Oil & gas wells in Ottawa County, MI
1,111 catalogued wells in Ottawa County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Ottawa County, Michigan has 1,111 catalogued oil & gas wells: 131 active (12%), 113 plugged & abandoned (10%) and 20 documented orphans. It ranks 31st of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,111
Active
131
Plugged
113
Documented orphans
20
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Ottawa County?
12% of Ottawa County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 10% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 6 wells (0.5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 20 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 841 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County well is 7,410 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 Ottawa County compare with other Michigan counties?
Ottawa County has the 31st-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 6th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Ottawa County?
298 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parke-Davis 1 | 21-139-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Parke Davis And Co |
| Stone, F. 1 | 21-139-00040 | Other status | Other type | Ottawa Development Co |
| Heinz WDW #1 | 21-139-00051 | Active | Other type | Kraft Heinz Company |
| Heinz WDW #2 | 21-139-00052 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kraft Heinz Company |
| Heinz WDW #3 | 21-139-00053 | Active | Other type | Kraft Heinz Company |
| Deep Well 1 | 21-139-00070 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chemetron Corp Pigments Div |
| D-2 | 21-139-00071 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B A S F Chemetron |
| Vrieling, H. 2 | 21-139-00076 | Other status | Other type | Ottawa Development Co |
| Dunton, J. C. 1 | 21-139-00108 | Other status | Other type | Muskegon Oil Corp |
| Essenburg 1 | 21-139-00109 | Other status | Other type | Muskegon Oil Corp |
| Parke, Davis & Company 2 | 21-139-00114 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Parke Davis And Co |
| Terbeck, H. 1 | 21-139-00120 | Other status | Other type | Ottawa Development Co |
| Bareman, Leonard E. 1 | 21-139-00129 | Other status | Other type | Muskegon Oil Corp |
| Mt Simon 4 | 21-139-00130 | Active | Other type | Parke Davis And Co |
| Vos 1 | 21-139-00187 | Other status | Other type | Spring Lake Oil Syndicate |
| D-3 | 21-139-00217 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B A S F Chemetron |
| Kluting 1 | 21-139-00336 | Other status | Other type | Wright Oil Co |
| Parke-Davis Mt. Simon 5 | 21-139-00373 | Active | Other type | Parke Davis And Co |
| Sako 1 | 21-139-00410 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller R R Et Al |
| Konkle 1 | 21-139-00461 | Other status | Other type | Ottawa Petroleum Co |
| Mirant IW 1 | 21-139-00470 | Active | Other type | Consumers Energy Co |
| Mirant IW 2 | 21-139-00471 | Active | Other type | Consumers Energy Co |
| Moe, C. E. 1 | 21-139-00537 | Other status | Other type | Michigan Petroleum Co |
| Telder, 1 | 21-139-00769 | Other status | Other type | Dixie Oil Co |
| Ponstantine 1 | 21-139-01058 | Other status | Other type | Corbitt And Thornton |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,111 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 Ottawa County, MI?
Ottawa County, Michigan has 1,111 catalogued oil & gas wells: 131 active, 113 plugged and 20 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Ottawa County?
20 wells in Ottawa County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 6th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Ottawa County are plugged?
113 of Ottawa County's 1,111 catalogued wells (10%) 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); Ottawa County ranks 31st with 1,111.
How many companies operate wells in Ottawa County?
298 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/ottawa (data as of October 10, 2026).