Oil & gas wells in Kiowa County, CO
991 catalogued wells in Kiowa County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kiowa County, Colorado has 991 catalogued oil & gas wells: 60 active (6%), 782 plugged & abandoned (79%) and 21 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
991
Active
60
Plugged
782
Documented orphans
21
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kiowa County?
6% of Kiowa County's wells are active, 23 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 79% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 25 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 21 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 103 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kiowa County?
By product class, 184 of the county's wells (19%) are oil wells, 124 (13%) 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 Kiowa County well is 8,658 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 Kiowa County compare with other Colorado counties?
Kiowa County has the 16th-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 8th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Kiowa County?
228 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kiowa 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 Kiowa County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gentz | 05-061-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Conoco Phillips Company |
| 1 Jay Bothwell | 05-061-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Snee And Eberly |
| 1 Pringle | 05-061-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rising* Keith L. |
| 1 Baughman Unit | 05-061-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | American Exploration Co |
| 1 Eramuspe-State A | 05-061-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Dominion Oklahoma Texas Exploration & Production |
| 1 Woolfolk State B | 05-061-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | American Exploration Co |
| 1 Woolfolk-State A | 05-061-05006 | Active | Gas | Strachan Exploration Inc |
| 1 State Bock Unit | 05-061-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Thomas L Spring LLC |
| 1 Morse A | 05-061-05008 | Active | Gas | Strachan Exploration Inc |
| 2 Goff Unit | 05-061-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Frankfort Oil Co |
| 3 Negley Unit | 05-061-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Frankfort Oil Co |
| C-1 State-Abrams | 05-061-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frankfort Oil Co |
| 1 Negley Et Al Unit 1 | 05-061-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Frankfort Oil Co |
| 1 Baughman Farms Co A | 05-061-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harrington* D D |
| 2 Negley Unit | 05-061-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rising* Keith L. |
| 1 Goff Unit | 05-061-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Texas Pacific Oil Company |
| 1 H J Abrams | 05-061-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Huber Corporation* J M |
| B-1 State-Abrams | 05-061-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Frankfort Oil Co |
| 1 Edwin Immer | 05-061-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Pacific Oil Company |
| 1 State A | 05-061-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chandler & Associates LLC |
| 1 F L Pyles | 05-061-05020 | Active | Gas | Chaco Energy Company |
| 1 Abrams | 05-061-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Continental Oil Company |
| A-1 State Abrams | 05-061-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Germany Investment Co |
| 1-16 State | 05-061-05024 | Active | Gas | Chaco Energy Company |
| A-1 Lynn | 05-061-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Anchor Bay Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 991 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 Kiowa County, CO?
Kiowa County, Colorado has 991 catalogued oil & gas wells: 60 active, 782 plugged and 21 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kiowa County?
21 wells in Kiowa County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 8th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Kiowa County are plugged?
782 of Kiowa County's 991 catalogued wells (79%) 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); Kiowa County ranks 16th with 991.
How many companies operate wells in Kiowa County?
228 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kiowa 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 Kiowa County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/kiowa (data as of October 10, 2026).