Oil & gas wells in Garfield County, MT
293 catalogued wells in Garfield County, Montana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Garfield County, Montana has 293 catalogued oil & gas wells: 17 active (6%), 255 plugged & abandoned (87%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 28th of the 41 Montana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.7% of the state's 42,011 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
293
Active
17
Plugged
255
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Garfield County?
6% of Garfield County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Montana share of 23%. 87% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Garfield County; Montana as a whole has 272. The remaining 16 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Garfield County?
By product class, 51 of the county's wells (17%) are oil wells, 3 (1%) gas wells and 8 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 24%. The deepest total depth published for a Garfield County well is 10,680 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 Garfield County compare with other Montana counties?
Garfield County has the 28th-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 Garfield County?
121 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Garfield 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 Garfield County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Pac<>1 | 25-033-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anschutz Corporation, The |
| Savage 4 | 25-033-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cardinal Petroleum |
| Np 2-A | 25-033-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sesnon Porter Etal |
| Cherry Crk<>1-A | 25-033-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| State 1-E | 25-033-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Alice Dome 1 | 25-033-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Petri 2 | 25-033-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Absaroka Oil Development Co. |
| Michelfelder 1 | 25-033-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Sunray-Ohio 1 | 25-033-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Company |
| Np 1-A | 25-033-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sesnon Porter Etal |
| Elliot 1 | 25-033-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roden & McRae Etal |
| Savage Bros 1-E | 25-033-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sesnon Porter Etal |
| Nprr 1 | 25-033-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McGregor, M.D. Etal |
| Nprr 2 | 25-033-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc. |
| Np Tract-1 1 | 25-033-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Np 1 | 25-033-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Np 1-R | 25-033-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Np 1 | 25-033-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc. |
| Np 1 | 25-033-05018 | Other status | Other type | Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc. |
| G 7-30 | 25-033-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seaboard Oil |
| Nprr 1 | 25-033-05020 | Other status | Other type | Barnes Allen |
| Roberts 1 | 25-033-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Oil Company |
| Batts-Anders<>1 | 25-033-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Great Northern Drilling Company |
| Np 1 | 25-033-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Richfield Oil |
| Np 1 | 25-033-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | East Flank Oil |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 293 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 Garfield County, MT?
Garfield County, Montana has 293 catalogued oil & gas wells: 17 active, 255 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Garfield County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Garfield County, Montana.
What share of wells in Garfield County are plugged?
255 of Garfield County's 293 catalogued wells (87%) 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); Garfield County ranks 28th with 293.
How many companies operate wells in Garfield County?
121 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Garfield 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 Garfield County, Montana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/montana/garfield (data as of October 10, 2026).