Oil & gas wells in Morgan County, CO
3,030 catalogued wells in Morgan County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Morgan County, Colorado has 3,030 catalogued oil & gas wells: 112 active (4%), 2,546 plugged & abandoned (84%) and 14 documented orphans. It ranks 10th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
3,030
Active
112
Plugged
2,546
Documented orphans
14
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Morgan County?
4% of Morgan County's wells are active, 26 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 84% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 173 wells (6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 14 wells (0.5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 185 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Morgan County?
By product class, 584 of the county's wells (19%) are oil wells, 176 (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 Morgan County well is 14,695 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 Morgan County compare with other Colorado counties?
Morgan County has the 10th-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 12th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Morgan County?
679 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Morgan 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 Morgan County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bowles | 05-087-00630 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inland Drilling Co |
| 1 Hoffner | 05-087-00797 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kissinger Enterprises |
| 1 Quinn | 05-087-03079 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petroleum Inc |
| 1 Scott | 05-087-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gem Oil Company |
| 1 Osborn & Jess | 05-087-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scott, Scott, Sheppard,burnett |
| 1 Helget | 05-087-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Associated Oil & Gas Investors |
| 1 Doll | 05-087-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ryan Oil Co |
| 1 State | 05-087-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Johnson* S D |
| 1 Burch-State | 05-087-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exeter Drilling Co |
| 1 Bollinger | 05-087-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | New Drilling Company |
| 1-A Bolinger | 05-087-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cramer* J.L. |
| 2 Denning-Bicek A | 05-087-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Champlin Petroleum Company |
| 3 State | 05-087-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Fisher Eddie |
| B-2 Roediger | 05-087-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cramer* J.L. |
| 2 State | 05-087-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fisher Eddie |
| 1-F Colorado F | 05-087-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | British American Engy Res Inc |
| 2 Colorado I | 05-087-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | British American Oil Prod Co |
| 1 Bowen | 05-087-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cramer* J.L. |
| 1 Mcvey | 05-087-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kimbark Oil & Gas Company |
| 2 Mcvey | 05-087-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kimbark Oil & Gas Company |
| 1-B Roediger | 05-087-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cramer* J.L. |
| 1-B State | 05-087-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis, LLC* Edward Mike |
| 1 Davis | 05-087-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chandler-Musgrove, Inc |
| 3 Roediger | 05-087-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dawson Oil Corporation |
| 1 Luther-Davis | 05-087-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | New Drilling Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,030 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 Morgan County, CO?
Morgan County, Colorado has 3,030 catalogued oil & gas wells: 112 active, 2,546 plugged and 14 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Morgan County?
14 wells in Morgan County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 12th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Morgan County are plugged?
2,546 of Morgan County's 3,030 catalogued wells (84%) 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); Morgan County ranks 10th with 3,030.
How many companies operate wells in Morgan County?
679 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Morgan 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 Morgan County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/morgan (data as of October 10, 2026).