Oil & gas wells in Washington County, CO
5,804 catalogued wells in Washington County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Washington County, Colorado has 5,804 catalogued oil & gas wells: 330 active (6%), 5,092 plugged & abandoned (88%) and 4 documented orphans. It ranks 5th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
5,804
Active
330
Plugged
5,092
Documented orphans
4
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Washington County?
6% of Washington County's wells are active, 24 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 88% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 68 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 4 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 310 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Washington County?
By product class, 928 of the county's wells (16%) are oil wells, 296 (5%) 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 Washington County well is 8,663 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 Washington County compare with other Colorado counties?
Washington County has the 5th-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 23rd in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Washington County?
729 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Washington 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 Washington County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Hutchins | 05-121-08654 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hibbert* Estate Of R E |
| 1 Frazier | 05-121-05042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nelson* John L |
| 1 Blake | 05-121-06473 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Zinke & Philpy, Inc. |
| 1 Gay | 05-121-09245 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gibson* J W |
| 1-3 Hickert | 05-121-09794 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sand Hills Society |
| 1 I. Lintz | 05-121-05885 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rush* R L And J L |
| 2-B Frank W Knight Et Ux L270 | 05-121-05898 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Plains Ex |
| 1 Mitchell | 05-121-07180 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Walker* Robert W. |
| 2-A Jolly | 05-121-08233 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Padco LLC |
| 2-23 Louis J Gebauer | 05-121-08276 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tiger Oil Company |
| 1 Loudder | 05-121-08280 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Allison Drilling Company Inc |
| 1 Marick | 05-121-05648 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Colton & Colton |
| 14-30349 Daisy | 05-121-10851 | Other status | Other type | Par Pacific Holdings Inc |
| 1 Henry Bates | 05-121-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnes & Brown |
| 21 Plum Bush Creek Unit | 05-121-05820 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petro-Canada Resources (USA) Inc |
| 4 J H Roediger | 05-121-06649 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Skelly Oil Company |
| 1 Stillings | 05-121-06714 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mcbride Inc* W C |
| 2-A Alt Ranch | 05-121-10160 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Padco LLC |
| 1-B (Owp) Kugel | 05-121-06298 | Orphaned | Oil | Triangle J Oil Co |
| 3 (Owp) Hogsett | 05-121-06330 | Orphaned | Oil | Snowden Oil Co |
| 1 (Owp) Sampson | 05-121-07295 | Orphaned | Oil | Koch* Delbert |
| 1 Colleran | 05-121-40045 | Other status | Other type | Raymond* C F |
| 31-1 Wright | 05-121-09105 | Other status | Other type | Cockrell Oil Corp |
| 2-3 Elmer Appenzeller | 05-121-08228 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tiger Oil Company |
| 1 R D Merrill | 05-121-09188 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Conoco Phillips Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 5,804 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 Washington County, CO?
Washington County, Colorado has 5,804 catalogued oil & gas wells: 330 active, 5,092 plugged and 4 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Washington County?
4 wells in Washington County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 23rd-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Washington County are plugged?
5,092 of Washington County's 5,804 catalogued wells (88%) 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); Washington County ranks 5th with 5,804.
How many companies operate wells in Washington County?
729 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Washington 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 Washington County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/washington (data as of October 10, 2026).