Oil & gas wells in Cheyenne County, CO
1,832 catalogued wells in Cheyenne County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cheyenne County, Colorado has 1,832 catalogued oil & gas wells: 277 active (15%), 1,261 plugged & abandoned (69%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 13th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,832
Active
277
Plugged
1,261
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cheyenne County?
15% of Cheyenne County's wells are active, 14 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 69% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 96 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 197 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cheyenne County?
By product class, 506 of the county's wells (28%) are oil wells, 124 (7%) 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 Cheyenne County well is 9,230 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 Cheyenne County compare with other Colorado counties?
Cheyenne County has the 13th-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 31st in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Cheyenne County?
166 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Schultz | 05-017-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron USA Inc |
| 1 Seip | 05-017-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mull Drilling Company Inc |
| 1 Ruff | 05-017-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Isern* M A |
| 1 Shannon-Uprr 19 | 05-017-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shannon Oil Co |
| 1 Burns | 05-017-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Larson | 05-017-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| 1 Uprr-Lange | 05-017-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Huntzinger* Homer G |
| 1 Whitson C U Bay & Ed Catr | 05-017-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Uprr-Hoff | 05-017-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Creslenn Oil Co |
| 1 Hittle | 05-017-05069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Oil Industries Inc |
| 1 Texaco Uprr Co Union Paci | 05-017-05070 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco Exploration And Production Inc |
| 1 Burns | 05-017-05074 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belco Petroleum Corporation |
| 1 Daykin | 05-017-06001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Germany Investment Co |
| 1 Roth | 05-017-06002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mull Drilling Company Inc |
| 1 French | 05-017-06003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Appleton Oil Company |
| 1 Sward | 05-017-06004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Plains Ex |
| 2 Uprr-Roth | 05-017-06005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mull Drilling Company Inc |
| 3 Uprr-Roth | 05-017-06006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mull Drilling Company Inc |
| 1 L W Kliesen | 05-017-06007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Trend Resources Ltd |
| 1 State | 05-017-06008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mull Drilling Company Inc |
| 1 (Owp) Bartholomew | 05-017-06009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inexco Oil Co |
| 1 Lowe | 05-017-06010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Murfin Drilling Company Inc |
| 1 Tallman | 05-017-06011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inexco Oil Co |
| 1-16 State (Pelton) | 05-017-06012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tiger Oil Company |
| 4 Roth | 05-017-06013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mull Drilling Company Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,832 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 Cheyenne County, CO?
Cheyenne County, Colorado has 1,832 catalogued oil & gas wells: 277 active, 1,261 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cheyenne County?
1 wells in Cheyenne County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 31st-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Cheyenne County are plugged?
1,261 of Cheyenne County's 1,832 catalogued wells (69%) 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); Cheyenne County ranks 13th with 1,832.
How many companies operate wells in Cheyenne County?
166 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/cheyenne (data as of October 10, 2026).