Oil & gas wells in Marquette County, MI
4,214 catalogued wells in Marquette County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Marquette County, Michigan has 4,214 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 130 plugged & abandoned (3%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 2nd of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,214
Active
0
Plugged
130
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Marquette County?
0% of Marquette County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 3% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Marquette County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 4,084 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Marquette 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 Marquette County well is 6,365 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 Marquette County compare with other Michigan counties?
Marquette County has the 2nd-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 Marquette County?
65 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Marquette 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 Marquette County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4927-30 2 | 21-103-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Corp |
| N 1 | 21-103-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nicor Mineral Ventures, Incorporated |
| N 2 | 21-103-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nicor Mineral Ventures, Incorporated |
| N 3 | 21-103-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nicor Mineral Ventures, Incorporated |
| N 4 | 21-103-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nicor Mineral Ventures, Incorporated |
| N 5 | 21-103-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nicor Mineral Ventures, Incorporated |
| 54919 | 21-103-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Copper And Nichol Co Inc |
| 54921 | 21-103-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Copper And Nichol Co Inc |
| 54920 | 21-103-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Copper And Nichol Co Inc |
| 54918 | 21-103-00038 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Copper And Nichol Co Inc |
| Peninsula Prospect 1 | 21-103-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Peninsula Prospect 2 | 21-103-00040 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Peninsula Prospect 3 | 21-103-00041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Peninsula Prospect 4 | 21-103-00042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Peninsula Prospect 5 | 21-103-00043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Peninsula Prospect 6 | 21-103-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Michigan State Lease SLS-1 | 21-103-00045 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Michigan State Lease SLS-2 | 21-103-00046 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Michigan State Lease SLS-3 | 21-103-00047 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Michigan State Lease SLS-4 | 21-103-00048 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Michigan Mine 1 | 21-103-00049 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Michigan Mine 2 | 21-103-00050 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| Michigan Mine 3 | 21-103-00051 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callahan Mining Corporation |
| East Baraga Basin DL-1 | 21-103-00052 | Other status | Other type | State of Michigan |
| East Baraga Basin DL-3 | 21-103-00053 | Other status | Other type | State of Michigan |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,214 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 Marquette County, MI?
Marquette County, Michigan has 4,214 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 130 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Marquette County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Marquette County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Marquette County are plugged?
130 of Marquette County's 4,214 catalogued wells (3%) 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); Marquette County ranks 2nd with 4,214.
How many companies operate wells in Marquette County?
65 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Marquette County, Michigan.
Nearby in the Michigan rankings
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 Marquette County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/marquette (data as of October 10, 2026).