Oil & gas wells in Branch County, MI
126 catalogued wells in Branch County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Branch County, Michigan has 126 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 36 plugged & abandoned (29%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 75th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
126
Active
0
Plugged
36
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Branch County?
0% of Branch County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 29% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Branch County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 90 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Branch 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 Branch County well is 6,927 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 Branch County compare with other Michigan counties?
Branch County has the 75th-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 Branch County?
57 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Branch 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 Branch County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teller, Miles Et Al 1 | 21-023-01030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gibson Johnson And Borden Inc And Dixie Oil Co |
| Sobeski, John 1 | 21-023-06303 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Leblanc Ralph And Morency Alford Trustee |
| Haven, Glenn 1 | 21-023-06502 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Leblanc Ralph And Morency Alford Trustee |
| Annis, J A 1 | 21-023-08206 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcintire And Rambadt And Smith |
| King, Peter 1 | 21-023-17849 | Other status | Other type | Southern Michigan Oil And Gas Co |
| Pierce, Otis & Fowlers Donald & Kenneth 1 | 21-023-18528 | Other status | Other type | Carter Oil Co |
| Pileri 1 | 21-023-19538 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Worden, Ronald 1 | 21-023-19967 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co And Aurora Gasoline Co |
| Maxson, Ray 1 | 21-023-20322 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Van Schoick Et Al 1 | 21-023-20355 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Schlautmann, Harry E 1 | 21-023-20685 | Other status | Other type | Ambassador Oil Corp |
| Neaman, Kenneth J 1 | 21-023-20700 | Other status | Other type | Ambassador Oil Corp |
| Stickan Bros 1 | 21-023-21378 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Adolph 1 | 21-023-21433 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Juday 1 | 21-023-21519 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Summers, Leon 1 | 21-023-21599 | Other status | Other type | Hilliard B G |
| Mathews 1 | 21-023-21694 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co And Turner Petroleum Corp And Har |
| Wilson, Sydney B 1 | 21-023-21839 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Wheeler, Leland 1 | 21-023-21862 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Pierce 1 | 21-023-21893 | Other status | Other type | Hanners Oil Co Inc |
| Mathews, George 2 | 21-023-21968 | Other status | Other type | Turner Petroleum Corp And Hartman I W And Mcclur |
| Bassage, S 1 | 21-023-22071 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Miller, Charles H Jr & Harry W 1 | 21-023-22072 | Other status | Other type | Hilliard B G |
| Wagner, Walter R & Dorothy 1 | 21-023-22867 | Other status | Other type | Hilliard B G |
| Groshko 1 | 21-023-23153 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Iles C And Moore R |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 126 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 Branch County, MI?
Branch County, Michigan has 126 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 36 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Branch County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Branch County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Branch County are plugged?
36 of Branch County's 126 catalogued wells (29%) 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); Branch County ranks 75th with 126.
How many companies operate wells in Branch County?
57 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Branch County, Michigan.
Nearby in the Michigan rankings
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 Branch County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/branch (data as of October 10, 2026).