Oil & gas wells in Mchenry County, ND
170 catalogued wells in Mchenry County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Mchenry County, North Dakota has 170 catalogued oil & gas wells: 16 active (9%), 145 plugged & abandoned (85%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 32 North Dakota counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 43,680 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
170
Active
16
Plugged
145
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Mchenry County?
9% of Mchenry County's wells are active, 38 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 85% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across North Dakota and 4% nationally. The remaining 5 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Mchenry County?
By product class, 163 of the county's wells (96%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 5 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 92% and the gas share 0.9%. The deepest total depth published for a Mchenry County well is 9,934 ft, against 31,781 ft for North Dakota as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Mchenry County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Mchenry County has the 16th-most catalogued wells of the 32 North Dakota counties with at least 25. The median North Dakota county on WellCensus has 57 wells. The largest, Mckenzie County, has 10,933. By documented orphans it ranks 12th in North Dakota.
Who operates wells in Mchenry County?
72 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Mchenry 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 Mchenry County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. B. Shoemaker 1 | 33-049-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunt Oil Company |
| Peter Lennertz 1 | 33-049-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunt Oil Company |
| Albert Payne 1 | 33-049-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Exploration Co. |
| Joe Bachmeir(Ziegler) 1 | 33-049-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Exploration Co. |
| O. W. And A. J. Fylken 1 | 33-049-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Exploration Co. |
| Hydes Associates Bromley 1 | 33-049-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Owen Drilling Co. |
| Fred And Signa Wright 1 | 33-049-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Exploration Co. |
| Gene Wiltse 1 | 33-049-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc. |
| Sherman Welsted 1 | 33-049-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Winona Oil Company Of Delaware |
| Ed 1 | 33-049-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Monsanto Chemical Co. |
| Wilbert F. Klebe 1 | 33-049-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis Oil Co. |
| Walter Prellwitz 1 | 33-049-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis Oil Co. |
| Phillip H. Torr 1 | 33-049-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis Oil Co. |
| Alf Tagestad 1 | 33-049-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis Oil Co. |
| Arthur Krenz 1 | 33-049-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cardinal Drilling Co. |
| Switzer 1 | 33-049-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Triton Oil Co. |
| Charles Erdman 1 | 33-049-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Placid Oil Co. |
| Lloyd Moen 1 | 33-049-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General Crude Oil Co. |
| Fredrickson 1 | 33-049-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Triton Oil Co. |
| W. M. Harrington 1 | 33-049-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunt Oil Company |
| Bruno Rosenau 1 | 33-049-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunt Oil Company |
| Wallace Klebe 1 | 33-049-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunt Oil Company |
| Freeman 1 | 33-049-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Triton Oil Co. |
| Loren Hanson 1 | 33-049-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General Crude Oil Co. |
| Gange 1 | 33-049-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Triton Oil Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 170 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 Mchenry County, ND?
Mchenry County, North Dakota has 170 catalogued oil & gas wells: 16 active, 145 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Mchenry County?
2 wells in Mchenry County, North Dakota are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 12th-highest count among North Dakota counties.
What share of wells in Mchenry County are plugged?
145 of Mchenry County's 170 catalogued wells (85%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 29% across North Dakota.
Which North Dakota county has the most oil and gas wells?
Mckenzie County has the most catalogued wells of any North Dakota county on WellCensus (10,933); Mchenry County ranks 16th with 170.
How many companies operate wells in Mchenry County?
72 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Mchenry County, North Dakota.
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About this data
Source: North Dakota DMR Oil & Gas Division 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 Mchenry County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/mchenry (data as of October 10, 2026).