Oil & gas wells in Cass County, MI
383 catalogued wells in Cass County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cass County, Michigan has 383 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active (0.5%), 124 plugged & abandoned (32%) and 22 documented orphans. It ranks 55th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
383
Active
2
Plugged
124
Documented orphans
22
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cass County?
0.5% of Cass County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 32% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 27 wells (7%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 22 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 208 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cass 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 Cass County well is 4,001 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 Cass County compare with other Michigan counties?
Cass County has the 55th-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. By documented orphans it ranks 5th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Cass County?
137 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cass 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 Cass County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton 1 | 21-027-00062 | Other status | Other type | Kersey R H And Baker J R |
| Dowagiac 1 | 21-027-00359 | Other status | Other type | Round Oak Gas and Fuel Co |
| Clute, C. 1 | 21-027-00570 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daniels C A |
| Knowlton 1 | 21-027-00579 | Other status | Other type | Blair And Miller |
| Stutsman 1 | 21-027-00820 | Other status | Other type | Blair And Miller |
| Wright 1 | 21-027-00829 | Other status | Other type | Mclaren Walter |
| Franz 1 | 21-027-00837 | Other status | Other type | Berrian Petroleum Syndicate |
| Stutsman 2 | 21-027-00934 | Other status | Other type | Blair And Miller |
| Shippy 1 | 21-027-00961 | Other status | Other type | Blair And Miller |
| Wright 2 | 21-027-01271 | Other status | Other type | Stammler Scott |
| Conkright Et Al 1 | 21-027-01380 | Other status | Other type | Anderson Robert S |
| Copper 1 | 21-027-01519 | Other status | Other type | Stammler Scott |
| Allen Estate 1 | 21-027-01779 | Other status | Other type | Carter Lake Oil And Gas Co |
| Beebe, N. P. 1 | 21-027-03803 | Other status | Other type | Barber Leslie T |
| Gebhard, Henry 1 | 21-027-04262 | Other status | Other type | Wayne Oil And Gas Co |
| Neel, Wm. C. 1 | 21-027-05043 | Other status | Other type | Obenauer Guy M |
| Wright, Arthur 1 | 21-027-05114 | Other status | Other type | Gordon Oil Co |
| Schurtz, D. V. 1 | 21-027-05985 | Other status | Other type | Prather Anna |
| Jones, Bessie 1 | 21-027-05987 | Other status | Other type | Prather Anna |
| Feirek 1 | 21-027-06023 | Other status | Other type | Dodd N R |
| Simpson, Lewis M. & Rea J. 1 | 21-027-06221 | Other status | Other type | Shimmel Lester A Trustee |
| Beardsley 1 | 21-027-06587 | Other status | Other type | Tamblyn R B Development Co |
| Flynn, Lee 1 | 21-027-06737 | Other status | Other type | Silver Creek Oil Co |
| Kujawski, Steve 1 | 21-027-06739 | Other status | Other type | Tamblyn R B Development Co |
| Robinson, G. L. 1 | 21-027-06932 | Other status | Other type | Michi Cal Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 383 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 Cass County, MI?
Cass County, Michigan has 383 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active, 124 plugged and 22 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cass County?
22 wells in Cass County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 5th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Cass County are plugged?
124 of Cass County's 383 catalogued wells (32%) 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); Cass County ranks 55th with 383.
How many companies operate wells in Cass County?
137 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cass 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 Cass County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/cass (data as of October 10, 2026).