Oil & gas wells in Eaton County, MI
341 catalogued wells in Eaton County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Eaton County, Michigan has 341 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11 active (3%), 171 plugged & abandoned (50%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 59th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
341
Active
11
Plugged
171
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Eaton County?
3% of Eaton County's wells are active, 14 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 50% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Eaton County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 158 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Eaton 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 Eaton County well is 7,120 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 Eaton County compare with other Michigan counties?
Eaton County has the 59th-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 Eaton County?
137 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Eaton 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 Eaton County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricker 1 | 21-045-00352 | Other status | Other type | Ricker |
| Huber Brothers 1 | 21-045-00420 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wittmer Oil and Gas Properties Co |
| Alpha Portland Cem 1 | 21-045-00429 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wittmer Oil And Gas Corp |
| Wright, F. J. 1 | 21-045-00564 | Other status | Other type | Norris And Smith |
| Kruzen 1 | 21-045-00924 | Other status | Other type | Norris And Smith |
| Parker 1 | 21-045-01090 | Other status | Other type | Hersey E Wilson And Ralph C A |
| Sayak, Tom & Tony 1 | 21-045-01200 | Other status | Other type | Ingham Oil And Gas Development Co |
| Woodworth 1 | 21-045-01806 | Other status | Other type | Bernier W J |
| Moon, James & Jennie 1 | 21-045-02767 | Other status | Other type | Burris D A And Keeler M Bliss |
| Garms, Myrtie E 1 | 21-045-07319 | Other status | Other type | Strange Oil And Gas Co |
| Hults 1 | 21-045-08326 | Other status | Other type | Rex Oil And Gas Co |
| Zuber, Martin 1 | 21-045-12604 | Other status | Other type | Fisher Mccall Oil And Gas Inc |
| Swan, James & Cecil 1 | 21-045-18459 | Other status | Other type | Fisher Mccall Oil And Gas Inc |
| Stooks 1 | 21-045-21769 | Other status | Other type | Turtle Drilling Co |
| La Mont, F Cline 1 | 21-045-21952 | Other status | Other type | Mesel W W Dba Moco The |
| Hickok, L. 1 | 21-045-22487 | Other status | Other type | Athens E J Dba Athens And Ryan |
| Palmer & Miller Unit 1 | 21-045-22497 | Other status | Other type | Fulk Oil Co |
| Hulsebos, Martin L 1 | 21-045-22516 | Other status | Other type | Merrill Drilling Co |
| Black, William 1 | 21-045-22541 | Other status | Other type | Lawton R G And Hack Drilling Co |
| Lamonte, F. Cline And Maude 1 | 21-045-22672 | Other status | Other type | Petrolia Corp The |
| Black, William G. 1 | 21-045-22939 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co And Lawton R G |
| Tenis, Elmer 1 | 21-045-22945 | Active | Other type | Eaton County Road Commission |
| Pierce, Floyd 1 | 21-045-24485 | Other status | Other type | Harvey Walter L |
| Wyrick, Floyd & Gertrude 1 | 21-045-27309 | Other status | Other type | Kelly James O |
| Kellogg, James C 1 | 21-045-27461 | Other status | Other type | Fortuna Joseph J Dba Fortuna Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 341 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 Eaton County, MI?
Eaton County, Michigan has 341 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11 active, 171 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Eaton County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Eaton County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Eaton County are plugged?
171 of Eaton County's 341 catalogued wells (50%) 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); Eaton County ranks 59th with 341.
How many companies operate wells in Eaton County?
137 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Eaton 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 Eaton County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/eaton (data as of October 10, 2026).