Oil & gas wells in El Paso County, CO
129 catalogued wells in El Paso County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
El Paso County, Colorado has 129 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (0.8%), 103 plugged & abandoned (80%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 38th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
129
Active
1
Plugged
103
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in El Paso County?
0.8% of El Paso County's wells are active, 29 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 80% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.8%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 23 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in El Paso County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (0.8%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) 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 El Paso County well is 10,985 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 El Paso County compare with other Colorado counties?
El Paso County has the 38th-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 33rd in Colorado.
Who operates wells in El Paso County?
61 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in El Paso 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 El Paso County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Wigwam | 05-041-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wigwam Oil & Gas Company |
| 1 Wigwam | 05-041-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wigwam Oil & Gas Company |
| 1-26 State 17-63 | 05-041-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | United States Smelting Refining & Mining Company |
| 1 Rasner | 05-041-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gross* Todd |
| 1 State Red Creek | 05-041-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petroleum Industrial Corp |
| 1 Phillips | 05-041-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wyoming Oil & Gas Co |
| 1 Hart | 05-041-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Degen Bros | 05-041-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1-A Jamison Ranch | 05-041-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Jamison Ranch | 05-041-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Colorado State | 05-041-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amarillo Natural Gas Co |
| 1 Niles | 05-041-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co |
| 1 Bohart | 05-041-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | United States Smelting Refining & Mining Company |
| 1 John Wilson Farm | 05-041-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil |
| 1 Robert L. Christian | 05-041-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Voltz* M R |
| 1 C C Carson | 05-041-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Utemoor Syndicate Inc* The |
| 2 Carson | 05-041-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Whittemore | 05-041-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | New Drilling Company |
| 1-B State | 05-041-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Owen* K D |
| 1 (Owp) State | 05-041-05022 | Orphaned | Other type | Stoddard* J B |
| 1 Field Bohart | 05-041-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Coronado Oil Company |
| 1 Enoch | 05-041-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sinclair Oil & Gas Company |
| 1 (Owp) Sinton | 05-041-05025 | Other status | Other type | Colorado Expl And Drlg |
| 1 Myron Stratton Home | 05-041-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Jameson | 05-041-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crv Trickett |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 129 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 El Paso County, CO?
El Paso County, Colorado has 129 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 103 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in El Paso County?
1 wells in El Paso County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 33rd-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in El Paso County are plugged?
103 of El Paso County's 129 catalogued wells (80%) 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); El Paso County ranks 38th with 129.
How many companies operate wells in El Paso County?
61 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in El Paso 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 El Paso County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/el-paso (data as of October 10, 2026).