Oil & gas wells in Missaukee County, MI
1,061 catalogued wells in Missaukee County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Missaukee County, Michigan has 1,061 catalogued oil & gas wells: 336 active (32%), 243 plugged & abandoned (23%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 35th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,061
Active
336
Plugged
243
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Missaukee County?
32% of Missaukee County's wells are active, 15 percentage points above the Michigan share of 17%. 23% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 6 wells (0.6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 475 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Missaukee 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 Missaukee County well is 15,001 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 Missaukee County compare with other Michigan counties?
Missaukee County has the 35th-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 25th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Missaukee County?
147 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Missaukee 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 Missaukee County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F.S. Horner 12-A | 21-113-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| State Pioneer A-3 | 21-113-00062 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kalkaska County Road Commission |
| Geophone Hole PET 7 | 21-113-00549 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 8 | 21-113-00550 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 9 | 21-113-00551 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 12 | 21-113-00553 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 13 | 21-113-00554 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 17 | 21-113-00555 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 18 | 21-113-00556 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 20 | 21-113-00557 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 21 | 21-113-00558 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 22 | 21-113-00559 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 23 | 21-113-00560 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 24 | 21-113-00561 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 25 | 21-113-00562 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 19 | 21-113-00563 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 16 | 21-113-00564 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 15 | 21-113-00565 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 14 | 21-113-00566 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Geophone Hole PET 11 | 21-113-00567 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petoskey Exploration LLC |
| Miller & Browarsky & Gottschalk 1 | 21-113-01133 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miltner Henry Trustee |
| Miller Et Al 2 | 21-113-01178 | Other status | Other type | Pioneer Oil And Gas Co |
| Donley 1 | 21-113-02747 | Other status | Other type | Ingold M J |
| Meekoff, J. 1 | 21-113-03718 | Other status | Other type | Rex Oil And Gas Co |
| Schetenhelm Et Al 1 | 21-113-04879 | Other status | Other type | Moser Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,061 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 Missaukee County, MI?
Missaukee County, Michigan has 1,061 catalogued oil & gas wells: 336 active, 243 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Missaukee County?
1 wells in Missaukee County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 25th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Missaukee County are plugged?
243 of Missaukee County's 1,061 catalogued wells (23%) 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); Missaukee County ranks 35th with 1,061.
How many companies operate wells in Missaukee County?
147 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Missaukee 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 Missaukee County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/missaukee (data as of October 10, 2026).