Oil & gas wells in Iron County, MI
3,613 catalogued wells in Iron County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Iron County, Michigan has 3,613 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 96 plugged & abandoned (3%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
3,613
Active
0
Plugged
96
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Iron County?
0% of Iron County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 3% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Iron County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 3,517 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Iron 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 Iron County well is 2,830 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 Iron County compare with other Michigan counties?
Iron County has the 4th-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 Iron County?
79 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Iron 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 Iron County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4631-5 1 | 21-071-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-5 2 | 21-071-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-5 3 | 21-071-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-5 4 | 21-071-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-4 1 | 21-071-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-4 2 | 21-071-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-4 3 | 21-071-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-4 4 | 21-071-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-22 1 | 21-071-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-22 2 | 21-071-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-22 3 | 21-071-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-22 4 | 21-071-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-22 5 | 21-071-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-22 6 | 21-071-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-27 1 | 21-071-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-27 2 | 21-071-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-27 3 | 21-071-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-27 4 | 21-071-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-27 5 | 21-071-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-27 6 | 21-071-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4531-15 1 | 21-071-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4531-15 2 | 21-071-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-21 1 | 21-071-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-21 2 | 21-071-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| 4631-21 3 | 21-071-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,613 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 Iron County, MI?
Iron County, Michigan has 3,613 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 96 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Iron County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Iron County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Iron County are plugged?
96 of Iron County's 3,613 catalogued wells (3%) 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); Iron County ranks 4th with 3,613.
How many companies operate wells in Iron County?
79 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Iron 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 Iron County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/iron (data as of October 10, 2026).