Oil & gas wells in Gratiot County, MI
514 catalogued wells in Gratiot County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Gratiot County, Michigan has 514 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (0.2%), 104 plugged & abandoned (20%) and 40 documented orphans. It ranks 48th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
514
Active
1
Plugged
104
Documented orphans
40
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Gratiot County?
0.2% of Gratiot County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 20% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 40 wells (8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 369 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Gratiot 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 Gratiot County well is 17,466 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 Gratiot County compare with other Michigan counties?
Gratiot County has the 48th-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 2nd in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Gratiot County?
199 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Gratiot 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 Gratiot County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horrie 1 | 21-057-00012 | Other status | Other type | Horrie Oil Co |
| W.D. 1 | 21-057-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Total Leonard Inc |
| Ireland 1 | 21-057-00036 | Other status | Other type | Wayco Oil Producing Co |
| Menter, S S 1 | 21-057-00042 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Horrie 2 | 21-057-00043 | Other status | Other type | Horrie Oil Co |
| Waste Disposal 2 | 21-057-00046 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Velsicol Chemical Corp |
| Disposal 1 | 21-057-00050 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Velsicol Chemical Corp |
| Kerr 1 | 21-057-00104 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Dundee Disposal 2 | 21-057-00107 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Total Leonard Inc |
| Crook 1 | 21-057-00116 | Other status | Other type | Miller Brothers |
| Kerr 2 | 21-057-00123 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Kerr, Charles 3 | 21-057-00153 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Kerr, Chas. 4 | 21-057-00226 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Dundee 9 | 21-057-00237 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Velsicol Chemical Corp |
| Dundee 10 | 21-057-00238 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Michigan Chloride Sales Inc |
| Dundee 11 | 21-057-00239 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Michigan Chloride Sales Inc |
| Dundee 12 | 21-057-00240 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Michigan Chloride Sales Inc |
| Sylvania 13 | 21-057-00241 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Velsicol Chemical Corp |
| Setleff 1 | 21-057-00310 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Co |
| Anderson, Peter 1 | 21-057-00311 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Co |
| Darry, A.M. 1 | 21-057-00312 | Other status | Other type | Voorhees V M and Bergherm W D |
| Robinault 1 | 21-057-00313 | Other status | Other type | Sun Oil Co |
| Garner 1 | 21-057-00357 | Other status | Other type | Fish Creek Oil Syndicate |
| Trask 1 | 21-057-00425 | Other status | Other type | Brant C P and Hallick F P |
| Strack 1 | 21-057-00584 | Active | Other type | Sumner Energy Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 514 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 Gratiot County, MI?
Gratiot County, Michigan has 514 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 104 plugged and 40 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Gratiot County?
40 wells in Gratiot County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 2nd-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Gratiot County are plugged?
104 of Gratiot County's 514 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); Gratiot County ranks 48th with 514.
How many companies operate wells in Gratiot County?
199 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Gratiot 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 Gratiot County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/gratiot (data as of October 10, 2026).