Oil & gas wells in Mackinac County, MI
212 catalogued wells in Mackinac County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Mackinac County, Michigan has 212 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 25 plugged & abandoned (12%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 69th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
212
Active
0
Plugged
25
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Mackinac County?
0% of Mackinac County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 12% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Mackinac County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 187 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Mackinac 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 Mackinac County well is 2,460 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 Mackinac County compare with other Michigan counties?
Mackinac County has the 69th-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 Mackinac County?
14 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Mackinac 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 Mackinac County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engadine Core | 21-097-00001 | Other status | Other type | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| Fiborn Core | 21-097-00002 | Other status | Other type | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| East Lake 1-7 | 21-097-00003 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| East Lake 2-7 | 21-097-00004 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Engadine 2 | 21-097-00005 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Jackson-Tindle 4 | 21-097-00006 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Kenneth 5 | 21-097-00007 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Kenneth 6 | 21-097-00008 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Nunns Creek 1-12 | 21-097-00009 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Nunns Creek 2-11 | 21-097-00010 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Rockview 14 | 21-097-00011 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Hessell 13 | 21-097-00012 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| U.S. Steel US Steel # | 21-097-00013 | Other status | Other type | DNR-GSD & Michigan Technological University |
| Is&l I-1 | 21-097-00017 | Other status | Other type | Inland Lime And Stone Co |
| Is&l J-1 | 21-097-00018 | Other status | Other type | Inland Lime And Stone Co |
| St. Ignace 1 | 21-097-00019 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Bethlehem Lease 5-66 S-1 | 21-097-00020 | Other status | Other type | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| Bethlehem Lease 5-66 S-2 | 21-097-00021 | Other status | Other type | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| Bethlehem Lease 5-66 S-3 | 21-097-00022 | Other status | Other type | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| Bethlehem Lease 5-66 S-4 | 21-097-00023 | Other status | Other type | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| Bethlehem Lease 5-66 S-6 | 21-097-00024 | Other status | Other type | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| Bethlehem Lease 5-66 S-7 | 21-097-00025 | Other status | Other type | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| Bethlehem Lease 5-66 S-8 | 21-097-00026 | Other status | Other type | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| Bethlehem Lease 5-66 S-9 | 21-097-00027 | Other status | Other type | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| Bethlehem Lease 5-66 S-10 | 21-097-00028 | Other status | Other type | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 212 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 Mackinac County, MI?
Mackinac County, Michigan has 212 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 25 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Mackinac County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Mackinac County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Mackinac County are plugged?
25 of Mackinac County's 212 catalogued wells (12%) 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); Mackinac County ranks 69th with 212.
How many companies operate wells in Mackinac County?
14 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Mackinac 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 Mackinac County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/mackinac (data as of October 10, 2026).