Oil & gas wells in Leelanau County, MI
32 catalogued wells in Leelanau County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Leelanau County, Michigan has 32 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 3 plugged & abandoned (9%) and 10 documented orphans. It ranks 80th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
32
Active
0
Plugged
3
Documented orphans
10
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Leelanau County?
0% of Leelanau County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 9% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 10 wells (31%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 19 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Leelanau 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 Leelanau County well is 5,750 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 Leelanau County compare with other Michigan counties?
Leelanau County has the 80th-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 8th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Leelanau County?
9 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Leelanau 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 Leelanau County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heimforth, Phillip & Lily May 1 | 21-089-01037 | Other status | Other type | Smith Clyde U |
| Wilce Farm & Orchard Co 1 | 21-089-05505 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lupher Drilling Co |
| Overby, Louis 1 | 21-089-10103 | Other status | Other type | Copeland Fred M And Barton P M |
| Gauthier, Isadore 1 | 21-089-13478 | Other status | Other type | Mutch J O |
| Kirt, Anne 1 | 21-089-22627 | Other status | Other type | Lindsay Forrest H |
| Parker 5-35 Swd | 21-089-50857 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lees Petroleum LLC |
| Parker B1-35 | 21-089-50858 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lees Petroleum LLC |
| Parker D1-21 | 21-089-52752 | Other status | Other type | Lees Petroleum LLC |
| Bugai B3-25 | 21-089-52753 | Other status | Other type | Lees Petroleum LLC |
| Parker B2-35 | 21-089-59079 | Orphaned | Other type | Blue Bay Oil & Gas, L L C |
| Lautner D4-28 | 21-089-59080 | Orphaned | Other type | Blue Bay Oil & Gas, L L C |
| Alpers B4-34 | 21-089-59124 | Orphaned | Other type | Blue Bay Oil & Gas, L L C |
| Ruthardt C4-32 | 21-089-59125 | Orphaned | Other type | Blue Bay Oil & Gas, L L C |
| Lautner D2-22 | 21-089-59142 | Orphaned | Other type | Blue Bay Oil & Gas, L L C |
| Lautner B3-31 Swd | 21-089-59144 | Other status | Other type | Presidium Energy Lc |
| Lautner A1-34 | 21-089-59252 | Orphaned | Other type | Blue Bay Oil & Gas, L L C |
| Parker D1-27 | 21-089-59266 | Orphaned | Other type | Blue Bay Oil & Gas, L L C |
| Neumann B2-33 | 21-089-59277 | Orphaned | Other type | Blue Bay Oil & Gas, L L C |
| Lautner B2-27 | 21-089-59358 | Other status | Other type | Presidium Energy Lc |
| Burkhart B3-34 | 21-089-59372 | Orphaned | Other type | Blue Bay Oil & Gas, L L C |
| Alpers C3-34 | 21-089-59373 | Orphaned | Other type | Blue Bay Oil & Gas, L L C |
| Nink C4-33 | 21-089-59638 | Other status | Other type | Presidium Energy Lc |
| Lautner A3-33 | 21-089-59640 | Other status | Other type | Presidium Energy Lc |
| Burkhart D2-34 Swd | 21-089-59660 | Other status | Other type | Presidium Energy Lc |
| Parker & Neumann D2-33 | 21-089-59801 | Other status | Other type | Blue Bay Oil & Gas, L L C |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 32 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 Leelanau County, MI?
Leelanau County, Michigan has 32 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 3 plugged and 10 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Leelanau County?
10 wells in Leelanau County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 8th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Leelanau County are plugged?
3 of Leelanau County's 32 catalogued wells (9%) 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); Leelanau County ranks 80th with 32.
How many companies operate wells in Leelanau County?
9 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Leelanau 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 Leelanau County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/leelanau (data as of October 10, 2026).