Oil & gas wells in Kalkaska County, MI
1,529 catalogued wells in Kalkaska County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kalkaska County, Michigan has 1,529 catalogued oil & gas wells: 262 active (17%), 467 plugged & abandoned (31%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,529
Active
262
Plugged
467
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kalkaska County?
17% of Kalkaska County's wells are active, close to the Michigan share of 17%. 31% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 32 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Kalkaska County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 768 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kalkaska 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 Kalkaska County well is 19,972 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 Kalkaska County compare with other Michigan counties?
Kalkaska County has the 19th-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 Kalkaska County?
173 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kalkaska 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 Kalkaska County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghan-State 1 | 21-079-00223 | Other status | Other type | Grayling Development Co |
| Test Well 4 | 21-079-00527 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grayling Development Co |
| Geophone Hole PET 1 | 21-079-00543 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 2 | 21-079-00544 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 3 | 21-079-00545 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 6 | 21-079-00546 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 4 | 21-079-00547 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 5 | 21-079-00548 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 10 | 21-079-00552 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Davis 5 | 21-079-00633 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grayling Development Co |
| State Of Michigan 6 | 21-079-00781 | Other status | Other type | Grayling Development Co |
| State Of Michigan 7 | 21-079-00852 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grayling Development Co |
| State 2 | 21-079-00871 | Other status | Other type | Grayling Development Co |
| Davis 8 | 21-079-00876 | Other status | Other type | Grayling Development Co |
| State Of Michigan 9 | 21-079-00915 | Other status | Other type | Grayling Development Co |
| State Of Michigan 10 | 21-079-00939 | Other status | Other type | Grayling Development Co |
| Antrim Iron Company 1 | 21-079-08241 | Other status | Other type | Monarch Development Co |
| Antrim Iron Company 2 | 21-079-08357 | Other status | Other type | Monarch Development Co |
| Lawrence, Roy E 1 | 21-079-10251 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Terpening, Floyd E. & Floyd M. 1 | 21-079-10762 | Other status | Other type | Mcclanahan Oil Co |
| State Garfield B 1 | 21-079-12636 | Active | Other type | White Pine Production LLC |
| Beaver Creek Unit Garden, George "A" 1 Hd-Intersect | 21-079-13815 | Active | Other type | White Pine Production LLC |
| Garden, George 2 | 21-079-13895 | Active | Other type | White Pine Production LLC |
| State Garfield A-1 | 21-079-13940 | Active | Other type | White Pine Production LLC |
| Garden, George "B" 1 | 21-079-14003 | Other status | Other type | White Pine Production LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,529 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 Kalkaska County, MI?
Kalkaska County, Michigan has 1,529 catalogued oil & gas wells: 262 active, 467 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kalkaska County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Kalkaska County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Kalkaska County are plugged?
467 of Kalkaska County's 1,529 catalogued wells (31%) 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); Kalkaska County ranks 19th with 1,529.
How many companies operate wells in Kalkaska County?
173 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kalkaska 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 Kalkaska County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/kalkaska (data as of October 10, 2026).