Oil & gas wells in Clare County, MI
1,771 catalogued wells in Clare County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clare County, Michigan has 1,771 catalogued oil & gas wells: 571 active (32%), 393 plugged & abandoned (22%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 14th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,771
Active
571
Plugged
393
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clare County?
32% of Clare County's wells are active, 15 percentage points above the Michigan share of 17%. 22% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 36 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 770 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clare 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 Clare County well is 13,079 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 Clare County compare with other Michigan counties?
Clare County has the 14th-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 22nd in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Clare County?
214 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Clare 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 Clare County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy E. Barlow 4 | 21-035-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Maguire C L Inc |
| State Redding C-2a | 21-035-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mahaney And Merkel Petroleum Ltd |
| Wyman 1 | 21-035-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Collin C W |
| Mckay, James A. 1 | 21-035-00637 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mckay Jos A And J Donald |
| Salters, F. S. 1 | 21-035-00641 | Other status | Other type | Decum Development Co |
| Newcomer 8A | 21-035-00661 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mahaney And Merkel Petroleum Ltd |
| Bothwell Heirs 1 | 21-035-00824 | Other status | Other type | Mammoth Producing And Refining Corp |
| Mckay 2 | 21-035-00866 | Other status | Other type | Mckay J A |
| Hubel 1 | 21-035-00884 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clark A R |
| Citizens State Bank 3 | 21-035-00900 | Other status | Other type | Mckay J A And Mercier J A |
| Bowler 1 | 21-035-00941 | Other status | Other type | Peninsular Oil Co |
| Mckay, James A. 1 | 21-035-01074 | Other status | Other type | Atlas Supply Co |
| Mckay 4 | 21-035-01077 | Other status | Other type | Mckay J A And Mercier J A |
| Mckay-Mercier 1 | 21-035-01087 | Other status | Other type | Brown Henry M |
| Pere Marquette Railroad 1 | 21-035-01091 | Other status | Other type | Sovereign W J |
| Smith 1 | 21-035-01102 | Other status | Other type | Peninsular Oil Co |
| Mckay 6 | 21-035-01131 | Other status | Other type | Mckay J A |
| Bicknell 7a | 21-035-01138 | Other status | Other type | Mercier J A |
| Mckay-Mercier 2 | 21-035-01150 | Other status | Other type | Brown Henry M |
| Citizens Bank Of Clare 8 | 21-035-01183 | Other status | Other type | Mercier J A |
| Coyne Et Al 1 | 21-035-01214 | Other status | Other type | Michigan Gas And Oil Corp |
| Bicknell, Jas. S., #2 8 | 21-035-01218 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mckay Jos A And J Donald |
| Mckay 9 | 21-035-01249 | Other status | Other type | Mckay J A |
| Thompson Brothers 1 | 21-035-01299 | Other status | Other type | Roosevelt Oil Co |
| Littlefield, J. L. 1 | 21-035-01417 | Other status | Other type | Strange Oil And Gas Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,771 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 Clare County, MI?
Clare County, Michigan has 1,771 catalogued oil & gas wells: 571 active, 393 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clare County?
1 wells in Clare County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 22nd-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Clare County are plugged?
393 of Clare County's 1,771 catalogued wells (22%) 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); Clare County ranks 14th with 1,771.
How many companies operate wells in Clare County?
214 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Clare 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 Clare County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/clare (data as of October 10, 2026).