Oil & gas wells in Ogemaw County, MI
1,075 catalogued wells in Ogemaw County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Ogemaw County, Michigan has 1,075 catalogued oil & gas wells: 348 active (32%), 289 plugged & abandoned (27%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 34th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,075
Active
348
Plugged
289
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Ogemaw County?
32% of Ogemaw County's wells are active, 16 percentage points above the Michigan share of 17%. 27% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 44 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Ogemaw County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 394 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Ogemaw 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 Ogemaw County well is 12,996 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 Ogemaw County compare with other Michigan counties?
Ogemaw County has the 34th-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 Ogemaw County?
173 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Ogemaw 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 Ogemaw County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard, Frank 1 | 21-129-01143 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Yeo, William T. 1 | 21-129-01246 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Price 1 | 21-129-01281 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thompson L G |
| Bohlinger, John 1 | 21-129-01472 | Other status | Other type | Weber Alvin H |
| Mills Estate 1 | 21-129-01475 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Wilcox, Stella 1 | 21-129-01565 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Ogemaw Country Club (Roosevelt Wbcc) 1 | 21-129-01631 | Active | Other type | Muskegon Operating Company LLC |
| Fisk, Floyd 2 | 21-129-01632 | Other status | Other type | Morris Vankeuren Oil And Gas Syndicate |
| Golf Club (Sovereign Wbcc) 1 | 21-129-01670 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Griffin 1 | 21-129-01671 | Other status | Other type | Sovereign W J |
| Heirs, Wobig 1 | 21-129-01704 | Other status | Other type | Caldwell T F |
| Mier 1 | 21-129-01727 | Other status | Other type | Elliott George F Jr |
| Carroll, Ora 1 | 21-129-01739 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Nelson, V. 1 | 21-129-01742 | Other status | Other type | Nelson A R Trustee |
| Wilcox, Stella 2 | 21-129-01751 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Swain, Ransom S. 1 | 21-129-01758 | Other status | Other type | Sovereign W J |
| Gray 1 | 21-129-01770 | Other status | Other type | Scheifley Ira Trustee |
| Zettle 1 | 21-129-01775 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thompson David D |
| Reinhardt, A., "A" 1 | 21-129-01784 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Fisk Bros 1 | 21-129-01815 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sappington Henry |
| Hart, John 1 | 21-129-01838 | Shut-in | Other type | Muskegon Operating Company LLC |
| Mied, Joseph 1 | 21-129-01842 | Other status | Other type | Smith W Mckay And Hagan And Hagan |
| Hutchins, Ed 1 | 21-129-01844 | Other status | Other type | Atha Hunter |
| Fisk, Mary 1 | 21-129-01848 | Active | Other type | Muskegon Operating Company LLC |
| Allen, Hugh 1 | 21-129-01850 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Muskegon Development Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,075 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 Ogemaw County, MI?
Ogemaw County, Michigan has 1,075 catalogued oil & gas wells: 348 active, 289 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Ogemaw County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Ogemaw County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Ogemaw County are plugged?
289 of Ogemaw County's 1,075 catalogued wells (27%) 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); Ogemaw County ranks 34th with 1,075.
How many companies operate wells in Ogemaw County?
173 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Ogemaw 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 Ogemaw County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/ogemaw (data as of October 10, 2026).