Oil & gas wells in Osceola County, MI
1,439 catalogued wells in Osceola County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Osceola County, Michigan has 1,439 catalogued oil & gas wells: 390 active (27%), 407 plugged & abandoned (28%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 23rd of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,439
Active
390
Plugged
407
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Osceola County?
27% of Osceola County's wells are active, 10 percentage points above the Michigan share of 17%. 28% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 19 wells (1%) 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 622 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Osceola 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 Osceola County well is 12,810 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 Osceola County compare with other Michigan counties?
Osceola County has the 23rd-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 24th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Osceola County?
248 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Osceola 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 Osceola County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Ritter 1 | 21-133-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Campbell M.L. 1 | 21-133-00010 | Active | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Carney W.R. 1 | 21-133-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| S.T. Johnson 1 | 21-133-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Dan Richards "B" 1 | 21-133-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Ernest Bregg 1 | 21-133-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Co And Epd |
| W.C. Fulmerhouser 1 | 21-133-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Henry Baderschneider 1 | 21-133-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| F. Auten 1 | 21-133-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| State "G" 1 | 21-133-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Johnson Bd 2 | 21-133-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| J. Howe Bd 1 | 21-133-00023 | Other status | Other type | Bennight E L |
| Reber Pratt Comm. Bd 1 | 21-133-00024 | Other status | Other type | Bennight E L |
| Howe Bd 1 | 21-133-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Jay Jewett "B" Bd 1 | 21-133-00026 | Other status | Other type | Gulf Refining Co And Epd |
| Emma Homan Bd 1 | 21-133-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Heilman Bd 1 | 21-133-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Jewett,jay Swd-1 | 21-133-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Henry P. Kessinger 1 | 21-133-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wolverine Environmental Production Inc |
| Ralph Hewitt 1 | 21-133-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Teater C W |
| Ralph Hewitt 2 | 21-133-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gordon Oil Co |
| Carney W.R. 2 | 21-133-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co |
| Carr Bd1 | 21-133-00038 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Collin C W |
| Kalium 1012 | 21-133-00347 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mosaic USA LLC Dba Mosaic Potash Hersey LLC |
| Kalium 1011 | 21-133-00348 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mosaic USA LLC Dba Mosaic Potash Hersey LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,439 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 Osceola County, MI?
Osceola County, Michigan has 1,439 catalogued oil & gas wells: 390 active, 407 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Osceola County?
1 wells in Osceola County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 24th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Osceola County are plugged?
407 of Osceola County's 1,439 catalogued wells (28%) 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); Osceola County ranks 23rd with 1,439.
How many companies operate wells in Osceola County?
248 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Osceola 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 Osceola County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/osceola (data as of October 10, 2026).