Oil & gas wells in Isabella County, MI
1,888 catalogued wells in Isabella County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Isabella County, Michigan has 1,888 catalogued oil & gas wells: 114 active (6%), 464 plugged & abandoned (25%) and 5 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,888
Active
114
Plugged
464
Documented orphans
5
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Isabella County?
6% of Isabella County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 25% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 54 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 5 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,251 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Isabella 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 Isabella County well is 11,010 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 Isabella County compare with other Michigan counties?
Isabella County has the 11th-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 10th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Isabella County?
387 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Isabella 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 Isabella County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella County 16 | 21-073-00050 | Other status | Other type | Dow Chemical Co |
| Joshlin 1 | 21-073-00127 | Other status | Other type | Chippewa Oil And Gas Syndicate |
| North Wise Unit 3 | 21-073-00128 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller Energy Company Ii LLC |
| North Wise Unit 4 | 21-073-00129 | Shut-in | Other type | Miller Energy Company Ii LLC |
| Coon, J 1 | 21-073-00148 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Charles J. Epple Et Ux 1-A | 21-073-00157 | Other status | Other type | Miller Energy Company Ii LLC |
| Mcclintic 1 | 21-073-00254 | Other status | Other type | Saikin David C |
| Riley 1 | 21-073-00347 | Other status | Other type | Braun W F |
| Joshlin 2 | 21-073-00360 | Other status | Other type | Chippewa Oil And Gas Syndicate |
| Harris 1 | 21-073-00361 | Other status | Other type | Rockford Oil And Gas Syndicate |
| Reem "A" 1 | 21-073-00389 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Reem "A" 2 | 21-073-00390 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Reem "B" 1 | 21-073-00391 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Keeler And Mcclintic 1 | 21-073-00414 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roosevelt Oil Co |
| Curtis 1 | 21-073-00470 | Other status | Other type | Mccandless J Bard |
| Bufford 1 | 21-073-00471 | Orphaned | Other type | Mccandless J Bard |
| Stilgenbauer & Russell (Mpu Tr 107 #2) 2 | 21-073-00507 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| State Isabella "A" 1 | 21-073-00514 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Gibson, W. D. 1 | 21-073-00517 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller Energy Company Ii LLC |
| Hendershott, Clifton 1 | 21-073-00518 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Roebuck, Sarah 1 | 21-073-00519 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Thompson, Lewis 1 | 21-073-00520 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Mcneal, W. 1 | 21-073-00524 | Other status | Other type | Markle J M |
| Joshlin 3 | 21-073-00528 | Other status | Other type | Chippewa Oil And Gas Syndicate |
| Weidman 1 | 21-073-00532 | Other status | Other type | Arthurs J C Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,888 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 Isabella County, MI?
Isabella County, Michigan has 1,888 catalogued oil & gas wells: 114 active, 464 plugged and 5 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Isabella County?
5 wells in Isabella County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 10th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Isabella County are plugged?
464 of Isabella County's 1,888 catalogued wells (25%) 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); Isabella County ranks 11th with 1,888.
How many companies operate wells in Isabella County?
387 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Isabella 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 Isabella County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/isabella (data as of October 10, 2026).