Oil & gas wells in Lapeer County, MI
267 catalogued wells in Lapeer County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lapeer County, Michigan has 267 catalogued oil & gas wells: 17 active (6%), 101 plugged & abandoned (38%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 65th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
267
Active
17
Plugged
101
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lapeer County?
6% of Lapeer County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 38% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 16 wells (6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Lapeer County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 133 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lapeer 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 Lapeer County well is 8,670 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 Lapeer County compare with other Michigan counties?
Lapeer County has the 65th-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 Lapeer County?
77 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lapeer 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 Lapeer County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkinson Chemical 2 | 21-087-00164 | Active | Other type | Wilkinson Solutions LLC |
| Thumb O&G Trust 1 | 21-087-00517 | Other status | Other type | Thumb Oil and Gas Development Trust |
| Peter, William 1 | 21-087-00747 | Other status | Other type | Peter William |
| Branick 1 | 21-087-01667 | Other status | Other type | Kehlet And Flynn |
| Bremmer 1 | 21-087-01904 | Other status | Other type | Flynn George Henry Oil And Gas Co |
| Koehler, Max & Ann 1 | 21-087-01989 | Other status | Other type | Sowell Wm C |
| Branick 2 | 21-087-01991 | Other status | Other type | Berea Oil And Gas Co |
| Gerwolds, David 1 | 21-087-02053 | Other status | Other type | Craft F W |
| Smith, Christian 1 | 21-087-02063 | Other status | Other type | Gordon Oil Co |
| Koehler, Max & Anne, & Mckay, Alex & Eliza 1 | 21-087-02064 | Other status | Other type | Sowell Wm C |
| Zimmer 1 | 21-087-02094 | Other status | Other type | Mytinger Lawrence P |
| Schmelpfenig, F. 1 | 21-087-02097 | Other status | Other type | Sowell Wm C |
| Kings Ranch 1 | 21-087-02119 | Other status | Other type | Sowell Wm C |
| Belz 1 | 21-087-02127 | Other status | Other type | Strange And Fortney |
| Conkling 1 | 21-087-02156 | Other status | Other type | Flynn George Henry Oil And Gas Co |
| Koehler & Wilson 2 | 21-087-02165 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sowell Wm C |
| Herklotz, Rudy Et Ux 1 | 21-087-02226 | Other status | Other type | Newnom Clyde |
| Thom 1 | 21-087-02271 | Other status | Other type | Holley C M |
| Halpin Est. 1 | 21-087-02402 | Other status | Other type | Hadley Oil And Gas Syndicate |
| Hartrick 1 | 21-087-02562 | Other status | Other type | Co Op Oil Co |
| Watson, J. & H. 1 | 21-087-02689 | Other status | Other type | Kinnekenik Land Co |
| Morrison, Neil C. And Grace L. 1 | 21-087-03307 | Other status | Other type | Kinnekenik Land Co |
| Neer, William 1 | 21-087-03413 | Other status | Other type | Kinnekenik Land Co |
| Vaskowitz Chas & Anna 1 | 21-087-03449 | Other status | Other type | Smith Petroleum Co |
| Kurtz, John W. 1 | 21-087-03582 | Other status | Other type | Co Op Oil Co And Miller Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 267 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 Lapeer County, MI?
Lapeer County, Michigan has 267 catalogued oil & gas wells: 17 active, 101 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lapeer County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Lapeer County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Lapeer County are plugged?
101 of Lapeer County's 267 catalogued wells (38%) 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); Lapeer County ranks 65th with 267.
How many companies operate wells in Lapeer County?
77 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lapeer 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 Lapeer County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/lapeer (data as of October 10, 2026).