Oil & gas wells in Montrose County, CO
93 catalogued wells in Montrose County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Montrose County, Colorado has 93 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (1%), 79 plugged & abandoned (85%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 39th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
93
Active
1
Plugged
79
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Montrose County?
1% of Montrose County's wells are active, 28 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 85% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Montrose County; Colorado as a whole has 1,302. The remaining 13 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Montrose County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 7 (8%) 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 Montrose County well is 18,354 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 Montrose County compare with other Colorado counties?
Montrose County has the 39th-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 Montrose County?
51 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Montrose 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 Montrose County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Orme | 05-085-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Penrose & Tatum |
| 4 Marie Scott | 05-085-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Penrose & Tatum |
| 2 Marie Scott | 05-085-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Penrose & Tatum |
| 5 Marie Scott | 05-085-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Penrose & Tatum |
| 1 Federal | 05-085-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Penrose & Tatum |
| 1 East Horsefly Prospect | 05-085-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Co. |
| 2 East Horsefly USA | 05-085-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Co. |
| 1 Colorado Federal B | 05-085-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Skelly Oil Company |
| 1 Federal | 05-085-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Penrose & Tatum |
| 2 Horsefly Unit | 05-085-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Co. |
| 2 San Miguel | 05-085-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Oil Company Of California |
| 1 Federal | 05-085-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 3 Wray Mesa Unit | 05-085-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Co. |
| 1 Gerard-Mullen | 05-085-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Otho Ayers | 05-085-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chicago Corp |
| 2 Wray Mesa Unit | 05-085-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| 1 Wray Mesa Unit | 05-085-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| 1 Wilcox | 05-085-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Broadhead* Walter D |
| 1 Nucla | 05-085-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Oil Company |
| 1 Wilcox | 05-085-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanford Petroleum Inc |
| 1 Scorup Somerville Wilcox | 05-085-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Oil Company |
| 2 Wilcox | 05-085-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | General Petroleum Corporation |
| 1 Wilcox | 05-085-05029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | General Petroleum Corporation |
| 1 Uravan Unit | 05-085-05032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Company |
| 1 Oberto | 05-085-05033 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanford Petroleum Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 93 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 Montrose County, CO?
Montrose County, Colorado has 93 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 79 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Montrose County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Montrose County, Colorado.
What share of wells in Montrose County are plugged?
79 of Montrose County's 93 catalogued wells (85%) 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); Montrose County ranks 39th with 93.
How many companies operate wells in Montrose County?
51 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Montrose 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 Montrose County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/montrose (data as of October 10, 2026).