Oil & gas wells in Rosebud County, MT
1,172 catalogued wells in Rosebud County, Montana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Rosebud County, Montana has 1,172 catalogued oil & gas wells: 96 active (8%), 935 plugged & abandoned (80%) and 9 documented orphans. It ranks 14th of the 41 Montana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 42,011 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,172
Active
96
Plugged
935
Documented orphans
9
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Rosebud County?
8% of Rosebud County's wells are active, 15 percentage points below the Montana share of 23%. 80% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 94 wells (8%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 9 wells (0.8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.6% across Montana and 4% nationally. The remaining 38 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Rosebud County?
By product class, 223 of the county's wells (19%) are oil wells, 43 (4%) gas wells and 103 (9%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 24%. The deepest total depth published for a Rosebud County well is 13,420 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 Rosebud County compare with other Montana counties?
Rosebud County has the 14th-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. By documented orphans it ranks 13th in Montana.
Who operates wells in Rosebud County?
266 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Rosebud 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 Rosebud County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Federal 1 | 25-087-02112 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis Oil Company |
| Hugen 1 | 25-087-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Govt 1 | 25-087-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hancock Oil & Gas |
| Bones Bros 1 | 25-087-05002 | Other status | Other type | Hose-Austin Drilling Corp. |
| Birney 1 | 25-087-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Birney Gas & Oil |
| Northern<>f43-3 | 25-087-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mobil Oil Corp. |
| Wheatley 1 | 25-087-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Snyder, Robert D. |
| Goodale 1 | 25-087-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wheatley, Thomas F. |
| Well #1 | 25-087-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northwestern Improvement Co. |
| Nprr 1 | 25-087-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Snyder, John |
| N.P. 1 | 25-087-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Snyder, John |
| Philbrick 1 | 25-087-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis Oil Company |
| Mattie Austin 1 | 25-087-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Allardyce & Wheat |
| Nprr "G" #1 | 25-087-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. |
| Nprr "O" 1 | 25-087-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. |
| NPRR Garland 5 | 25-087-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | El Paso Natural Gas Company |
| Nprr 1 | 25-087-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| Np-Garland 3 | 25-087-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | El Paso Natural Gas Company |
| Davidson 1 | 25-087-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ozark Corp. |
| NPRR Garland 1 | 25-087-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | El Paso Natural Gas Company |
| Govt. Walters 1 | 25-087-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ozark Corp. |
| Murray-Govt. 1 | 25-087-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. |
| Tongue River Federal 1 | 25-087-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| Philbrick 1 | 25-087-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| Roy Lund 1 | 25-087-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,172 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 Rosebud County, MT?
Rosebud County, Montana has 1,172 catalogued oil & gas wells: 96 active, 935 plugged and 9 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Rosebud County?
9 wells in Rosebud County, Montana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among Montana counties.
What share of wells in Rosebud County are plugged?
935 of Rosebud County's 1,172 catalogued wells (80%) 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); Rosebud County ranks 14th with 1,172.
How many companies operate wells in Rosebud County?
266 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Rosebud 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 Rosebud County, Montana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/montana/rosebud (data as of October 10, 2026).