 104-099-00008Plugged & abandonedOther typeSouthern Oil & Gas Company
Blewett Community 1904-099-00009Plugged & abandonedOther typeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
Mape 104-099-00010Plugged & abandonedOther typeE. E. Fogelson
E.T. Mape 104-099-00011Plugged & abandonedOther typeExxon Mobil Corporation
P.L. Davies et ux 104-099-00012Plugged & abandonedOther typeOccidental Petroleum Corporation
Forni 104-099-00013Plugged & abandonedOther typeOccidental Petroleum Corporation
SP Unit A 104-099-00014Plugged & abandonedOther typeOccidental Petroleum Corporation
Caswell Park Unit 10-104-099-00015Plugged & abandonedOther typeH. W. Reynolds, Jr.
Mape 104-099-00016Plugged & abandonedOther typeReynolds & Carver
Sesnon-Vernalis So Block Un. 1 47-3104-099-00017Plugged & abandonedOther typePorter Sesnon et al
Sesnon-Vernalis So Block Un. 2 12-3204-099-00018Plugged & abandonedOther typePorter Sesnon et al
Mape 104-099-00019Plugged & abandonedOther typeSignet Operating & Expl. Co.
Overton 34-1604-099-00020Plugged & abandonedOther typeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
Ambassador-Modesto Unit A-104-099-00021Plugged & abandonedOther typeGreat Basins Petroleum Co.
Caswell Unit 104-099-00022Plugged & abandonedOther typeGreat Basins Petroleum Co.
Coito 104-099-00023Plugged & abandonedOther typeGreat Basins Petroleum Co.
Wagner 35-2604-099-00024Plugged & abandonedOther typeGreat Basins Petroleum Co.
Walker 104-099-00025Plugged & abandonedOther typeGreat Basins Petroleum Co.

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 153 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 Stanislaus County, CA?

Stanislaus County, California has 153 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 139 plugged and 5 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Stanislaus County?

5 wells in Stanislaus County, California are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 23rd-highest count among California counties.

What share of wells in Stanislaus County are plugged?

139 of Stanislaus County's 153 catalogued wells (91%) 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); Stanislaus County ranks 32nd with 153.

How many companies operate wells in Stanislaus County?

89 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Stanislaus County, California.

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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 Stanislaus County, California”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/california/stanislaus (data as of October 10, 2026).