Oil & gas wells in Morton County, ND
40 catalogued wells in Morton County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Morton County, North Dakota has 40 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 38 plugged & abandoned (95%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 24th of the 32 North Dakota counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 43,680 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
40
Active
0
Plugged
38
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Morton County?
0% of Morton County's wells are active, 47 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 95% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Morton County; North Dakota as a whole has 562. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Morton County?
By product class, 39 of the county's wells (98%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 92% and the gas share 0.9%. The deepest total depth published for a Morton County well is 11,402 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 Morton County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Morton County has the 24th-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.
Who operates wells in Morton County?
23 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Morton 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 Morton County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploration-North Dakota 1 | 33-059-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| Dakota 1 | 33-059-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Hebron Brick 1 | 33-059-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hebron Brick Co. |
| Hilda Johnson A 1 | 33-059-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Deep Rock Oil Co. |
| Henry Gangl 1 | 33-059-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil Co. |
| Anna Miller 1 | 33-059-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | National Bulk Carriers, Inc. |
| Raymond Vetter 1 | 33-059-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| Adam F. Boehm 1 | 33-059-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Signal Drilling & Exploration, Inc. |
| James Meyer 1 | 33-059-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| John J. Leingang 1 | 33-059-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Austral Oil Company, Inc. |
| John Gangl 1 | 33-059-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Anschutz Corporation |
| Burlington Northern 1 | 33-059-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Drilling & Anmar Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Anna Bachler 1 | 33-059-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Drilling & Anmar Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Knudson 1 | 33-059-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Drilling & Anmar Oil & Gas Corp. |
| State 1 | 33-059-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Drilling & Anmar Oil & Gas Corp. |
| H. Grant Unkenholz 1 | 33-059-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Drilling & Anmar Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Alvin Benz 1 | 33-059-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Drilling & Anmar Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Larry Morrell 42-19 | 33-059-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rosebud Royalty Co. |
| John G. Schaff 1 | 33-059-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lamar Hunt |
| Paul Schaff 1 | 33-059-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lamar Hunt |
| Hatzenbuhler 1 | 33-059-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gruy Management Service Co. |
| Picha 1 | 33-059-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Campbell Partners, Ltd. |
| State Of N. D. - Reisenauer 1 | 33-059-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lamar Hunt |
| John J. Haider 1 | 33-059-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Houston Oil & Minerals Corp. |
| Berger 1 | 33-059-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Houston Oil & Minerals Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 40 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 Morton County, ND?
Morton County, North Dakota has 40 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 38 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Morton County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Morton County, North Dakota.
What share of wells in Morton County are plugged?
38 of Morton County's 40 catalogued wells (95%) 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); Morton County ranks 24th with 40.
How many companies operate wells in Morton County?
23 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Morton County, North Dakota.
Nearby in the North Dakota rankings
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 Morton County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/morton (data as of October 10, 2026).