Oil & gas wells in Baca County, CO
962 catalogued wells in Baca County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Baca County, Colorado has 962 catalogued oil & gas wells: 117 active (12%), 730 plugged & abandoned (76%) and 9 documented orphans. It ranks 17th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
962
Active
117
Plugged
730
Documented orphans
9
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Baca County?
12% of Baca County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 76% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 42 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 9 wells (0.9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 64 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Baca County?
By product class, 54 of the county's wells (6%) are oil wells, 314 (33%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 24% and the gas share 34%. The deepest total depth published for a Baca County well is 7,275 ft, against 29,046 ft for Colorado as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Baca County compare with other Colorado counties?
Baca County has the 17th-most catalogued wells of the 47 Colorado counties with at least 25. The median Colorado county on WellCensus has 497 wells. The largest, Weld County, has 45,804. By documented orphans it ranks 15th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Baca County?
223 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Baca 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 Baca County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Miller | 05-009-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| 1 Purdy-Richards | 05-009-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tiger Oil Company |
| 1 (State)-Trail | 05-009-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Champlin Petroleum Company |
| 1 Schnaufer | 05-009-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
| 1 State-Holt | 05-009-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Service Drilling Co |
| 1 Government | 05-009-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tooke* Walter P |
| 1 Eversoll*j C | 05-009-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis, LLC* Edward Mike |
| 1-A Holt | 05-009-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Coop Refinery Assoc |
| 1 Cadwalder | 05-009-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sierra Petroleum Co Inc |
| 1a Kahler | 05-009-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Jackson* Donald W |
| 1 Caldwell | 05-009-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | National Coop Refinery Assoc |
| 5374 1 Federal | 05-009-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| 1 Dixon | 05-009-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis, LLC* Edward Mike |
| 1 B C Clevenger | 05-009-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| 44-6 Stalford | 05-009-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Superior Oil Company |
| 1-A Emma A Hamilton | 05-009-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco Exploration And Production Inc |
| 1 Copenhaver, T A | 05-009-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Shell Oil Company |
| 1 Singer 1 | 05-009-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moran Bros Inc |
| 1 Prairie Dog | 05-009-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co |
| 1 Federal Land Bank | 05-009-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| 1 Speaker | 05-009-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Horizon Oil & Gas Co |
| 1 Morris | 05-009-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Huber Corporation* J M |
| 1-36 State A | 05-009-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis Drilling Inc |
| 1-31 Gitchell | 05-009-05029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Service Drilling Co |
| 1-28 Jenkins | 05-009-05030 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Horizon Oil & Gas Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 962 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 Baca County, CO?
Baca County, Colorado has 962 catalogued oil & gas wells: 117 active, 730 plugged and 9 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Baca County?
9 wells in Baca County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 15th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Baca County are plugged?
730 of Baca County's 962 catalogued wells (76%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 44% across Colorado.
Which Colorado county has the most oil and gas wells?
Weld County has the most catalogued wells of any Colorado county on WellCensus (45,804); Baca County ranks 17th with 962.
How many companies operate wells in Baca County?
223 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Baca County, Colorado.
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About this data
Source: Colorado ECMC 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 Baca County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/baca (data as of October 10, 2026).