Oil & gas wells in Oscoda County, MI
1,083 catalogued wells in Oscoda County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Oscoda County, Michigan has 1,083 catalogued oil & gas wells: 328 active (30%), 116 plugged & abandoned (11%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 33rd of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,083
Active
328
Plugged
116
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Oscoda County?
30% of Oscoda County's wells are active, 13 percentage points above the Michigan share of 17%. 11% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (0.4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Oscoda County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 635 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Oscoda 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 Oscoda County well is 11,691 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 Oscoda County compare with other Michigan counties?
Oscoda County has the 33rd-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 Oscoda County?
63 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Oscoda 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 Oscoda County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoskins 1 | 21-135-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hoskins Manufacturing Co |
| Mio Unit Area 1 | 21-135-11995 | Shut-in | Other type | Brewer Robert A And Karen A |
| Mio Unit Area 2 | 21-135-12242 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Oakes, Neil W Et Al 1 | 21-135-13130 | Other status | Other type | Mutch J O |
| State Mentor 1 | 21-135-16865 | Active | Other type | Wicklund Enterprises Inc |
| Two Lakes Hunt & Fish Club 1 | 21-135-17517 | Other status | Other type | Hilliard E V Estate |
| State Mentor 1 | 21-135-18586 | Other status | Other type | United Drillers And Prod Inc |
| U S A 1 | 21-135-19225 | Other status | Other type | United Drillers And Prod Inc |
| U S A Mentor 2 | 21-135-19297 | Other status | Other type | United Drillers And Prod Inc |
| U S A A-1 | 21-135-19728 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Hilliard, B G Executor & Francis, Gerald C 1 | 21-135-20834 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hilliard B G |
| Webberville Hunting Club 1 | 21-135-25175 | Other status | Other type | Muskegon Development Co And United Drillers And |
| U S A 1-12 | 21-135-28294 | Other status | Other type | Swepi LP |
| Garland 1 | 21-135-28546 | Other status | Other type | B P America Production Co |
| U S A Big Creek Unit 1 | 21-135-34070 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Energy Corp |
| Consumers Power Deep Unit 1-10 | 21-135-34494 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Energy Corp |
| USA Big Creek 1-23 | 21-135-34748 | Active | Other type | Lease Management Inc |
| USA Big Creek 2-23 | 21-135-34749 | Active | Other type | Lease Management Inc |
| Mcguire 1-22 | 21-135-35069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Energy Corp |
| Boerner 3-25 | 21-135-35073 | Other status | Other type | Hunt Energy Corp |
| Boerner 4-25 | 21-135-35093 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Energy Corp |
| USA Big Creek 1-22 | 21-135-35131 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northstar Energy LLC |
| Consumers Power Company 1-22 | 21-135-35552 | Other status | Other type | Hunt Energy Corp |
| USA Big Creek 3-23 | 21-135-35556 | Other status | Other type | Hunt Energy Corp |
| Vollmar 2-25 | 21-135-35575 | Other status | Other type | Hunt Energy Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,083 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 Oscoda County, MI?
Oscoda County, Michigan has 1,083 catalogued oil & gas wells: 328 active, 116 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Oscoda County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Oscoda County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Oscoda County are plugged?
116 of Oscoda County's 1,083 catalogued wells (11%) 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); Oscoda County ranks 33rd with 1,083.
How many companies operate wells in Oscoda County?
63 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Oscoda 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 Oscoda County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/oscoda (data as of October 10, 2026).