Oil & gas wells in Saint Joseph County, MI
34 catalogued wells in Saint Joseph County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Saint Joseph County, Michigan has 34 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 6 plugged & abandoned (18%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 79th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
34
Active
0
Plugged
6
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Saint Joseph County?
0% of Saint Joseph County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 18% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Saint Joseph County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 28 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Saint Joseph 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 Joseph County well is 5,283 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 Joseph County compare with other Michigan counties?
Saint Joseph County has the 79th-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 Saint Joseph County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Saint Joseph 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 Joseph County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Pigeon 1 | 21-149-00370 | Other status | Other type | White Pigeon Oil and Shale Gas Co |
| Mahnke, Mrs. Lillian 1 | 21-149-01244 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Livermore John W Inc |
| Jailer, John W. 1 | 21-149-06219 | Other status | Other type | Hoyt Andrew S Agent |
| Berkey, Lester 1 | 21-149-06676 | Other status | Other type | Mcdaniel Tom |
| Ruchoft, John T. 1 | 21-149-07045 | Other status | Other type | Mcdaniel Tom |
| Dunnworth 1 | 21-149-07823 | Other status | Other type | Avery Ora A |
| Marchal, Helen 1 | 21-149-14097 | Other status | Other type | Godfrey Stuartl |
| Bidleman, Mrs. Mae 1 | 21-149-14283 | Other status | Other type | Godfrey Stuartl |
| Eberhard, O C & May, Jennie 1 | 21-149-17020 | Other status | Other type | Degenther P K |
| Smith, Edward L 1 | 21-149-17184 | Other status | Other type | Degenther P K |
| Parlin, Oliver A. 1 | 21-149-18405 | Other status | Other type | Hatch Glen E And Wagner Edward |
| Bohm, J W & Emma 1 | 21-149-19599 | Other status | Other type | Ford Oil Co And Basin Oil Co |
| Thunder, Earl & Lillian 1 | 21-149-21155 | Other status | Other type | Grigg W R And Marshall N E |
| Krupp, E. High 1 | 21-149-22242 | Other status | Other type | Hilliard B G And Ferguson John E |
| Reed, Robert 1 | 21-149-23839 | Other status | Other type | Simpson C J |
| Walters, Harold 1 | 21-149-24183 | Other status | Other type | Simpson C J |
| Cook, John H & Martha 1 | 21-149-28005 | Other status | Other type | National Industries Inc |
| Littlefield, Nolan 1-2 | 21-149-30888 | Other status | Other type | Capek Richard J |
| Wagner, Wanda & James, Arnold, Willa Ann 1-11 | 21-149-31173 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Capek Richard J |
| Cupp, Lloyd 1-11 | 21-149-31335 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Dunithan, Roy B 1-34 | 21-149-31681 | Other status | Other type | B P America Production Co |
| Barnes, Melvin 1-23 | 21-149-31708 | Other status | Other type | B P America Production Co |
| Wells, Robert E & Frances J 1-22 | 21-149-32081 | Other status | Other type | Ensing A P And Buhrer G Dba Algar Oil Co |
| Schlesch, Robert Unit 1-5 | 21-149-32632 | Other status | Other type | Energy Acquisition Corp And Weitzman Irvin |
| Loudenslager 1-9 | 21-149-32670 | Other status | Other type | Ensing A P And Buhrer G Dba Algar Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 34 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 Joseph County, MI?
Saint Joseph County, Michigan has 34 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 6 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Saint Joseph County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Saint Joseph County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Saint Joseph County are plugged?
6 of Saint Joseph County's 34 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 Joseph County ranks 79th with 34.
How many companies operate wells in Saint Joseph County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Saint Joseph 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 Joseph County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/saint-joseph (data as of October 10, 2026).