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Oil & gas wells in Dickinson County, MI

696 catalogued wells in Dickinson County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Dickinson County, Michigan has 696 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active (0.3%), 70 plugged & abandoned (10%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 42nd of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

696

Active

2

Plugged

70

Documented orphans

0

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Dickinson County?

0.3% of Dickinson County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 10% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Dickinson County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 624 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Dickinson 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 Dickinson County well is 2,267 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 Dickinson County compare with other Michigan counties?

Dickinson County has the 42nd-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 Dickinson County?

40 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Dickinson 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.

Oil & gas wells in Dickinson County, MI
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Ek 121-043-00001Plugged & abandonedOther typeNorth American Shield
Ek 221-043-00002Plugged & abandonedOther typeNorth American Shield
Ek 321-043-00003Plugged & abandonedOther typeNorth American Shield
Ek 421-043-00004Plugged & abandonedOther typeNorth American Shield
Ek 521-043-00005Plugged & abandonedOther typeNorth American Shield
Ek 621-043-00006Plugged & abandonedOther typeNorth American Shield
Ek 721-043-00007Plugged & abandonedOther typeNorth American Shield
F-62-C 121-043-00008Plugged & abandonedOther typeAmselco Exploration, Incorporated
F-7-R 121-043-00009Plugged & abandonedOther typeAmselco Exploration, Incorporated
Nm 80-1421-043-00010Plugged & abandonedOther typePickands Mather And Co
Nm 80-1521-043-00011Plugged & abandonedOther typePickands Mather And Co
Nm 80-1621-043-00012Plugged & abandonedOther typePickands Mather And Co
Nm 80-1721-043-00013Other statusOther typePickands Mather And Co
Nm 80-1721-043-00014Other statusOther typePickands Mather And Co
Minatome 1P21-043-00015Plugged & abandonedOther typeMinatome Corporation
Minatome 2P21-043-00016Plugged & abandonedOther typeMinatome Corporation
Minatome 3P21-043-00017Plugged & abandonedOther typeMinatome Corporation
Minatome LN-1W21-043-00018Plugged & abandonedOther typeMinatome Corporation
Minatome LN-2W21-043-00019Plugged & abandonedOther typeMinatome Corporation
Minatome LN-3W21-043-00020Plugged & abandonedOther typeMinatome Corporation
Minatome LS-1W21-043-00021Plugged & abandonedOther typeMinatome Corporation
Minatome LS-2W21-043-00022Plugged & abandonedOther typeMinatome Corporation
Minatome LS-3W21-043-00023Plugged & abandonedOther typeMinatome Corporation
Pickands Mather 121-043-00024Plugged & abandonedOther typePickands Mather And Co
Pickands Mather 221-043-00025Plugged & abandonedOther typePickands Mather And Co

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 696 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 Dickinson County, MI?

Dickinson County, Michigan has 696 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active, 70 plugged and 0 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Dickinson County?

No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Dickinson County, Michigan.

What share of wells in Dickinson County are plugged?

70 of Dickinson County's 696 catalogued wells (10%) 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); Dickinson County ranks 42nd with 696.

How many companies operate wells in Dickinson County?

40 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Dickinson 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 Dickinson County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/dickinson (data as of October 10, 2026).