Oil & gas wells in Elbert County, CO
832 catalogued wells in Elbert County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Elbert County, Colorado has 832 catalogued oil & gas wells: 39 active (5%), 629 plugged & abandoned (76%) and 5 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.7% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
832
Active
39
Plugged
629
Documented orphans
5
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Elbert County?
5% of Elbert County's wells are active, 25 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 76% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 19 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 5 wells (0.6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 140 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Elbert County?
By product class, 204 of the county's wells (25%) are oil wells, 23 (3%) 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 Elbert County well is 21,631 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 Elbert County compare with other Colorado counties?
Elbert County has the 19th-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 21st in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Elbert County?
157 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Elbert 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 Elbert County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 State | 05-039-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hawks* Jeff |
| 1 Ward | 05-039-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ginther Warren & Co |
| 1 Taylor | 05-039-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hawks* Jeff |
| 1 Ellsworth | 05-039-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Martin* Robert E |
| 1 Judge | 05-039-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cline Oil Co* James M |
| 1-22 State-Limon | 05-039-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy Oil Co |
| 1 Maul | 05-039-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ginther Warren & Co |
| 1 State-Herrick | 05-039-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ginther Warren & Co |
| 1 Uprr-Gooch | 05-039-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elpasgar Oil Company Aka Espasgar Oil |
| 1 Pribbeno | 05-039-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lebsack* M J |
| 1 Uprr-Beuck | 05-039-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Falcon Seaboard Drlg Co |
| 2-C State | 05-039-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sterling Drilling Company |
| 1-C State | 05-039-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sterling Drilling Company |
| 1 Gordon | 05-039-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rivers, James M Cline, & John T Nelson* E L |
| 1 U P | 05-039-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ramsey Petroleum Corp |
| 1 J E Taylor | 05-039-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sinclair Oil & Gas Company |
| 1 R L Murdock | 05-039-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hibbert* Estate Of R E |
| 1-A State | 05-039-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sterling Drilling Company |
| 1-B State | 05-039-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sterling Drilling Company |
| 1 Uprr-Mathews | 05-039-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sterling Drilling Company |
| 1 Balvin | 05-039-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Olds Oil Corporation |
| 1 State | 05-039-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cline Oil Co* James M |
| 1 Uprr-J.D. Butler | 05-039-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hawks* Jeff |
| 1-B Uprr-James B Jolly | 05-039-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vaughey & Vaughey |
| 1-J Jolly | 05-039-05029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Apache Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 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 Elbert County, CO?
Elbert County, Colorado has 832 catalogued oil & gas wells: 39 active, 629 plugged and 5 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Elbert County?
5 wells in Elbert County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 21st-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Elbert County are plugged?
629 of Elbert County's 832 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); Elbert County ranks 19th with 832.
How many companies operate wells in Elbert County?
157 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Elbert 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 Elbert County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/elbert (data as of October 10, 2026).