Oil & gas wells in Otsego County, MI
5,579 catalogued wells in Otsego County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Otsego County, Michigan has 5,579 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,861 active (51%), 707 plugged & abandoned (13%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 1st of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 7% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
5,579
Active
2,861
Plugged
707
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Otsego County?
51% of Otsego County's wells are active, 34 percentage points above the Michigan share of 17%. 13% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 113 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.0%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,897 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Otsego 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 Otsego County well is 9,295 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 Otsego County compare with other Michigan counties?
Otsego County has the most catalogued wells of the 81 Michigan counties with at least 25. The median Michigan county on WellCensus has 820 wells. By documented orphans it ranks 19th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Otsego County?
206 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Otsego 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 Otsego County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Products WDW 1-21 | 21-137-00359 | Active | Other type | Cooper Standard Automotive Inc |
| State Chester & MRCSP 1 | 21-137-00582 | Shut-in | Other type | Core Co2 Services LLC |
| Lawnichak 9-33 | 21-137-00652 | Other status | Other type | Core Energy LLC |
| Hanson And Raas 1 | 21-137-03373 | Other status | Other type | Williams Harley |
| Yuill Brothers 1 | 21-137-03443 | Other status | Other type | Barton And Williams |
| Geraldine (Darling-Lyons Estate) 1 | 21-137-03997 | Other status | Other type | Summers Frank A Trustee |
| Moore, Bob 1 | 21-137-04998 | Other status | Other type | Snow Dr L W And Seven Lakes Oil And Gas Syndicat |
| Au Sable 1 | 21-137-07614 | Other status | Other type | Top O Michigan Development Co |
| Ziembicki, Joseph 1 | 21-137-08808 | Other status | Other type | Barber Leslie T |
| Koski 1 | 21-137-08883 | Other status | Other type | White Burks |
| Au Sable 2 | 21-137-09516 | Other status | Other type | Top O Michigan Development Co |
| Au Sable 3 | 21-137-09517 | Other status | Other type | Top O Michigan Development Co |
| Au Sable 4 | 21-137-09518 | Other status | Other type | Top O Michigan Development Co |
| Au Sable 6 | 21-137-09847 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fruehauf Janet A Dba Top O Michigan Resources |
| Hanson, Esbern, Trustee 1 | 21-137-11548 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Lucas, Dr Carl Au Sable 7 | 21-137-13071 | Other status | Other type | Top O Michigan Development Co |
| State Of Michigan Ie 1 | 21-137-16183 | Other status | Other type | Brazos Oil And Gas Co |
| North Michigan Land And Oil Corp 1 | 21-137-16327 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| State Chester He 1 | 21-137-16902 | Other status | Other type | A N R Pipeline Co |
| Janney 1 | 21-137-16978 | Other status | Other type | Brazos Oil And Gas Co |
| Grant 1 | 21-137-17036 | Other status | Other type | Worsley Mahlon E |
| State Chester He-02 | 21-137-17455 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Welch Murell |
| Lake Horicon Corp 1 | 21-137-17495 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| State Chester-Ie 2 | 21-137-17763 | Other status | Other type | Brazos Oil And Gas Co |
| State Charlton "Be" 1 | 21-137-17787 | Other status | Other type | Brazos Oil And Gas Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 5,579 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 Otsego County, MI?
Otsego County, Michigan has 5,579 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,861 active, 707 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Otsego County?
1 wells in Otsego County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 19th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Otsego County are plugged?
707 of Otsego County's 5,579 catalogued wells (13%) 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, with 5,579.
How many companies operate wells in Otsego County?
206 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Otsego 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 Otsego County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/otsego (data as of October 10, 2026).