Oil & gas wells in Cheboygan County, MI
247 catalogued wells in Cheboygan County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cheboygan County, Michigan has 247 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5 active (2%), 60 plugged & abandoned (24%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 68th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
247
Active
5
Plugged
60
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cheboygan County?
2% of Cheboygan County's wells are active, 15 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 24% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Cheboygan County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 182 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan County well is 7,595 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 Cheboygan County compare with other Michigan counties?
Cheboygan County has the 68th-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 Cheboygan County?
43 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Wm. 1 | 21-031-00163 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brown William M Et Al |
| Kotwicki FLP 1-15 | 21-031-00573 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | O I L Niagaran LLC |
| Brown 2 | 21-031-00932 | Other status | Other type | Wolverine Developing Co |
| Campbell 1 | 21-031-04162 | Other status | Other type | Francis Bert M Trustee |
| Cousineau, Phillip 1 | 21-031-08278 | Other status | Other type | Lenoran Petroleum Co |
| Brosseur, Fred And Anna 1 | 21-031-10464 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roosevelt Oil And Refining Corp |
| Leroy Ormsbee 1 | 21-031-14936 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roosevelt Oil And Refining Corp |
| State Maple Grove 1 | 21-031-19126 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Grimm, Frank H. 1 | 21-031-19422 | Other status | Other type | Grebe Carl E |
| Brown, Clifford & Frances 1 | 21-031-20820 | Other status | Other type | Ginsberg Paul D |
| Vizina, Ralph 1 | 21-031-20879 | Other status | Other type | Ginsberg Paul D |
| Passino, Claude & Bernice 1 | 21-031-21198 | Other status | Other type | Ginsberg Paul D |
| State Nunda A-1 | 21-031-24403 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co Now Exxon |
| Garred, Lewis A 1 | 21-031-24406 | Other status | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co Now Exxon |
| State Grant 1 | 21-031-24904 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fain And Porter Drilling Corp |
| State Waverly 1 | 21-031-24918 | Other status | Other type | Fain And Porter Drilling Corp |
| State Nunda 1-23 | 21-031-27609 | Other status | Other type | C M S Oil And Gas Pan American Michigan Consoloda |
| State Nunda 1-3 | 21-031-27976 | Other status | Other type | Swepi LP |
| State Forest 1-34 | 21-031-28084 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Whitener, Vl & M; Roberts, Rd; Williams,ja 1-16 | 21-031-29611 | Other status | Other type | Hilliard Jim L |
| Whitener, V Lee 1-9 | 21-031-30101 | Other status | Other type | Hilliard Jim L |
| Carlson, Raymond Et Al 1-25 | 21-031-30561 | Other status | Other type | Cundari Oil Co Inc |
| State Waverly 1-24 | 21-031-30682 | Other status | Other type | C M S Oil And Gas Co And Tribal Oil Co |
| Pavowlski, Stan 1-17 | 21-031-30686 | Other status | Other type | Cundari Oil Co Inc |
| Bur, Clement 1-25 | 21-031-30709 | Other status | Other type | Cundari Oil Co Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 247 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 Cheboygan County, MI?
Cheboygan County, Michigan has 247 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5 active, 60 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cheboygan County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Cheboygan County are plugged?
60 of Cheboygan County's 247 catalogued wells (24%) 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); Cheboygan County ranks 68th with 247.
How many companies operate wells in Cheboygan County?
43 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/cheboygan (data as of October 10, 2026).