Oil & gas wells in Kalamazoo County, MI
248 catalogued wells in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kalamazoo County, Michigan has 248 catalogued oil & gas wells: 32 active (13%), 30 plugged & abandoned (12%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 67th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
248
Active
32
Plugged
30
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kalamazoo County?
13% of Kalamazoo County's wells are active, 4 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 12% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Kalamazoo County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 185 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo County well is 7,511 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 Kalamazoo County compare with other Michigan counties?
Kalamazoo County has the 67th-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 Kalamazoo County?
83 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upjohn WD 1 | 21-077-00087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pharmacia And Upjohn Co LLC |
| The Upjohn Company 2 | 21-077-00092 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pharmacia And Upjohn Co LLC |
| Upjohn 3 | 21-077-00137 | Active | Other type | Pharmacia And Upjohn Co LLC |
| Upjohn 4 | 21-077-00327 | Active | Other type | Pharmacia And Upjohn Co LLC |
| Kalamazoo 1 | 21-077-00372 | Other status | Other type | Kalamazoo Natural Gas Co |
| Bostwick, Frank 1 | 21-077-00443 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Saginaw Homebuilders Co |
| Caldwell 1 | 21-077-00789 | Other status | Other type | Reid And Mackey And Morris And Smith |
| Bourner 1 | 21-077-04758 | Other status | Other type | Premier Oil Corp |
| Stevens 1 | 21-077-04759 | Other status | Other type | Premier Oil Corp |
| Vlietstra, John 1 | 21-077-04974 | Other status | Other type | Thourley W H |
| Glidden 1 | 21-077-05062 | Other status | Other type | F M W Oil Co |
| Munson 1 | 21-077-05063 | Other status | Other type | Premier Oil Corp |
| Harper, Harold & Mabelle 1 | 21-077-05698 | Other status | Other type | Premier Oil Corp |
| Munson 1 | 21-077-05975 | Other status | Other type | Cline William |
| Budrose 1 | 21-077-06026 | Other status | Other type | Creek Drilling Co |
| Upjohn Unemployment Corp. 1 | 21-077-06370 | Other status | Other type | Twin Drilling Co |
| Kirby, G. W. Estate 1 | 21-077-06413 | Other status | Other type | Dickerson R R Trustee |
| Andrews, Stephen O 1 | 21-077-06442 | Other status | Other type | Turner Petroleum Corp |
| Sweet, Carl T. 1 | 21-077-06458 | Other status | Other type | Mcclanahan Oil Co |
| Upjohn Unemployment Corp. 2 | 21-077-06489 | Other status | Other type | Twin Drilling Co |
| Lamb, Sam D 1 | 21-077-06626 | Other status | Other type | Smith Petroleum Co |
| Upjohn Unemployment Corp. 3 | 21-077-06665 | Other status | Other type | Twin Drilling Co |
| Johnson, C D 1 | 21-077-06704 | Other status | Other type | Smith Petroleum Co |
| Becker, Herbert R 1 | 21-077-06790 | Other status | Other type | Smith Petroleum Co |
| Neeson, Molly 1 | 21-077-06863 | Other status | Other type | Twin Drilling Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 248 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 Kalamazoo County, MI?
Kalamazoo County, Michigan has 248 catalogued oil & gas wells: 32 active, 30 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kalamazoo County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Kalamazoo County are plugged?
30 of Kalamazoo County's 248 catalogued wells (12%) 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); Kalamazoo County ranks 67th with 248.
How many companies operate wells in Kalamazoo County?
83 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/kalamazoo (data as of October 10, 2026).