Oil & gas wells in Gunnison County, CO
164 catalogued wells in Gunnison County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Gunnison County, Colorado has 164 catalogued oil & gas wells: 33 active (20%), 40 plugged & abandoned (24%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 35th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
164
Active
33
Plugged
40
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Gunnison County?
20% of Gunnison County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 24% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 9 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Gunnison County; Colorado as a whole has 1,302. The remaining 82 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Gunnison County?
By product class, 4 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 58 (35%) 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 Gunnison County well is 16,558 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 Gunnison County compare with other Colorado counties?
Gunnison County has the 35th-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.
Who operates wells in Gunnison County?
21 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Gunnison 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 Gunnison County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Tom Lively | 05-051-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Allison* Wayne N |
| 1 Kenneth Moore | 05-051-05001 | Other status | Gas | Allison* Wayne N |
| 1 Dollard | 05-051-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Allison* Wayne N |
| 1 Stratman | 05-051-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Signal Exploration Incorp |
| 1 (Owp) Terrell | 05-051-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Energy & Carbon Management Commission |
| 1 Mclaughlin - Gov | 05-051-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Delhi Taylor Oil Corp |
| 1 Pasco (Spadafora) | 05-051-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Delhi Taylor Oil Corp |
| 1 Henderson | 05-051-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sg Interests I Ltd |
| 1 James Vermillion | 05-051-05059 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Allison* Wayne N |
| 1 So Wolf Creek Unit Gov | 05-051-06001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sunray Dx Oil Company |
| 24-1 Federal | 05-051-06002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Westrans Petroleum Inc |
| 3-11 Hotchkiss Ranch | 05-051-06003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petro-Lewis Corp |
| 1-36 Davenport | 05-051-06004 | Other status | Other type | Rainbow Resources Inc |
| 1 Red Creek Federal | 05-051-06005 | Other status | Other type | Rainbow Resources Inc |
| 1 Lion Mesa Federal | 05-051-06006 | Other status | Other type | Rainbow Resources Inc |
| 11-90-17 Federal | 05-051-06007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sg Interests I Ltd |
| 11-90-7 Federal | 05-051-06008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sg Interests I Ltd |
| 10-90-31 Federal | 05-051-06009 | Active | Gas | Sg Interests I Ltd |
| 10-90-32 Federal | 05-051-06010 | Active | Gas | Sg Interests I Ltd |
| 10-90-33 Federal | 05-051-06011 | Active | Gas | Sg Interests I Ltd |
| 11-90-3 Federal | 05-051-06012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sg Interests I Ltd |
| 11-90-10 Federal | 05-051-06013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sg Interests I Ltd |
| 10-90-34 Federal | 05-051-06014 | Active | Gas | Sg Interests I Ltd |
| 11-90-17 Se-X Petro-Lewis | 05-051-06015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ralston Processing Assoc Inc |
| 11-90-5 Se Ralston Govt | 05-051-06016 | Other status | Other type | Ralston Processing Assoc Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 164 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 Gunnison County, CO?
Gunnison County, Colorado has 164 catalogued oil & gas wells: 33 active, 40 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Gunnison County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Gunnison County, Colorado.
What share of wells in Gunnison County are plugged?
40 of Gunnison County's 164 catalogued wells (24%) 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); Gunnison County ranks 35th with 164.
How many companies operate wells in Gunnison County?
21 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Gunnison 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 Gunnison County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/gunnison (data as of October 10, 2026).