Oil & gas wells in Baraga County, MI
343 catalogued wells in Baraga County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Baraga County, Michigan has 343 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 39 plugged & abandoned (11%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 58th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
343
Active
0
Plugged
39
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Baraga County?
0% of Baraga County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 11% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Baraga County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 304 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Baraga 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 Baraga County well is 2,808 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 Baraga County compare with other Michigan counties?
Baraga County has the 58th-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 Baraga County?
24 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Baraga 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 Baraga County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4731-33 1 | 21-013-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| Acnc-Tva H1 | 21-013-00003 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva H2 | 21-013-00004 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva H3 | 21-013-00005 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva J-1 | 21-013-00006 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva J2 | 21-013-00007 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva J3 | 21-013-00008 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva J-4 | 21-013-00009 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva J5 | 21-013-00010 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva J6 | 21-013-00011 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva N1 | 21-013-00012 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva N2 | 21-013-00013 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva N3 | 21-013-00014 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva T1 | 21-013-00015 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| ACNC-TVA T1a | 21-013-00016 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva T2 | 21-013-00017 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva T3 | 21-013-00018 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva T4 | 21-013-00019 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Acnc-Tva T5 | 21-013-00020 | Other status | Other type | American Copper Nickel Company & TVA |
| Michigan Graphite Project, MGS/MTU A-1 | 21-013-00021 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Michigan Graphite Project, MGS/MTU A-2 | 21-013-00022 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Michigan Graphite Project, MGS/MTU B-1 | 21-013-00023 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Michigan Graphite Project, MGS/MTU B-2 | 21-013-00024 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Arv 95-5 | 21-013-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kennecott Exploration Company |
| Exxb1 | 21-013-00029 | Other status | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co Now Exxon |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 343 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 Baraga County, MI?
Baraga County, Michigan has 343 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 39 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Baraga County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Baraga County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Baraga County are plugged?
39 of Baraga County's 343 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); Baraga County ranks 58th with 343.
How many companies operate wells in Baraga County?
24 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Baraga 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 Baraga County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/baraga (data as of October 10, 2026).