Oil & gas wells in Yuma County, CO
6,234 catalogued wells in Yuma County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Yuma County, Colorado has 6,234 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,328 active (53%), 1,534 plugged & abandoned (25%) and 234 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
6,234
Active
3,328
Plugged
1,534
Documented orphans
234
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Yuma County?
53% of Yuma County's wells are active, 24 percentage points above the Colorado share of 29%. 25% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 61 wells (1.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 234 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,077 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Yuma County?
By product class, 5 of the county's wells (0.1%) are oil wells, 4,052 (65%) 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 Yuma County well is 6,813 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 Yuma County compare with other Colorado counties?
Yuma County has the 4th-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 3rd in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Yuma County?
208 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Yuma 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 Yuma County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-30 Fix Farms | 05-125-00659 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 3-29 Jkm Farms | 05-125-02354 | Other status | Other type | Rosewood Resources Inc |
| 1-11 Franson | 05-125-02355 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 2-11 Franson | 05-125-02356 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 1-35 Rutledge | 05-125-02357 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 2-1 Kipp | 05-125-02358 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 2-35 Rutledge | 05-125-02359 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 4-28 Jkm Farms | 05-125-02360 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rosewood Resources Inc |
| 5-18 Ward, Al | 05-125-02361 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 2-7 Mekelburg Farms | 05-125-02362 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 2-15 Yenter Farms | 05-125-02363 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 1-15 Yenter Farms | 05-125-02364 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 1-34 Tuelland | 05-125-02365 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 4-15 Newbanks | 05-125-02366 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 7-2 White*roy | 05-125-02367 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 8-11 Roy White | 05-125-02368 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 1 Kitzmiller 15 | 05-125-02369 | Other status | Other type | Calpine Natural Gas LP |
| 3-32 Koenig Trust | 05-125-02370 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 6-18 Al Ward | 05-125-02371 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 3-2 Neb | 05-125-02372 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 5-2 Neb | 05-125-02373 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 6-5 Mcconnell Trust | 05-125-02374 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 1-6 Mcconnell | 05-125-02375 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
| 10-9-5-45 (Owp) Ferguson | 05-125-02376 | Active | Gas | Omimex Petroleum Inc |
| 11-6-3-43 (Owp) Bledsoe | 05-125-02377 | Orphaned | Gas | Omimex Petroleum Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 6,234 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 Yuma County, CO?
Yuma County, Colorado has 6,234 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,328 active, 1,534 plugged and 234 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Yuma County?
234 wells in Yuma County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Yuma County are plugged?
1,534 of Yuma County's 6,234 catalogued wells (25%) 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); Yuma County ranks 4th with 6,234.
How many companies operate wells in Yuma County?
208 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Yuma 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 Yuma County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/yuma (data as of October 10, 2026).