Oil & gas wells in Lake County, MI
440 catalogued wells in Lake County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lake County, Michigan has 440 catalogued oil & gas wells: 23 active (5%), 66 plugged & abandoned (15%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 53rd of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
440
Active
23
Plugged
66
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lake County?
5% of Lake County's wells are active, 12 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 15% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 348 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lake 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 Lake County well is 10,260 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 Lake County compare with other Michigan counties?
Lake County has the 53rd-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 28th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Lake County?
133 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lake 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 Lake County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kellogg 1 | 21-085-00124 | Other status | Other type | Estes Fred J |
| Davis Et Al 1 | 21-085-00568 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Patterson And Day |
| Commins, J. 1 | 21-085-00643 | Other status | Other type | Braenole F A |
| Skirven 1 | 21-085-00658 | Other status | Other type | Superior Oil And Gas Co |
| Mccabe Estate 1 | 21-085-02837 | Other status | Other type | Teater C W |
| Alderson, J. J. Et Al 1 | 21-085-02883 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lyons Frank |
| Cashion Et Al 1 | 21-085-03775 | Other status | Other type | Tamblyn R B |
| Rice, Katherine W. 1 | 21-085-04424 | Other status | Other type | Cherry Valley Drilling And Development Co |
| Lindner Lienweber Gingrich 1 | 21-085-07847 | Other status | Other type | Taggart Brothers Co |
| Campbell, Pfuhl, Baderschneider, Morrison 8 | 21-085-08508 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Baderschneider, Lienweber, Morrison, Pfuhl 13 | 21-085-08547 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Mitchell-Campbell 14 | 21-085-08552 | Other status | Other type | Taggart Brothers Co |
| Smith, Lottie B. 1 | 21-085-08771 | Other status | Other type | Shoemaker William P |
| Kellogg, W.L., U.S. Gov. Fee 1 | 21-085-08811 | Other status | Other type | Voorhees Drilling Co |
| Maxine 1 | 21-085-08843 | Active | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Skidmore 1 | 21-085-08894 | Other status | Other type | Rose Louis |
| Peiser, Marcus A Et Al 1 | 21-085-08912 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Pfuhl, Curt 1 | 21-085-08914 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Morrison, Clyde 1 | 21-085-08936 | Active | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Pfuhl, Curt 1 | 21-085-08943 | Active | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Bolger, Peter J 1 | 21-085-08986 | Active | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Morrison, C 2 | 21-085-08996 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Pfuhl, Curt 2 | 21-085-09018 | Active | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Pfuhl, Curt 2 | 21-085-09110 | Active | Other type | Miller Energy Company Ii LLC |
| Campbell, Fred 1 | 21-085-09121 | Other status | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 440 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 Lake County, MI?
Lake County, Michigan has 440 catalogued oil & gas wells: 23 active, 66 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lake County?
1 wells in Lake County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 28th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Lake County are plugged?
66 of Lake County's 440 catalogued wells (15%) 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); Lake County ranks 53rd with 440.
How many companies operate wells in Lake County?
133 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lake 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 Lake County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/lake (data as of October 10, 2026).