Oil & gas wells in Mecosta County, MI
1,183 catalogued wells in Mecosta County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Mecosta County, Michigan has 1,183 catalogued oil & gas wells: 151 active (13%), 357 plugged & abandoned (30%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 28th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,183
Active
151
Plugged
357
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Mecosta County?
13% of Mecosta County's wells are active, 4 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 30% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 3 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 671 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Mecosta 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 Mecosta County well is 10,080 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 Mecosta County compare with other Michigan counties?
Mecosta County has the 28th-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 12th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Mecosta County?
280 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Mecosta 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 Mecosta County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kleinfelter Core Test 1 | 21-105-60713 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Co And Epd |
| Shell Petroleum L345 | 21-105-60714 | Other status | Other type | Shell Petroleum Corporation |
| Gilbert, Orrie L. 1 | 21-105-60715 | Other status | Other type | American Minerals Company |
| Drake Gaudreau Bd1 | 21-107-00031 | Other status | Other type | Chapman Oil Co |
| Truman, F. I. 1 | 21-107-00306 | Other status | Other type | Benedum And Trees Oil Co |
| Johnson 3-1 | 21-107-00337 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | P P G Industries Inc |
| Ward 1-11 | 21-107-00339 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | P P G Industries Inc |
| Johnson 2-1 | 21-107-00377 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | P P G Industries Inc |
| Anderson 1 | 21-107-00483 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Big Rapids Oil And Gas Corp |
| Grove, Wm. F. 1 | 21-107-00982 | Other status | Other type | Benedum And Trees Oil Co |
| Baumann 1 | 21-107-01009 | Other status | Other type | Mehrtens Lewis D |
| Big Lake 1 | 21-107-01098 | Other status | Other type | Welch E M |
| Brand, Clarence E. 1 | 21-107-01122 | Other status | Other type | Benedum And Trees Oil Co |
| Brehn 1 | 21-107-01328 | Other status | Other type | American National Gas Co |
| Barton, James H. 1 | 21-107-01440 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Fish, Robert 2 | 21-107-01524 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Spittler, Clarence 1 | 21-107-01590 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Youmans 1 | 21-107-01630 | Other status | Other type | Wolverine Natural Gas Co |
| Fish, Robert S. 3 | 21-107-01765 | Active | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Fish, Robert S. 4 | 21-107-01813 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Darrah, M. E. 5 | 21-107-01883 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Flowers 1 | 21-107-01922 | Other status | Other type | Vale John And Ward E C |
| Dutmers 1 | 21-107-01964 | Other status | Other type | Columbia Oil And Gas Co |
| Fish, Robert S. 6 | 21-107-01978 | Other status | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Oliver, Reuben 1 | 21-107-01994 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Suremart Gas Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,183 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 Mecosta County, MI?
Mecosta County, Michigan has 1,183 catalogued oil & gas wells: 151 active, 357 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Mecosta County?
3 wells in Mecosta County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 12th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Mecosta County are plugged?
357 of Mecosta County's 1,183 catalogued wells (30%) 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); Mecosta County ranks 28th with 1,183.
How many companies operate wells in Mecosta County?
280 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Mecosta 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 Mecosta County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/mecosta (data as of October 10, 2026).