Chaffee County, Colorado Wells Summary
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Chaffee County contains 17 wells on file, with top operators including AMAX OIL & GAS INC.
The only oil & gas field intersecting Chaffee is WILDCAT.
Most recent well on record: MT PRINCETON, operated by AMAX OIL & GAS INC — last updated December 1976.
Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-07-02
By basin
- 9 DJ-Niobrara
- 3 Other
Drilling for
- 9 Oil
- 3 Gas
Chaffee County well density
Every dot is one well — small blue dots are historic wells;
larger orange dots are wells with activity in the last 60 days.
17 wells plotted ·
0 active in last 60 days
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Top Operators in Chaffee County by total wells
Operators: Amax Oil & Gas Inc.
Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Chaffee County
Fields: Wildcat.
Top Counties in Colorado most active by total wells
Compare Chaffee against the other busiest counties in Colorado:
- Weld · 45,233 wells
- Garfield · 17,243 wells
- Rio Blanco · 7,358 wells
- Yuma · 6,234 wells
- Washington · 5,803 wells
- Adams · 4,941 wells
- La Plata · 4,608 wells
- Las Animas · 4,015 wells
- Logan · 3,923 wells
- Morgan · 3,030 wells
- Mesa · 2,818 wells
- Moffat · 2,286 wells
Recent wells
| Well Name | Last activity | Updates | Operator | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT PRINCETON | 1976-12-16 | AMAX OIL & GAS INC | 05-015-40011 | |
| MT PRINCETON | 1976-12-13 | AMAX OIL & GAS INC | 05-015-40008 | |
| MT PRINCETON | 1976-12-09 | AMAX OIL & GAS INC | 05-015-40000 | |
| MT PRINCETON | 1976-12-08 | AMAX OIL & GAS INC | 05-015-40007 | |
| MT PRINCETON | 1976-12-08 | AMAX OIL & GAS INC | 05-015-40004 | |
| MT PRINCETON | 1976-12-08 | AMAX OIL & GAS INC | 05-015-40006 | |
| MT PRINCETON | 1976-12-07 | AMAX OIL & GAS INC | 05-015-40002 | |
| MT PRINCETON | 1976-12-06 | AMAX OIL & GAS INC | 05-015-40012 | |
| MT PRINCETON | 1976-12-05 | AMAX OIL & GAS INC | 05-015-40005 | |
| MT PRINCETON | 1976-12-05 | AMAX OIL & GAS INC | 05-015-40003 |
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