Oil & gas wells in Stark County, ND
926 catalogued wells in Stark County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Stark County, North Dakota has 926 catalogued oil & gas wells: 272 active (29%), 468 plugged & abandoned (51%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 32 North Dakota counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 43,680 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
926
Active
272
Plugged
468
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Stark County?
29% of Stark County's wells are active, 18 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 51% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. 14 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across North Dakota and 4% nationally. The remaining 171 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Stark County?
By product class, 853 of the county's wells (92%) are oil wells, 4 (0.4%) gas wells and 54 (6%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 92% and the gas share 0.9%. The deepest total depth published for a Stark County well is 22,332 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 Stark County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Stark County has the 11th-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 13th in North Dakota.
Who operates wells in Stark County?
203 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Stark 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 Stark County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Fischer 1 | 33-089-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Plymouth Oil Co. |
| Victor H. Kudrna 1 | 33-089-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | William Herbert Hunt |
| R. E. Newton 1 | 33-089-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| W. Beaudoin 1 | 33-089-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sun Exploration & Production Co. |
| Frank J. Wanner 1 | 33-089-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Southern Production Company, Inc. |
| Albert A. Privratsky 1 | 33-089-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | William Herbert Hunt |
| Dickinson-Heath-Sand Unit 33 | 33-089-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Conoco Inc. |
| Albert Weigum 1 | 33-089-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Skelly Oil Co. |
| Joseph A. Kubishta 1 | 33-089-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texota Oil Co. |
| C. Braun 1 | 33-089-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Northern Pump Co. |
| Dickinson-Heath-Sand Unit 37 | 33-089-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Conocophillips Company |
| Joseph Muecke 1 | 33-089-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sinclair Oil & Gas Company |
| Paul Steig 1 | 33-089-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Skelly Oil Co. |
| Stephen Merrill 1 | 33-089-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Skelly Oil Co. |
| Casimer Duletski 1 | 33-089-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. |
| Christ Stoxen 1 | 33-089-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Continental Oil Co. |
| Dickinson-Heath-Sand Unit 20 | 33-089-00017 | Other status | Oil | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Northern Pacific Railway 1 | 33-089-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tom Jordan |
| Dickinson-Heath-Sand Unit 19 | 33-089-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Conocophillips Company |
| Dickinson-Heath-Sand Unit 35 | 33-089-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Cline Production Company |
| A. Filipi 2 | 33-089-00021 | Other status | Oil | Continental Oil Co. |
| Adam Schank 1 | 33-089-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pintail Petroleum Inc. |
| Dickinson-Heath-Sand Unit 40 | 33-089-00023 | Other status | Oil | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Anton Eberts 1 | 33-089-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Refining Company |
| Adam Schank Nct-1 2 | 33-089-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 926 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 Stark County, ND?
Stark County, North Dakota has 926 catalogued oil & gas wells: 272 active, 468 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Stark County?
1 wells in Stark County, North Dakota are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among North Dakota counties.
What share of wells in Stark County are plugged?
468 of Stark County's 926 catalogued wells (51%) 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); Stark County ranks 11th with 926.
How many companies operate wells in Stark County?
203 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Stark 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 Stark County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/stark (data as of October 10, 2026).