Oil & gas wells in Rio Blanco County, CO
7,441 catalogued wells in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Rio Blanco County, Colorado has 7,441 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,173 active (29%), 2,861 plugged & abandoned (38%) and 256 documented orphans. It ranks 3rd of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 6% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
7,441
Active
2,173
Plugged
2,861
Documented orphans
256
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Rio Blanco County?
29% of Rio Blanco County's wells are active, close to the Colorado share of 29%. 38% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 391 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 256 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,760 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Rio Blanco County?
By product class, 755 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 2,554 (34%) 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 Rio Blanco County well is 19,710 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 Rio Blanco County compare with other Colorado counties?
Rio Blanco County has the 3rd-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 2nd in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Rio Blanco County?
367 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-S-5 United | 05-103-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Curton Capital Corp |
| 1 H D Lake | 05-103-00769 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northwest Exploration Co |
| 2 Majestic | 05-103-01000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Old Operators - Status Unknown |
| 1 Majestic Gov | 05-103-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 59 Wilson Creek Morrison Unit | 05-103-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron USA Inc |
| 1 Hefley | 05-103-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | H&m Drilling |
| 3 Gov (C-010158) | 05-103-01005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Krey* Max |
| 1 Coltharp, W H | 05-103-01007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cushman & Pilcher |
| 50 Fee | 05-103-01008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| B-12 F V Larson | 05-103-01009 | Active | Oil | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| 9 Neal | 05-103-01010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| 1011 Dragon Trail Unit | 05-103-01012 | Active | Gas | Utah Gas Op Ltd Dba Utah Gas Corp |
| 8 Raven-Gov | 05-103-01013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 53x Mclaughlin A C | 05-103-01014 | Active | Oil | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| B-20x Gray | 05-103-01015 | Active | Other type | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| T43-24g U S A-Piceance Creek | 05-103-01016 | Active | Gas | Qb Energy Operating LLC |
| 2 U P Railroad Co | 05-103-01017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| B-1 Newton Assoc Unit B | 05-103-01018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| B-1 Coltharp W H | 05-103-01019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| 1 Oldland, E | 05-103-01020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| C-1 Newton Assoc Unit | 05-103-01021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| D-1 Newton Assoc Unit | 05-103-01022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| A 2 Hagood M. C. | 05-103-01023 | Active | Oil | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| A-6 M C Hagood | 05-103-01024 | Active | Oil | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| B-9 Larson, F V | 05-103-01025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scout Energy Management LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 7,441 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 Rio Blanco County, CO?
Rio Blanco County, Colorado has 7,441 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,173 active, 2,861 plugged and 256 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Rio Blanco County?
256 wells in Rio Blanco County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 2nd-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Rio Blanco County are plugged?
2,861 of Rio Blanco County's 7,441 catalogued wells (38%) 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); Rio Blanco County ranks 3rd with 7,441.
How many companies operate wells in Rio Blanco County?
367 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/rio-blanco (data as of October 10, 2026).