Oil & gas wells in Chippewa County, MI
349 catalogued wells in Chippewa County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Chippewa County, Michigan has 349 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 50 plugged & abandoned (14%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 57th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
349
Active
0
Plugged
50
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Chippewa County?
0% of Chippewa County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 14% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Chippewa County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 299 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County well is 1,500 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 Chippewa County compare with other Michigan counties?
Chippewa County has the 57th-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 Chippewa County?
22 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 1 | 21-033-00001 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 2 | 21-033-00002 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 3 | 21-033-00003 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 4 | 21-033-00004 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 5 | 21-033-00005 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 6 | 21-033-00006 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 7 | 21-033-00007 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 8 | 21-033-00008 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 9 | 21-033-00009 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 10 | 21-033-00010 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 11 | 21-033-00011 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 12 | 21-033-00012 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 13 | 21-033-00013 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 14 | 21-033-00014 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 15 | 21-033-00015 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 16 | 21-033-00016 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 17 | 21-033-00017 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 18 | 21-033-00018 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 19 | 21-033-00019 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 20 | 21-033-00020 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 21 | 21-033-00021 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 22 | 21-033-00022 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Ford Motor Company Detour Test 23 | 21-033-00023 | Other status | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Neebish Island 1 | 21-033-00024 | Other status | Other type | American Alkali Company |
| Lime Island Drill Hole 1 | 21-033-00025 | Other status | Other type | North Western-Hanna Fuel Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 349 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 Chippewa County, MI?
Chippewa County, Michigan has 349 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 50 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Chippewa County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Chippewa County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Chippewa County are plugged?
50 of Chippewa County's 349 catalogued wells (14%) 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); Chippewa County ranks 57th with 349.
How many companies operate wells in Chippewa County?
22 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/chippewa (data as of October 10, 2026).