Oil & gas wells in Pitkin County, CO
29 catalogued wells in Pitkin County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Pitkin County, Colorado has 29 catalogued oil & gas wells: 8 active (28%), 14 plugged & abandoned (48%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 45th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
29
Active
8
Plugged
14
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Pitkin County?
28% of Pitkin County's wells are active, 2 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 48% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Pitkin County; Colorado as a whole has 1,302. The remaining 7 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Pitkin County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 2 (7%) 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 Pitkin County well is 10,942 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 Pitkin County compare with other Colorado counties?
Pitkin County has the 45th-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 Pitkin County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Pitkin 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 Pitkin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gov 010145-A | 05-097-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wadkins* T..R. |
| 2 Cda | 05-097-05004 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Unit (Miller) | 05-097-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Superior Oil Company |
| 1 Cook | 05-097-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Utah Southern Oil Co |
| 3 Cook 22-29 | 05-097-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pacific Natural Gas Expl |
| 2 Northwest Aspen Gov 12-29 | 05-097-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pacific Natural Gas Expl |
| 3 Wolf Creek Unit | 05-097-05012 | Active | Other type | Rocky Mtn Natural Gas LLC Adba Black Hills Energy |
| 4 Wolf Creek Unit | 05-097-05013 | Active | Other type | Rocky Mtn Natural Gas LLC Adba Black Hills Energy |
| 1 Wolf Creek Unit Gov | 05-097-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sunray Dx Oil Company |
| 2 Gov | 05-097-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Company * The |
| 5 Wolf Creek Unit-Govt | 05-097-05067 | Active | Other type | Rocky Mtn Natural Gas LLC Adba Black Hills Energy |
| 1 Cabot-Federal | 05-097-05068 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation |
| 6 Wolf Creek Unit-Gov | 05-097-05069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rocky Mtn Natural Gas LLC Adba Black Hills Energy |
| 7 Wolf Creek Unit | 05-097-06001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gasco Inc |
| 8 Wolf Creek Unit-Gov | 05-097-06002 | Active | Other type | Rocky Mtn Natural Gas LLC Adba Black Hills Energy |
| 9 Wolf Creek Unit | 05-097-06003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rocky Mtn Natural Gas LLC Adba Black Hills Energy |
| 89c Government 12-7-9 | 05-097-06004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Prenalta Corporation |
| 35-1 Wolf Creek Unit | 05-097-06005 | Active | Other type | Rocky Mtn Natural Gas LLC Adba Black Hills Energy |
| 1-31 Federal | 05-097-06006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rainbow Resources Inc |
| 12 Wolf Creek Unit | 05-097-06007 | Active | Other type | Rocky Mtn Natural Gas LLC Adba Black Hills Energy |
| 14 Wolf Creek Unit | 05-097-06008 | Active | Other type | Rocky Mtn Natural Gas LLC Adba Black Hills Energy |
| 15 Wolf Creek Unit | 05-097-06009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gasco Inc |
| 35-6c Tpu | 05-097-06010 | Other status | Other type | Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc |
| 71-D2 Wolf Creek Unit | 05-097-06011 | Other status | Other type | Source Gas Energy Services Company |
| 1 Federal 8-89-31 | 05-097-06015 | Other status | Other type | Sg Interests I Ltd |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 29 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 Pitkin County, CO?
Pitkin County, Colorado has 29 catalogued oil & gas wells: 8 active, 14 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Pitkin County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Pitkin County, Colorado.
What share of wells in Pitkin County are plugged?
14 of Pitkin County's 29 catalogued wells (48%) 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); Pitkin County ranks 45th with 29.
How many companies operate wells in Pitkin County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Pitkin 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 Pitkin County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/pitkin (data as of October 10, 2026).