Oil & gas wells in Gallatin County, MT
39 catalogued wells in Gallatin County, Montana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Gallatin County, Montana has 39 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (3%), 37 plugged & abandoned (95%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 37th of the 41 Montana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 42,011 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
39
Active
1
Plugged
37
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Gallatin County?
3% of Gallatin County's wells are active, 21 percentage points below the Montana share of 23%. 95% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Gallatin County; Montana as a whole has 272. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Gallatin County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1 (3%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 24%. The deepest total depth published for a Gallatin County well is 14,040 ft, against 31,810 ft for Montana as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Gallatin County compare with other Montana counties?
Gallatin County has the 37th-most catalogued wells of the 41 Montana counties with at least 25. The median Montana county on WellCensus has 457 wells. The largest, Toole County, has 7,830.
Who operates wells in Gallatin County?
21 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Gallatin 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 Gallatin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecton 1 | 25-031-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Durham, W.L. |
| State 1 | 25-031-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gallatin Valley Oil Co. |
| Stucky 1 | 25-031-05002 | Other status | Other type | Gallatin Gateway Oil Co. |
| Monforton 1 | 25-031-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Able Oil |
| Federal 1 | 25-031-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Federal 1 | 25-031-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kornowski, Fred |
| Federal 1 | 25-031-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan, J.H. Sr |
| Maudlin 1 | 25-031-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ruby Ridge Oil |
| 1 | 25-031-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ringling R T |
| Tice # 1 | 25-031-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ryan Ben W |
| Adams 1 | 25-031-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Montana Gas & Petroleum Co. |
| Crowley 1 | 25-031-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Company, The |
| Crawley 1 | 25-031-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid-Northern Oil Co. |
| Federal 1 | 25-031-05065 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Park Oil |
| Federal 2 | 25-031-05066 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Park Oil |
| Strat D1-4-2-Dd | 25-031-06006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usgs |
| D1-4-6-Dc 2 | 25-031-06007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usgs |
| Strat D1-4-9-Ba | 25-031-06008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usgs |
| D1-4-25-Aa 3 | 25-031-06009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usgs |
| Strat D1-5-9-Dc | 25-031-06010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usgs |
| D1-5-34-Cc | 25-031-06011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usgs |
| D1-3-36-Bc | 25-031-06012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usgs |
| Strat D1-4-9-Bc | 25-031-06013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usgs |
| D2-4-11-Ac | 25-031-06014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usgs |
| D2-5-14-Ac | 25-031-06015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usgs |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 39 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 Gallatin County, MT?
Gallatin County, Montana has 39 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 37 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Gallatin County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Gallatin County, Montana.
What share of wells in Gallatin County are plugged?
37 of Gallatin County's 39 catalogued wells (95%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 60% across Montana.
Which Montana county has the most oil and gas wells?
Toole County has the most catalogued wells of any Montana county on WellCensus (7,830); Gallatin County ranks 37th with 39.
How many companies operate wells in Gallatin County?
21 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Gallatin County, Montana.
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About this data
Source: Montana Board of Oil & Gas Conservation 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 Gallatin County, Montana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/montana/gallatin (data as of October 10, 2026).