Oil & gas wells in Iosco County, MI
479 catalogued wells in Iosco County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Iosco County, Michigan has 479 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 44 plugged & abandoned (9%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 49th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
479
Active
0
Plugged
44
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Iosco County?
0% of Iosco County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 9% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Iosco County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 430 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Iosco 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 Iosco County well is 12,050 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 Iosco County compare with other Michigan counties?
Iosco County has the 49th-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 Iosco County?
53 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Iosco 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 Iosco County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emery Brothers 1 | 21-069-00457 | Other status | Other type | Iosco Oil Co |
| Miller, Edward A 1 | 21-069-00772 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Hill 1 | 21-069-00892 | Other status | Other type | Wilson D E |
| Watts 1 | 21-069-01011 | Other status | Other type | Gibson Johnson And Borden Inc And Dixie Oil Co |
| Goupil, A. 1 | 21-069-03528 | Other status | Other type | Barton James H |
| Monfort, G. J. 1 | 21-069-03927 | Other status | Other type | Pabst Petroleum Development Co |
| Spencer, Lillian 1 | 21-069-08557 | Other status | Other type | Roberts Edmund A |
| National Gypsum Company 1 | 21-069-10420 | Other status | Other type | Stork Oil Co |
| Welch, T H 1 | 21-069-10632 | Other status | Other type | Major Ervin |
| Pember, Ira M. Et Al 1 | 21-069-10732 | Other status | Other type | Bennight E L And Bartlett B A |
| Johnson, John C. 1 | 21-069-12163 | Other status | Other type | Matlock Ray W |
| Beardslee, Charley 1 | 21-069-12531 | Other status | Other type | Gulf Refining Co And Epd |
| Stork, Fred W. Et Al 1 | 21-069-12788 | Other status | Other type | Stork Oil Co |
| Longe, Iva 1 | 21-069-15481 | Other status | Other type | Roush Frank E |
| Long, James C Et Ux 1 | 21-069-15685 | Other status | Other type | Tamica Corp |
| Brownell, Carl 1 | 21-069-17142 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Partlo, E 1 | 21-069-17259 | Other status | Other type | Rayburn Don F |
| Sibley, Ida 1 | 21-069-17812 | Other status | Other type | Mogul Oil Co |
| Mccormick, Henry 1 | 21-069-22974 | Other status | Other type | Lawton R G |
| Erickson, Neil R 1 | 21-069-23060 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Simpson C J |
| Provoast, Sam 1 | 21-069-23084 | Other status | Other type | Simpson C J |
| National Gypsum Co 1 | 21-069-23189 | Other status | Other type | Simpson C J |
| Colvin, M M 1 | 21-069-23386 | Other status | Other type | Simpson C J |
| Mott, George E 1 | 21-069-23420 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lucas Charles K |
| Wasilewski, Agnes R 1 | 21-069-26597 | Other status | Other type | Edbe Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 479 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 Iosco County, MI?
Iosco County, Michigan has 479 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 44 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Iosco County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Iosco County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Iosco County are plugged?
44 of Iosco County's 479 catalogued wells (9%) 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); Iosco County ranks 49th with 479.
How many companies operate wells in Iosco County?
53 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Iosco 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 Iosco County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/iosco (data as of October 10, 2026).