Oil & gas wells in Las Animas County, CO
4,023 catalogued wells in Las Animas County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Las Animas County, Colorado has 4,023 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,365 active (59%), 544 plugged & abandoned (14%) and 9 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,023
Active
2,365
Plugged
544
Documented orphans
9
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Las Animas County?
59% of Las Animas County's wells are active, 29 percentage points above the Colorado share of 29%. 14% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 516 wells (13%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 9 wells (0.2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 589 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Las Animas County?
By product class, 2 of the county's wells (0.0%) are oil wells, 3,191 (79%) 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 Las Animas County well is 8,543 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 Las Animas County compare with other Colorado counties?
Las Animas County has the 8th-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 14th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Las Animas County?
106 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Las Animas 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 Las Animas County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sandoval | 05-071-00015 | Active | Other type | Franklin, Aston, & Fair,inc |
| 1 (Owp) Maxwell Grant | 05-071-05000 | Orphaned | Other type | Colorado Fuel And Iron Corporation* The |
| 1 Cf&i | 05-071-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanolind Oil & Gas Co |
| 1 Mock | 05-071-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Taylor* Jay |
| 1 Azar | 05-071-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Roberts | 05-071-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sullivan* Bruce |
| 1 Didero | 05-071-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Cf&i | 05-071-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Oil Company |
| 1 Didero | 05-071-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 11-7 Apache Canyon | 05-071-05020 | Other status | Other type | Burlington Resources Oil & Gas LP |
| 2 (Owp) Sandoval | 05-071-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Franklin, Aston, & Fair,inc |
| 2 Carlos-Sandoval | 05-071-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sullivan* Bruce |
| 3 Carlos Sandoval | 05-071-05030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sullivan* Bruce |
| 1 Cortese | 05-071-05035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | United Oil Prod Co |
| 1 Sandoval | 05-071-05037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mountain States Petroleum Corp |
| 1 Newcomb | 05-071-05040 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sullivan* Bruce |
| 1 Barela | 05-071-05041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Colorado Southern Petroleum Corp |
| 1 Dutto-Marchisio | 05-071-05045 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barney Oil Trinidad |
| 1 Barela Garcia | 05-071-05047 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Harr P W |
| 1 B L Davey | 05-071-05048 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Las Animas Oil & Gas |
| 1 B L Davey | 05-071-05049 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Davey B L |
| 1 (Owp) Carlos Sandoval | 05-071-05050 | Orphaned | Other type | Sullivan* Bruce |
| 1 Cortese | 05-071-05051 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Richfield Co |
| 1 (Owp) Dutto-Marchisio | 05-071-05052 | Orphaned | Other type | Lewis Drilling Company |
| 1 Empire Gas & Fuel | 05-071-05054 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | General Oil Field Service |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,023 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 Las Animas County, CO?
Las Animas County, Colorado has 4,023 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,365 active, 544 plugged and 9 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Las Animas County?
9 wells in Las Animas County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 14th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Las Animas County are plugged?
544 of Las Animas County's 4,023 catalogued wells (14%) 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); Las Animas County ranks 8th with 4,023.
How many companies operate wells in Las Animas County?
106 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Las Animas 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 Las Animas County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/las-animas (data as of October 10, 2026).