Oil & gas wells in Saint Clair County, MI
1,908 catalogued wells in Saint Clair County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Saint Clair County, Michigan has 1,908 catalogued oil & gas wells: 336 active (18%), 349 plugged & abandoned (18%) and 34 documented orphans. It ranks 10th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,908
Active
336
Plugged
349
Documented orphans
34
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Saint Clair County?
18% of Saint Clair County's wells are active, close to the Michigan share of 17%. 18% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 15 wells (0.8%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 34 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,174 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County well is 9,155 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 Saint Clair County compare with other Michigan counties?
Saint Clair County has the 10th-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 3rd in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Saint Clair County?
421 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunce 1 | 21-147-00001 | Other status | Other type | Church and Co |
| Fair 1 | 21-147-00005 | Other status | Other type | Michigan Developing Co (G B Stock) |
| Beard, F.A. 1 | 21-147-00010 | Other status | Other type | Stock George B |
| Ruff 1 | 21-147-00021 | Other status | Other type | St Clair Oil And Gas Corp |
| Shaw, Jay 1 | 21-147-00024 | Other status | Other type | Stock George B |
| Diamond Crystal Salt Co 13 | 21-147-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Diamond Crystal Salt Co |
| Mccartney 1 | 21-147-00047 | Other status | Other type | St Clair Oil And Gas Corp |
| Fitton 1 | 21-147-00048 | Other status | Other type | St Clair Oil And Gas Corp |
| Ida May 1 | 21-147-00051 | Other status | Other type | Alan Robert Crude Oils |
| Diamond Crystal 37 | 21-147-00079 | Other status | Other type | Cargill Salt - St Clair |
| Diamond Crystal 39 | 21-147-00125 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| Baumgarten Bd-1 | 21-147-00132 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Consumers Energy Co |
| Morton 23 | 21-147-00139 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morton Salt |
| Morton 22 | 21-147-00140 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morton Salt |
| Diamond Crystal 36 | 21-147-00141 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| Morton 24 | 21-147-00151 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morton Salt |
| Morton 25 | 21-147-00152 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morton Salt |
| Morton 20 | 21-147-00185 | Other status | Other type | Morton Salt |
| Hurst 1 | 21-147-00196 | Other status | Other type | St Clair Oil And Gas Corp |
| New 4 | 21-147-00210 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| Diamond Crystal A-11 | 21-147-00222 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Akzo Nobel Salt Inc |
| Diamond Crystal A-8 | 21-147-00243 | Other status | Other type | B P Products North America Inc |
| Diamond Crystal A-9 | 21-147-00244 | Other status | Other type | Diamond Crystal Salt Co |
| Diamond Crystal Salt M-1 | 21-147-00252 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cargill Salt - St Clair |
| Diamond Crystal Salt M-2 | 21-147-00253 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cargill Salt - St Clair |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,908 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 Saint Clair County, MI?
Saint Clair County, Michigan has 1,908 catalogued oil & gas wells: 336 active, 349 plugged and 34 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Saint Clair County?
34 wells in Saint Clair County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Saint Clair County are plugged?
349 of Saint Clair County's 1,908 catalogued wells (18%) 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); Saint Clair County ranks 10th with 1,908.
How many companies operate wells in Saint Clair County?
421 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/saint-clair (data as of October 10, 2026).