Oil & gas wells in Alpena County, MI
1,577 catalogued wells in Alpena County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Alpena County, Michigan has 1,577 catalogued oil & gas wells: 851 active (54%), 180 plugged & abandoned (11%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 18th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,577
Active
851
Plugged
180
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Alpena County?
54% of Alpena County's wells are active, 37 percentage points above the Michigan share of 17%. 11% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Alpena County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 544 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Alpena 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 Alpena County well is 8,400 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 Alpena County compare with other Michigan counties?
Alpena County has the 18th-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 Alpena County?
58 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Alpena 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 Alpena County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potter, F. N. 1 | 21-007-00011 | Other status | Other type | Bradley William Trustee |
| State Ossineke D1-23 | 21-007-00445 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dominion Midwest Energy Inc |
| State Ossineke C2-23 | 21-007-00446 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dominion Midwest Energy Inc |
| State Ossineke D2-13 | 21-007-00447 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dominion Midwest Energy Inc |
| Diamond 1 | 21-007-00576 | Other status | Other type | Notman And Aubin |
| Potter, Fred N. 1 | 21-007-00721 | Other status | Other type | Riverside Syndicate |
| Wilson 1 | 21-007-00830 | Other status | Other type | Exploration Co The |
| Riverside Syn. 2 | 21-007-01096 | Other status | Other type | Potter F N And K B |
| Nevins 1 | 21-007-02960 | Other status | Other type | Teater C W |
| Potter, J. 1 | 21-007-03442 | Other status | Other type | Heller William T |
| Dean, Walter 1 | 21-007-08366 | Other status | Other type | Schorn N J And Thaiman G R Trustee |
| Turtle Lake Club 1 | 21-007-11671 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Co |
| Foss Et Al 1 | 21-007-23516 | Other status | Other type | Tamica Corp |
| Ford Motor 1-5 | 21-007-25690 | Other status | Other type | Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co |
| Smith, George C 1 | 21-007-28583 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Huron Cement Co 1-12 | 21-007-29138 | Other status | Other type | Miller Brothers And Michigan Oil Co |
| Huron Cement Co 2-12 | 21-007-29513 | Other status | Other type | Miller Brothers And Michigan Oil Co |
| Sheldon State Wellington 1-34 | 21-007-29571 | Other status | Other type | Swepi LP |
| Huron Cement 1-31 | 21-007-31558 | Other status | Other type | B P America Production Co |
| Ford & Scheuner Unit 1-7 | 21-007-31638 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B P America Production Co |
| Snowplow 1-5 | 21-007-36758 | Other status | Other type | H L Brown Operating LLC |
| Snowplow 3-7 | 21-007-37642 | Other status | Other type | Brown H L Jr |
| Tlc Bear Swamp Snowplow 2-8a | 21-007-37743 | Active | Other type | H R F Exploration And Production LLC |
| Cousineau, A A "A" 1-16 | 21-007-37950 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Snowplow 4-6 | 21-007-38243 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brown H L Jr |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,577 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 Alpena County, MI?
Alpena County, Michigan has 1,577 catalogued oil & gas wells: 851 active, 180 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Alpena County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Alpena County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Alpena County are plugged?
180 of Alpena County's 1,577 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); Alpena County ranks 18th with 1,577.
How many companies operate wells in Alpena County?
58 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Alpena 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 Alpena County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/alpena (data as of October 10, 2026).