Oil & gas wells in Jackson County, MI
833 catalogued wells in Jackson County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Jackson County, Michigan has 833 catalogued oil & gas wells: 52 active (6%), 321 plugged & abandoned (39%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 40th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1.0% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
833
Active
52
Plugged
321
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jackson County?
6% of Jackson County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 39% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (0.6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Jackson County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 455 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Jackson 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 Jackson County well is 9,566 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 Jackson County compare with other Michigan counties?
Jackson County has the 40th-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 Jackson County?
221 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Jackson 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 Jackson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Gas Well 1 | 21-075-00029 | Other status | Other type | Withington W H and Co |
| Jackson County O&G 1 | 21-075-00518 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jackson County Oil and Gas Co |
| Folks 1 | 21-075-00832 | Other status | Other type | Hanover Development Co |
| Mulvaney 1 | 21-075-02631 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petroleum And Gas Development Co Inc |
| Peters, L. L. And Minnie 1 | 21-075-03441 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morris Oil And Gas Corp And Volz Hugo F |
| Silence, Harry 1 | 21-075-05739 | Other status | Other type | Wicklund J V Development Co |
| Stuart, J. 1 | 21-075-06875 | Other status | Other type | Horton Oil And Gas Co |
| Easton, V. H. & Ida 1 | 21-075-07149 | Other status | Other type | Kent Drilling Co |
| Brown, Douglas 1 | 21-075-07394 | Other status | Other type | Morency Alfred G |
| Reed, Ray 1 | 21-075-07619 | Other status | Other type | Morency Alfred G |
| Clarke, Ellis & Ida 1 | 21-075-09624 | Other status | Other type | Fisher Mccall Oil And Gas Inc And Marathon Oil |
| Meeks, C. (Comm.) 1 | 21-075-09694 | Other status | Other type | Columbia Oil And Gas Co |
| Andrews, Forest (Comm.) 1 | 21-075-09703 | Other status | Other type | Columbia Oil And Gas Co |
| Landon, Flora C. 1 | 21-075-09781 | Other status | Other type | Ashby Drilling Co |
| Taylor, W F 1 | 21-075-09881 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Richardson, Frank E. 1 | 21-075-10016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kuhns J W |
| Grundermann, Wm T 1 | 21-075-12212 | Other status | Other type | Perry Clifford A |
| Reed, W Ray 1 | 21-075-17807 | Other status | Other type | Reed W Ray |
| Maitland, Earl O. 1 | 21-075-17914 | Other status | Other type | Allied Investments Inc |
| Tannar, Arthur E. 1 | 21-075-17970 | Other status | Other type | Allied Investments Inc |
| Grundeman, Fred A. 1 | 21-075-17971 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Allied Investments Inc |
| Newburry, Truman 1 | 21-075-17975 | Other status | Other type | Allied Investments Inc |
| Hubbard, Truman 1 | 21-075-18007 | Other status | Other type | Allied Investments Inc |
| Crum, Mae A 1 | 21-075-18050 | Other status | Other type | Michigan Oil And Gas Drilling Co |
| Hungerford Et Ux 1 | 21-075-18109 | Other status | Other type | Collins Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 833 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 Jackson County, MI?
Jackson County, Michigan has 833 catalogued oil & gas wells: 52 active, 321 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Jackson County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Jackson County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Jackson County are plugged?
321 of Jackson County's 833 catalogued wells (39%) 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); Jackson County ranks 40th with 833.
How many companies operate wells in Jackson County?
221 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Jackson 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 Jackson County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/jackson (data as of October 10, 2026).