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Lake County, Montana Wells Summary

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Total wells

4
Lake County

Most recent drilling

Oct 1980
~45 years ago

First on record

1929
records span 51 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Lake County contains 4 wells on file, with top operators including Clouse, John D and Kalispell-Polson Oil Co..

Most recent well on record: Cornelius 1, operated by Nyvatex Oil Corporation — last updated October 1980.

County FIPS Code: 30047

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-05-29

2 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

  • 2 Williston

Drilling for

  • 2 Oil

Lake 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.
4 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Lake County by total wells

Clouse, John D1Kalispell-Polson Oil Co.1Missoula-Flathead Oil Pools1Nyvatex Oil Corporation1

Operators: Clouse, John D, Kalispell-Polson Oil Co., Missoula-Flathead Oil Pools, Nyvatex Oil Corporation.

Top Counties in Montana most active by total wells

Compare Lake against the other busiest counties in Montana:

  • Toole · 7,830 wells
  • Glacier · 3,257 wells
  • Fallon · 2,770 wells
  • Blaine · 2,709 wells
  • Phillips · 2,523 wells
  • Hill · 2,350 wells
  • Richland · 2,177 wells
  • Big Horn · 1,775 wells
  • Pondera · 1,469 wells
  • Musselshell · 1,386 wells
  • Roosevelt · 1,319 wells
  • Powder River · 1,289 wells

Recent wells

Well Name Last activity Updates Operator API
Cornelius 1 1980-10-20 Nyvatex Oil Corporation 25047210010000
L. Barnier 1 1958-12-28 Clouse, John D 25047050000000
Missoula-Flathead 1 1930-12-01 Missoula-Flathead Oil Pools 25047050010000
Deaver 1 1929-12-01 Kalispell-Polson Oil Co. 25047050020000

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