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Oil & gas wells in Keweenaw County, MI

927 catalogued wells in Keweenaw County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Keweenaw County, Michigan has 927 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 38th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

927

Active

0

Plugged

0

Documented orphans

0

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Keweenaw County?

0% of Keweenaw County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Keweenaw County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 927 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Keweenaw 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 Keweenaw County well is 6,303 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 Keweenaw County compare with other Michigan counties?

Keweenaw County has the 38th-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 Keweenaw County?

9 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Keweenaw 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.

Oil & gas wells in Keweenaw County, MI
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Ahmeek AHM 5521-083-00001Other statusOther typeCalumet and Hecla Copper Company
G2-121-083-00002Other statusOther typeState of Michigan & Mi. Tech. Univ.
G2-221-083-00003Other statusOther typeState of Michigan & Mi. Tech. Univ.
G2-321-083-00004Other statusOther typeState of Michigan & Mi. Tech. Univ.
Homestake Copper Seneca Mine No. 2 3-1821-083-00005Other statusOther typeUnited States Bureau of Mines
Homestake Copper Seneca Mine No. 2 3-2121-083-00006Other statusOther typeUnited States Bureau of Mines
Homestake Copper Seneca Mine No. 2 3-921-083-00007Other statusOther typeUnited States Bureau of Mines
Mandan Drill Hole 121-083-00008Other statusOther typeKeweenaw Copper Company
Isle Royale Drill Hole XI21-083-00009Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole X21-083-00010Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole IX21-083-00011Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole VIII21-083-00012Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole VII21-083-00013Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole VI21-083-00014Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole II21-083-00015Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole IV21-083-00016Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole V21-083-00017Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole I21-083-00018Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole III21-083-00019Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole XIII21-083-00020Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole XIV21-083-00021Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole XVI21-083-00022Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Isle Royale Drill Hole XIII-A21-083-00025Other statusOther typeWendigo Copper Company, Limited
Clark Drill Hole 921-083-00026Other statusOther typeCalumet and Hecla Copper Company
Clark Drill Hole 821-083-00027Other statusOther typeCalumet and Hecla Copper Company

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 927 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 Keweenaw County, MI?

Keweenaw County, Michigan has 927 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 0 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Keweenaw County?

No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Keweenaw County, Michigan.

What share of wells in Keweenaw County are plugged?

0 of Keweenaw County's 927 catalogued wells (0%) 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); Keweenaw County ranks 38th with 927.

How many companies operate wells in Keweenaw County?

9 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Keweenaw 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 Keweenaw County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/keweenaw (data as of October 10, 2026).