Oil & gas wells in Montezuma County, CO
1,083 catalogued wells in Montezuma County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Montezuma County, Colorado has 1,083 catalogued oil & gas wells: 96 active (9%), 782 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 19 documented orphans. It ranks 15th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,083
Active
96
Plugged
782
Documented orphans
19
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Montezuma County?
9% of Montezuma County's wells are active, 21 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 31 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 19 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 155 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Montezuma County?
By product class, 162 of the county's wells (15%) are oil wells, 68 (6%) 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 Montezuma County well is 10,650 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 Montezuma County compare with other Colorado counties?
Montezuma County has the 15th-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 10th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Montezuma County?
238 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Montezuma 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 Montezuma County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Ute Indian Reservation | 05-083-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| 1 Ute Indian Reservation | 05-083-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Caulkins Oil Company |
| 7 Ute Mountain Tribal | 05-083-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The California Company |
| 5 Ute Mountain | 05-083-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental |
| 2 Ute Tribe | 05-083-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Petroleum Corporation |
| B-1 Ute Mountain Tribal | 05-083-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp |
| 3 Ute Indian Reservation | 05-083-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| C-1 Ute | 05-083-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rocket Drilling Co |
| 12 Ute Strat Test | 05-083-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Oil Group, Ltd |
| 13 Ute- Strat Test | 05-083-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Oil Group, Ltd |
| 5 Mancos Creek | 05-083-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Compass Expl Inc |
| 3 Ute | 05-083-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elgin* Carl Oil Company |
| 1 Ute Mountain Tribal | 05-083-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Honolulu Exp & Drlg Corp |
| 1 Philmo Ute | 05-083-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Northland Royalty Operating Co |
| 8 Ute Mountain Tribal | 05-083-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron USA Inc |
| 7 Ute | 05-083-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elgin* Carl Oil Company |
| 6 Ute | 05-083-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elgin* Carl Oil Company |
| 7 Ute | 05-083-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anderson* T.C. |
| 3 Ute | 05-083-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | El Paso Natural Gas Company |
| 6 Mancos Creek | 05-083-05029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Holt* Jack |
| 1 Mancos Creek | 05-083-05030 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mcmillan* Lark |
| 1-A Mancos Creek | 05-083-05031 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mcmillan* Lark |
| 7 Mancos Creek | 05-083-05032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Holt* Jack |
| 2 Ute | 05-083-05033 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Anderson* Thornton E |
| 2 Mancos Creek | 05-083-05034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cox* Conley |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,083 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 Montezuma County, CO?
Montezuma County, Colorado has 1,083 catalogued oil & gas wells: 96 active, 782 plugged and 19 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Montezuma County?
19 wells in Montezuma County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 10th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Montezuma County are plugged?
782 of Montezuma County's 1,083 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); Montezuma County ranks 15th with 1,083.
How many companies operate wells in Montezuma County?
238 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Montezuma 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 Montezuma County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/montezuma (data as of October 10, 2026).