Oil & gas wells in Montcalm County, MI
1,620 catalogued wells in Montcalm County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Montcalm County, Michigan has 1,620 catalogued oil & gas wells: 114 active (7%), 500 plugged & abandoned (31%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 17th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,620
Active
114
Plugged
500
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Montcalm County?
7% of Montcalm County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 31% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 997 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Montcalm 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 Montcalm County well is 8,790 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 Montcalm County compare with other Michigan counties?
Montcalm County has the 17th-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 9th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Montcalm County?
342 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Montcalm 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 Montcalm County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston, H.S. and C.D 1 | 21-117-00042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Co |
| Michigan Consolidated OW-1 | 21-117-00069 | Active | Other type | D T E Gas Company |
| Ludwick 1 | 21-117-00099 | Other status | Other type | Fish Creek Oil Co |
| Montgomery 1 | 21-117-00195 | Other status | Other type | Fish Creek Oil Co |
| Nobles, J. 1 | 21-117-00300 | Other status | Other type | Hill Top Oil And Gas Co |
| Herrick 1 | 21-117-00347 | Other status | Other type | Ionia Montcalm Development Co |
| Snyder, Ernest 1 | 21-117-00400 | Other status | Other type | Bale Jon J Hickey Jas L Snyder Ernest Snyder Ear |
| Anna 1 | 21-117-00944 | Other status | Other type | Vestaburg Oil And Gas Development Co |
| Thomas, Lucy G. 1 | 21-117-01654 | Other status | Other type | Mammoth Producing And Refining Corp |
| Christensen, H. P., Heirs 1 | 21-117-01662 | Other status | Other type | Lease Management Inc |
| Wymer 1 | 21-117-01728 | Other status | Other type | Burnstein Oil And Gas Corp |
| Beach 1 | 21-117-01756 | Other status | Other type | Northern Oil And Gas Corp |
| Christensen, H. P. 2 | 21-117-01869 | Other status | Other type | Lease Management Inc |
| Robinson 1 | 21-117-01870 | Other status | Other type | Northern Oil And Gas Corp |
| Blair, O. 1 | 21-117-01962 | Other status | Other type | Daily Crude Oil Co The |
| Sherwin 1 | 21-117-01965 | Other status | Other type | Theodore Oil Co |
| Christenson, H. P. 3 | 21-117-02001 | Other status | Other type | Daily Crude Oil Co The |
| Johnson Heirs 1 | 21-117-02009 | Other status | Other type | Rex Oil And Gas Co |
| Hansen, H. J. 1 | 21-117-02026 | Other status | Other type | Lease Management Inc |
| Mcgc S-80 | 21-117-02028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D T E Gas Company |
| Mcgilvery 1 | 21-117-02044 | Other status | Other type | Northern Oil And Gas Corp |
| Albaugh 1 | 21-117-02050 | Other status | Other type | Rex Oil And Gas Co |
| Neff`s Ranch A-1 | 21-117-02051 | Other status | Other type | Tope And Bluntt And Voorhees |
| Gustavson Et Al 1 | 21-117-02052 | Other status | Other type | Daily Crude Oil Co The |
| Davenport, Harry W. & Sarah E. 1 | 21-117-02065 | Other status | Other type | Atha Hunter |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,620 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 Montcalm County, MI?
Montcalm County, Michigan has 1,620 catalogued oil & gas wells: 114 active, 500 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Montcalm County?
7 wells in Montcalm County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 9th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Montcalm County are plugged?
500 of Montcalm County's 1,620 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); Montcalm County ranks 17th with 1,620.
How many companies operate wells in Montcalm County?
342 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Montcalm 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 Montcalm County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/montcalm (data as of October 10, 2026).