Oil & gas wells in Alcona County, MI
940 catalogued wells in Alcona County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Alcona County, Michigan has 940 catalogued oil & gas wells: 467 active (50%), 101 plugged & abandoned (11%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 37th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
940
Active
467
Plugged
101
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Alcona County?
50% of Alcona County's wells are active, 33 percentage points above the Michigan share of 17%. 11% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Alcona County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 372 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Alcona County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 0% and the gas share 0%. The deepest total depth published for a Alcona County well is 10,402 ft, against 27,242 ft for Michigan as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Alcona County compare with other Michigan counties?
Alcona County has the 37th-most catalogued wells of the 81 Michigan counties with at least 25. The median Michigan county on WellCensus has 820 wells. The largest, Otsego County, has 5,579.
Who operates wells in Alcona County?
59 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Alcona 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 Alcona County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurrasch, H.A. 1 | 21-001-00319 | Other status | Other type | Kurrasch H A |
| Harrisville 1 | 21-001-00383 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Campbell, John 1 | 21-001-00453 | Other status | Other type | Alcona Prospecting Co |
| Mcdonald 1 | 21-001-00456 | Other status | Other type | White C Wilbur |
| Jozwiak 1 | 21-001-02652 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kirkham Virgil R D |
| Lund Est. 1 | 21-001-02680 | Other status | Other type | Kirkham Virgil R D |
| Josephson 1 | 21-001-02813 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kirkham Virgil R D |
| Monteith, A. C. & Virginia 1 | 21-001-02817 | Other status | Other type | Kirkham Virgil R D |
| Apsey, R. 1 | 21-001-02858 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kirkham Virgil R D |
| Kohlman, Augusta 1 | 21-001-02951 | Other status | Other type | Thalman George R And Morris Joseph A Trustees |
| Kurrasch, Herbert A. 1 | 21-001-03076 | Other status | Other type | Langloh John |
| Kohlman, Augusta 2 | 21-001-04407 | Other status | Other type | Thalman George R And Morris Joseph A Trustees |
| Sayres, Bert 1 | 21-001-08404 | Other status | Other type | Pabst Arthur F Trustee |
| Burton, Manly 1 | 21-001-11519 | Other status | Other type | Donahoe Paul R |
| Jozwalk, John & Francis 1 | 21-001-14076 | Other status | Other type | Tamblyn R B Development Co |
| Wilson, R C (The Five Virgins) 1 | 21-001-22975 | Other status | Other type | Tamica Corp |
| York, Edwin S Et Al 1 | 21-001-23045 | Other status | Other type | Tamica Corp |
| Atchison, William 1 | 21-001-23208 | Other status | Other type | Simpson C J |
| Siebert, Carl H 1 | 21-001-23254 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mall Jack Co |
| Quart, Leonard 1 | 21-001-23265 | Other status | Other type | Simpson C J |
| Ploucha, Edmund A 1 | 21-001-23274 | Other status | Other type | Tamica Corp |
| State Millen 1 | 21-001-24102 | Other status | Other type | Mall Jack Oil Co |
| State Hawes 1 | 21-001-24359 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gasoline Corp |
| Elliott, Roy O Et Al 1 | 21-001-25161 | Other status | Other type | Gallaher James L And Bachelder Richard R |
| Cranberry Ranch 1 | 21-001-27060 | Other status | Other type | North American Drilling Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 940 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 Alcona County, MI?
Alcona County, Michigan has 940 catalogued oil & gas wells: 467 active, 101 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Alcona County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Alcona County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Alcona County are plugged?
101 of Alcona County's 940 catalogued wells (11%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 16% across Michigan.
Which Michigan county has the most oil and gas wells?
Otsego County has the most catalogued wells of any Michigan county on WellCensus (5,579); Alcona County ranks 37th with 940.
How many companies operate wells in Alcona County?
59 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Alcona County, Michigan.
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About this data
Source: Michigan EGLE 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 Alcona County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/alcona (data as of October 10, 2026).