Oil & gas wells in Monroe County, MI
359 catalogued wells in Monroe County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Monroe County, Michigan has 359 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active (0.8%), 70 plugged & abandoned (19%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 56th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
359
Active
3
Plugged
70
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Monroe County?
0.8% of Monroe County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 19% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Monroe County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 286 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Monroe 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 Monroe County well is 5,495 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 Monroe County compare with other Michigan counties?
Monroe County has the 56th-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 Monroe County?
126 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Monroe 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 Monroe County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaertner 2 | 21-115-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Deerfield Oil Producing Co |
| Mohr 1 | 21-115-00027 | Other status | Other type | Monroe Natural Gas and Oil Co |
| Hugo Gaertner 1 | 21-115-00052 | Other status | Other type | A V Oil And Gas Co |
| Roe, F 1 | 21-115-00054 | Other status | Other type | Deerfield Oil And Gas Co |
| R. Halberdstadt 1-A | 21-115-00069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Good And Good Drilling |
| E. Beland 1-A | 21-115-00070 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcpheron M R |
| Buhl, C.H. Estate 1 | 21-115-00326 | Other status | Other type | Buhl C H Estate of |
| Van Akin, Simeon 1 | 21-115-00327 | Other status | Other type | Van Akin Simeon |
| Frey 1 | 21-115-00329 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Lennard 1 | 21-115-00330 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Brunt, F. G. 1 | 21-115-00381 | Other status | Other type | Hess H J And Roy R C |
| Hansberger 1 | 21-115-00466 | Other status | Other type | Strasburg Oil and Gas Co |
| Nogard (Christiancy) Quarry 1 | 21-115-00467 | Other status | Other type | Nogard R H |
| Wilkerson, A. 1 | 21-115-00468 | Other status | Other type | Wilkerson A |
| Potter, F.C. 1 | 21-115-00482 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Erie O&G 1 | 21-115-00523 | Other status | Other type | Erie Oil and Gas Co |
| Huntley 1 | 21-115-00549 | Other status | Other type | Sheehan And Cilley |
| Oliver S. Bond 1 | 21-115-00562 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Roe, Frank 1 | 21-115-00584 | Other status | Other type | Petersburg Oil and Gas Co |
| Green, Arthur 1 | 21-115-00676 | Other status | Other type | Deerfield Oil And Gas Co |
| Lieb, Frank 1 | 21-115-00678 | Other status | Other type | Weisinger Karner Development Co |
| Mens, Fred 1 | 21-115-00679 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Benore, Mrs George 1 | 21-115-00692 | Other status | Other type | Erie Oil and Gas Co |
| Buhl, C. H. 2 | 21-115-00722 | Other status | Other type | Newport Gas And Oil Co |
| Lapointe And Dusseau 1 | 21-115-00835 | Other status | Other type | Morriss William J |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 359 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 Monroe County, MI?
Monroe County, Michigan has 359 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active, 70 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Monroe County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Monroe County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Monroe County are plugged?
70 of Monroe County's 359 catalogued wells (19%) 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); Monroe County ranks 56th with 359.
How many companies operate wells in Monroe County?
126 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Monroe 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 Monroe County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/monroe (data as of October 10, 2026).