Oil & gas wells in Routt County, CO
416 catalogued wells in Routt County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Routt County, Colorado has 416 catalogued oil & gas wells: 16 active (4%), 319 plugged & abandoned (77%) and 4 documented orphans. It ranks 26th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
416
Active
16
Plugged
319
Documented orphans
4
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Routt County?
4% of Routt County's wells are active, 26 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 77% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 4 wells (1.0%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 72 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Routt County?
By product class, 40 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 42 (10%) 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 Routt County well is 12,651 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 Routt County compare with other Colorado counties?
Routt County has the 26th-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 27th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Routt County?
141 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Routt 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 Routt County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sampson | 05-107-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 State T | 05-107-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp |
| 1 Weskim | 05-107-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Western Drilling Co., Inc. |
| 1 Samson | 05-107-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Company |
| 1 O L Hurt | 05-107-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fees Jr And Son Oil & Gas* Walter S |
| 1 Sampson | 05-107-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Travis* Rj |
| 1 Catron | 05-107-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Williams Park Unit | 05-107-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Metal Climax |
| 1 Williams Park Unit | 05-107-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 3 Prentiss | 05-107-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Old Operators - Status Unknown |
| 1 Routt County Fuel | 05-107-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midwest Oil Corp |
| 88-36 Pagoda Unit | 05-107-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | General Petroleum Corporation |
| 1 Intex-Routt County Fuel C | 05-107-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 26-35 Pagoda Gov | 05-107-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Crawford | 05-107-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Oil Company Of California |
| T55-34g Pagoda Unit | 05-107-05020 | Active | Gas | Wyman* Louis M Dba Wyman Inc |
| 33-34p Pagoda Unit | 05-107-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Wyman* Louis M Dba Wyman Inc |
| 1 Placer | 05-107-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Kagie | 05-107-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1-30 Watson Sec | 05-107-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcelroy Ranch Co |
| 2 Kagie | 05-107-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Watson Securities | 05-107-05028 | Shut-in | Oil | Wyman* Louis M Dba Wyman Inc |
| 12-27 Pagoda Unit (Gov) | 05-107-05029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | General Petroleum Corporation |
| 1 Gulf-Government | 05-107-05030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cabeen Expl |
| 1 Yost | 05-107-05031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 416 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 Routt County, CO?
Routt County, Colorado has 416 catalogued oil & gas wells: 16 active, 319 plugged and 4 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Routt County?
4 wells in Routt County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 27th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Routt County are plugged?
319 of Routt County's 416 catalogued wells (77%) 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); Routt County ranks 26th with 416.
How many companies operate wells in Routt County?
141 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Routt 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 Routt County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/routt (data as of October 10, 2026).