Oil & gas wells in Gladwin County, MI
1,321 catalogued wells in Gladwin County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Gladwin County, Michigan has 1,321 catalogued oil & gas wells: 161 active (12%), 265 plugged & abandoned (20%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 25th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,321
Active
161
Plugged
265
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Gladwin County?
12% of Gladwin County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 20% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 28 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Gladwin County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 867 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Gladwin 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 Gladwin County well is 15,859 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 Gladwin County compare with other Michigan counties?
Gladwin County has the 25th-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 Gladwin County?
274 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Gladwin 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 Gladwin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Bd1 | 21-051-00140 | Other status | Other type | Wicklund Enterprises Inc |
| Bush 1 | 21-051-00306 | Other status | Other type | McClure G C |
| Cronk 1 | 21-051-01720 | Other status | Other type | Leadbetter Charles C Trustee |
| Kintner, Omer 1 | 21-051-02100 | Other status | Other type | Whitehill M F Sr |
| Hines, Mary A. 1 | 21-051-02301 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Haviland, Arnold 1 | 21-051-02316 | Other status | Other type | Roosevelt Oil Co |
| Spicer, George 1 | 21-051-02330 | Other status | Other type | Whitehill M F Sr |
| Ross 1 | 21-051-02371 | Other status | Other type | Beaverton Oil And Gas Syndicated |
| Spicer, George 1 | 21-051-02473 | Other status | Other type | Strange Oil And Gas Co |
| Peterson John 1 | 21-051-02554 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Fanslau Karl 1 | 21-051-02585 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Dell, Charlotte 1 | 21-051-02651 | Other status | Other type | Whitehill M F Sr |
| Nettleton, E.C. 1 | 21-051-02746 | Other status | Other type | United Producers Oil And Royalty Co |
| Fruchey, Mae E. 1 | 21-051-02832 | Other status | Other type | Smith Petroleum Co |
| Walker, Chris 1 | 21-051-02833 | Other status | Other type | Drury Ellen W |
| Bell, William 1 | 21-051-02834 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Drury Ellen W |
| Mellinger Abbie 1 | 21-051-02936 | Other status | Other type | Mammoth Producing And Refining Corp |
| Campbell 1 | 21-051-02979 | Other status | Other type | Great Lakes Oil Co |
| Iosco Land Company 1 | 21-051-02990 | Other status | Other type | Atha Supply Co |
| Kent M 1 | 21-051-02994 | Other status | Other type | Goll Graves And Mechling Inc |
| Fruchey, Mae E. 2 | 21-051-03008 | Other status | Other type | Smith Petroleum Co |
| Dell, Charlotte 2 | 21-051-03009 | Other status | Other type | Drury Ellen W |
| Bell, William 2 | 21-051-03032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Drury Ellen W |
| Reid, James 1 | 21-051-03040 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Kintner, Omer 2 | 21-051-03067 | Other status | Other type | Whitehill M F Sr |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,321 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 Gladwin County, MI?
Gladwin County, Michigan has 1,321 catalogued oil & gas wells: 161 active, 265 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Gladwin County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Gladwin County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Gladwin County are plugged?
265 of Gladwin County's 1,321 catalogued wells (20%) 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); Gladwin County ranks 25th with 1,321.
How many companies operate wells in Gladwin County?
274 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Gladwin 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 Gladwin County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/gladwin (data as of October 10, 2026).