Oil & gas wells in Sedgwick County, CO
171 catalogued wells in Sedgwick County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sedgwick County, Colorado has 171 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4 active (2%), 115 plugged & abandoned (67%) and 14 documented orphans. It ranks 34th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
171
Active
4
Plugged
115
Documented orphans
14
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sedgwick County?
2% of Sedgwick County's wells are active, 27 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 67% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 14 wells (8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 36 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sedgwick County?
By product class, 3 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 36 (21%) 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 Sedgwick County well is 6,647 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 Sedgwick County compare with other Colorado counties?
Sedgwick County has the 34th-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 13th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Sedgwick County?
44 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Shannep | 05-115-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texota Oil Co |
| 1 (Owp) Ricker, J C | 05-115-05001 | Orphaned | Other type | Ricker Farms Inc |
| 1 Brinkema | 05-115-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Johnson* S D |
| 1 Sandquist | 05-115-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Johnson* E Lyle |
| 1 Evans | 05-115-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brack Drilling Co Inc |
| 1 L.W. Derby | 05-115-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brack Drilling Co Inc |
| 1 Woodham | 05-115-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanolind Oil & Gas Co |
| 1-A State | 05-115-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brack Drilling Co Inc |
| 1 Anderson | 05-115-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texota Oil Co |
| 1 Arlo M Ferguson | 05-115-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brack Drilling Co Inc |
| 1-36a State | 05-115-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Graham-Michaelis Drilling Co |
| 1 Donaldson | 05-115-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Graham-Michaelis Drilling Co |
| 1 State | 05-115-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Plymouth Oil Company |
| 1 R D Enninga | 05-115-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brack Drilling Co Inc |
| 1 Sprague Brothers | 05-115-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Johnson* E Lyle |
| 17 - 2 Conoco-Ham (Pat) | 05-115-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Oil Company |
| 1 Rober | 05-115-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brack Drilling Co Inc |
| 1 Engelker | 05-115-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texota Oil Co |
| 1 Price | 05-115-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanolind Oil & Gas Co |
| 1 Ed Kontny | 05-115-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brack Drilling Co Inc |
| 1 L B Munson | 05-115-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texota Oil Co |
| 1 Henry F Schellenberg | 05-115-05029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brack Drilling Co Inc |
| 1 George Faimon | 05-115-05030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brack Drilling Co Inc |
| 1 Alvin T Sowder | 05-115-05031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brack Drilling Co Inc |
| 1 E Newman | 05-115-05032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanolind Oil & Gas Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 171 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 Sedgwick County, CO?
Sedgwick County, Colorado has 171 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4 active, 115 plugged and 14 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sedgwick County?
14 wells in Sedgwick County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Sedgwick County are plugged?
115 of Sedgwick County's 171 catalogued wells (67%) 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); Sedgwick County ranks 34th with 171.
How many companies operate wells in Sedgwick County?
44 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/sedgwick (data as of October 10, 2026).