Oil & gas wells in Fremont County, CO
406 catalogued wells in Fremont County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Fremont County, Colorado has 406 catalogued oil & gas wells: 38 active (9%), 291 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 27th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
406
Active
38
Plugged
291
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Fremont County?
9% of Fremont County's wells are active, 20 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 24 wells (6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 46 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Fremont County?
By product class, 123 of the county's wells (30%) are oil wells, 12 (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 Fremont County well is 9,870 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 Fremont County compare with other Colorado counties?
Fremont County has the 27th-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 17th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Fremont County?
74 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Fremont 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 Fremont County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 (Owp) Wilbar | 05-043-04421 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dodge* Joseph V |
| 1 New England Ranch | 05-043-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seaboard Oil Company |
| 1 Stringer | 05-043-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 05-043-05010 | 05-043-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Newton | 05-043-05011 | Other status | Other type | Newton Oil Company |
| 3 Peak Petroleum Co | 05-043-05051 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peak Petroleum Company |
| 1 (Owp) Good | 05-043-05053 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Energy & Carbon Management Commission |
| 2 Peak Petroleum Co | 05-043-05054 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peak Petroleum Company |
| 1 Peak Petroleum Co | 05-043-05058 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peak Petroleum Company |
| 1 (Owp) Don H Peaker-State | 05-043-05070 | Orphaned | Oil | Peak Petroleum Company |
| 1 Smith | 05-043-05071 | Active | Oil | Cinnamon Creek Oil & Gas Inc |
| 2 Continental Oil Co | 05-043-05075 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Peak Petroleum Company |
| 4 Fee | 05-043-05076 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peak Petroleum Company |
| 1 Lloyd | 05-043-05077 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kd Drilliing Co And Fox, Peaker, Et Al |
| 2 Lloyd | 05-043-05078 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kd Drilliing Co And Fox, Peaker, Et Al |
| 1 Templeton | 05-043-05088 | Shut-in | Oil | Javernick Oil |
| 1 Continental Oil Co | 05-043-05090 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Continental Oil Company |
| 3 Continental Oil Co | 05-043-05098 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peak Petroleum Company |
| 1 Pitzer | 05-043-05099 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kd Drilliing Co And Fox, Peaker, Et Al |
| 1 Fee | 05-043-05100 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Griffith | 05-043-05101 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Peak-Mile High-Robb | 05-043-05102 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peak Petroleum Company |
| 1 Warren Schmidt | 05-043-05103 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B & B Resources Inc |
| 1 Gindro | 05-043-05107 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kd Drilliing Co And Fox, Peaker, Et Al |
| 8 Hays | 05-043-05108 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Peak Petroleum Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 406 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 Fremont County, CO?
Fremont County, Colorado has 406 catalogued oil & gas wells: 38 active, 291 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Fremont County?
7 wells in Fremont County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 17th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Fremont County are plugged?
291 of Fremont County's 406 catalogued wells (72%) 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); Fremont County ranks 27th with 406.
How many companies operate wells in Fremont County?
74 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Fremont 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 Fremont County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/fremont (data as of October 10, 2026).