Oil & gas wells in Weld County, CO
45,804 catalogued wells in Weld County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Weld County, Colorado has 45,804 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11,006 active (24%), 21,385 plugged & abandoned (47%) and 21 documented orphans. It ranks 1st of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 37% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
45,804
Active
11,006
Plugged
21,385
Documented orphans
21
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Weld County?
24% of Weld County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 47% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 2,748 wells (6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 21 wells (0.0%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 10,644 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Weld County?
By product class, 21,507 of the county's wells (47%) are oil wells, 10,702 (23%) 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 Weld County well is 28,927 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 Weld County compare with other Colorado counties?
Weld County has the most catalogued wells of the 47 Colorado counties with at least 25. The median Colorado county on WellCensus has 497 wells. By documented orphans it ranks 7th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Weld County?
943 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Weld 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 Weld County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Evers | 05-123-10926 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Samson Resources Company |
| 15-36 Bernhardt State | 05-123-21821 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Noble Energy Inc |
| 20-44-7-60 A & B Hill Ranch | 05-123-33947 | Other status | Other type | Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc |
| LC12-715 Madison | 05-123-41091 | Other status | Other type | Noble Energy Inc |
| 525-2623H Fox Creek | 05-123-42249 | Other status | Other type | Highpoint Operating Corporation |
| A26-627 Shadow | 05-123-42918 | Active | Oil | Noble Energy Inc |
| 19-30-4HN Scoter | 05-123-46911 | Other status | Other type | Noble Energy Inc |
| Bb07-646 Slw Ranch State | 05-123-47407 | Other status | Other type | Noble Energy Inc |
| 1-15hz Carson | 05-123-48113 | Active | Oil | Kerr Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore LP |
| 1-12hz Carson | 05-123-48123 | Active | Oil | Kerr Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore LP |
| 1C Curtis | 05-123-50780 | Other status | Other type | Pdc Energy Inc |
| 07N Berry | 05-123-49856 | Other status | Other type | Pdc Energy Inc |
| 2N Lindsey | 05-123-45812 | Active | Oil | Pdc Energy Inc |
| 21ld Wiedeman | 05-123-29195 | Other status | Other type | Pdc Energy Inc |
| 29-36 Bernhardt State | 05-123-31130 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pdc Energy Inc |
| 5-20 Hungenberg | 05-123-14245 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pdc Energy Inc |
| 33-31u Booth | 05-123-25160 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pdc Energy Inc |
| 1 Uprr | 05-123-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Whittaker* Wm. R. Co. Ltd. |
| 34-21 Leonard | 05-123-10354 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Extraction Oil & Gas Inc |
| 25-12ji Castor Hansen P | 05-123-19868 | Other status | Other type | Patina Oil & Gas Corporation |
| 31-36 Gaddis | 05-123-20668 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pdc Energy Inc |
| 7n Goding | 05-123-29001 | Other status | Other type | Pdc Energy Inc |
| 33-29 Bryant | 05-123-31725 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kerr Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore LP |
| 36n-W3hzx Cannon | 05-123-35786 | Active | Oil | Kerr Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore LP |
| 1 Mead | 05-123-40182 | Other status | Other type | Prairie Operating Co LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 45,804 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 Weld County, CO?
Weld County, Colorado has 45,804 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11,006 active, 21,385 plugged and 21 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Weld County?
21 wells in Weld County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 7th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Weld County are plugged?
21,385 of Weld County's 45,804 catalogued wells (47%) 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, with 45,804.
How many companies operate wells in Weld County?
943 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Weld 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 Weld County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/weld (data as of October 10, 2026).