Oil & gas wells in Garfield County, OK
8,247 catalogued wells in Garfield County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Garfield County, Oklahoma has 8,247 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,856 active (23%), 6,045 plugged & abandoned (73%) and 90 documented orphans. It ranks 20th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
8,247
Active
1,856
Plugged
6,045
Documented orphans
90
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Garfield County?
23% of Garfield County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Oklahoma share of 28%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 90 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 253 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Garfield County?
By product class, 4,400 of the county's wells (53%) are oil wells, 1,134 (14%) gas wells and 63 (0.8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 16%. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Garfield County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Garfield County has the 20th-most catalogued wells of the 74 Oklahoma counties with at least 25. The median Oklahoma county on WellCensus has 4,129 wells. The largest, Creek County, has 33,057. By documented orphans it ranks 31st in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Garfield County?
846 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Garfield County. 99% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helberg #16-1 | 35-047-23410 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Contango Resources LLC |
| Staggs #1-36 | 35-047-22821 | Active | Oil | Ro-Jo LLC |
| Johnson "C" #1 | 35-047-23172 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Pendarvis #3-B | 35-047-00936 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Francis Ehlers #1 | 35-047-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Producers Oil Company |
| Schmidt #1 | 35-047-01018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Siegel #1 | 35-047-01025 | Active | Oil | Warren American Oil Company LLC |
| School Land #3 | 35-047-01048 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Stratton #1-15 | 35-047-01049 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| Champlin #1 | 35-047-01060 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Rupp #4 | 35-047-01066 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Lowe #1 | 35-047-01103 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Cotton-Welch #1 | 35-047-01112 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Chelf #1 | 35-047-01128 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Oilfield Operating Company |
| Voth-Kroeker Gas Unit #1 | 35-047-01132 | Active | Gas | Spess Oil Company Inc |
| Wilson "A" #1 | 35-047-01150 | Active | Oil | Redfork Operations LLC |
| Keinkel #3 | 35-047-01152 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Maxey B #1 | 35-047-01160 | Active | Other type | Lr Operating LLC |
| Baldwin #1 | 35-047-01173 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dominion Ok Tx E & P Inc |
| Mariner #2 | 35-047-01185 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cities Services Company |
| J H Lynds #12 | 35-047-01192 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| R R Kisner-East #28 | 35-047-01248 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sinclair Oil & Gas Company |
| Gillipen #1 | 35-047-01259 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Allen #1 | 35-047-01262 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| West #3 | 35-047-01428 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 8,247 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, OK?
Garfield County, Oklahoma has 8,247 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,856 active, 6,045 plugged and 90 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Garfield County?
90 wells in Garfield County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 31st-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Garfield County are plugged?
6,045 of Garfield County's 8,247 catalogued wells (73%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 54% across Oklahoma.
Which Oklahoma county has the most oil and gas wells?
Creek County has the most catalogued wells of any Oklahoma county on WellCensus (33,057); Garfield County ranks 20th with 8,247.
How many companies operate wells in Garfield County?
846 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
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About this data
Source: Oklahoma Corporation Commission (RBDMS) 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, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/garfield (data as of October 10, 2026).