Oil & gas wells in Manistee County, MI
2,272 catalogued wells in Manistee County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Manistee County, Michigan has 2,272 catalogued oil & gas wells: 318 active (14%), 694 plugged & abandoned (31%) and 32 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,272
Active
318
Plugged
694
Documented orphans
32
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Manistee County?
14% of Manistee County's wells are active, 3 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 31% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 100 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 32 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,128 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Manistee 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 Manistee County well is 9,554 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 Manistee County compare with other Michigan counties?
Manistee County has the 8th-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 4th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Manistee County?
252 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Manistee 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 Manistee County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Lime S-1 | 21-101-00004 | Active | Other type | Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialities LLC |
| Standard Lime S-2 | 21-101-00005 | Active | Other type | Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialities LLC |
| Standard Lime S-11 | 21-101-00006 | Active | Other type | Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialities LLC |
| R. 1 & R. 24 | 21-101-00014 | Other status | Other type | Ruggles And Rademaker |
| Standard Lime S-8 | 21-101-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialities LLC |
| Morton Salt 7 | 21-101-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morton Salt |
| Morton Salt 8 | 21-101-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morton Salt Inc |
| Morton Salt 9 | 21-101-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morton Salt |
| Morton Salt 10 | 21-101-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morton Salt |
| Morton Chemical 4-C | 21-101-00043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morton Chemical Co |
| Hardy 10 | 21-101-00075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| Hardy 11 | 21-101-00076 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| Hardy Salt 6 | 21-101-00088 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| Standard Lime S-5 | 21-101-00126 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialities LLC |
| Hardy Salt 8 | 21-101-00156 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| Martin Marietta S-40 | 21-101-00157 | Active | Other type | Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialities LLC |
| Martin Marietta S-42 | 21-101-00159 | Active | Other type | Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialities LLC |
| Hardy Salt 9 | 21-101-00161 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| S-44 | 21-101-00169 | Active | Other type | Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialities LLC |
| Martin Marietta S-10 | 21-101-00172 | Active | Other type | Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialities LLC |
| Martin Marietta S-6 | 21-101-00173 | Active | Other type | Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialities LLC |
| Hardy Salt 7 | 21-101-00218 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| Hardy Salt Company 12 | 21-101-00248 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| Hardy Salt Company 13 | 21-101-00249 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| Martin Marietta S-21 | 21-101-00259 | Active | Other type | Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialities LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,272 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 Manistee County, MI?
Manistee County, Michigan has 2,272 catalogued oil & gas wells: 318 active, 694 plugged and 32 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Manistee County?
32 wells in Manistee County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 4th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Manistee County are plugged?
694 of Manistee County's 2,272 catalogued wells (31%) 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); Manistee County ranks 8th with 2,272.
How many companies operate wells in Manistee County?
252 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Manistee 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 Manistee County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/manistee (data as of October 10, 2026).