Oil & gas wells in Jackson County, CO
806 catalogued wells in Jackson County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Jackson County, Colorado has 806 catalogued oil & gas wells: 166 active (21%), 426 plugged & abandoned (53%) and 4 documented orphans. It ranks 20th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
806
Active
166
Plugged
426
Documented orphans
4
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jackson County?
21% of Jackson County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 53% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 28 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 4 wells (0.5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 182 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Jackson County?
By product class, 276 of the county's wells (34%) are oil wells, 39 (5%) 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 Jackson County well is 21,876 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 Jackson County compare with other Colorado counties?
Jackson County has the 20th-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 25th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Jackson County?
154 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Jackson 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 Jackson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gov 052629 | 05-057-05000 | Other status | Other type | Continental Oil Company |
| 1 Federal | 05-057-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clayton Oil Co |
| 1 Colorado State G | 05-057-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp |
| 1 Federal | 05-057-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sherwood Oil Co |
| 1 Hills Land & Cattle Co | 05-057-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tomberlin* Bill |
| 2 Hills Land & Cattle Co | 05-057-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tomberlin* Bill |
| 1 Govt | 05-057-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hewit* William D |
| 1 Govt | 05-057-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Woods Petroleum Corp |
| 1 USA Morris | 05-057-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp |
| 8-10-7 Buffalo Creek Federal | 05-057-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Diversified Operating Corporation |
| 1 USA Thompson | 05-057-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp |
| B-S Blevins | 05-057-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Tom Brown Inc |
| 21 Rich | 05-057-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midwest Refining Corp* The |
| 1 Government | 05-057-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lockhart Geophysical Company |
| 1 Hendershot | 05-057-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Producers & Refiners Corp |
| 1 Pony Creek State | 05-057-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Victor Drilling |
| 1 Fuller | 05-057-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lockart* L M |
| 1 State | 05-057-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis Drilling Inc |
| 1-25 Government | 05-057-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hiawatha Oil & Gas Co |
| 1 Moor-State | 05-057-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| 1 Govt | 05-057-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Monolith Portland Midwest Co |
| 1 Carl Johnson | 05-057-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Placid Oil Company |
| 1 Federal | 05-057-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Willard Pease Oil & Gas |
| 1 Irvine | 05-057-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Willard Pease Oil & Gas |
| 1 Aubrey-Gov | 05-057-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sharples Oil |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 806 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 Jackson County, CO?
Jackson County, Colorado has 806 catalogued oil & gas wells: 166 active, 426 plugged and 4 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Jackson County?
4 wells in Jackson County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 25th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Jackson County are plugged?
426 of Jackson County's 806 catalogued wells (53%) 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); Jackson County ranks 20th with 806.
How many companies operate wells in Jackson County?
154 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Jackson County, Colorado.
Nearby in the Colorado rankings
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 Jackson County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/jackson (data as of October 10, 2026).