Oil & gas wells in Charlevoix County, MI
453 catalogued wells in Charlevoix County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Charlevoix County, Michigan has 453 catalogued oil & gas wells: 44 active (10%), 37 plugged & abandoned (8%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 50th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
453
Active
44
Plugged
37
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Charlevoix County?
10% of Charlevoix County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 8% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Charlevoix County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 370 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix County well is 8,900 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 Charlevoix County compare with other Michigan counties?
Charlevoix County has the 50th-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 Charlevoix County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipisz, Steve 1 | 21-029-16367 | Other status | Other type | Bell Earl |
| Smith, Arther 1 | 21-029-16687 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bell Earl |
| Bailey, William 1 | 21-029-16805 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co And Fox K A And Peckham R B |
| Fall, Harry 1 | 21-029-17096 | Other status | Other type | Bell Earl |
| Jarema, Steve 1 | 21-029-18506 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Bailey, W. W. 1 | 21-029-18747 | Other status | Other type | Boyne Oil And Gas Co |
| State Boyne Valley 1 | 21-029-19194 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Romaniak, Theodore Et Ux 1 | 21-029-23304 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Basin Oil Co |
| State Beaver Island 1 | 21-029-23435 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| State Beaver Island 2 | 21-029-23478 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Goddard, Robert Et Al 1 | 21-029-23681 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Valler, A J 1 | 21-029-28438 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Jankowski, P F 1 | 21-029-28474 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Hand, Robert & Myra 1 | 21-029-29079 | Other status | Other type | Benedum Paul G And Mgu Development Co |
| Clark, James E Et Ux 1 | 21-029-29119 | Other status | Other type | Benedum Paul G And Mgu Development Co |
| J J Kradowski Lazy K Ranch 1-18 | 21-029-29645 | Other status | Other type | E T Explorations |
| North Michigan Land & Oil Corp. 1-27 | 21-029-34824 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Energy Acquisition Corp And Weitzman Irvin |
| Bradfield, Frank 1 | 21-029-36260 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Sevenski 13-32 | 21-029-46228 | Active | Other type | Riverside Energy Michigan LLC |
| Korthase B1-31 | 21-029-48775 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Riverside Energy Michigan LLC |
| Florenski C1-28 | 21-029-49023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D T E Gas And Oil Co |
| Herholz A1-28 | 21-029-49024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D T E Gas And Oil Co |
| Hott D4-28 | 21-029-49210 | Other status | Other type | O I L Energy Corp |
| Matelski C3-23 | 21-029-49709 | Other status | Other type | O I L Energy Corp |
| Luptowski D2-35 | 21-029-50189 | Active | Other type | Riverside Energy Michigan LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 453 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 Charlevoix County, MI?
Charlevoix County, Michigan has 453 catalogued oil & gas wells: 44 active, 37 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Charlevoix County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Charlevoix County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Charlevoix County are plugged?
37 of Charlevoix County's 453 catalogued wells (8%) 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); Charlevoix County ranks 50th with 453.
How many companies operate wells in Charlevoix County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/charlevoix (data as of October 10, 2026).