Oil & gas wells in Van Buren County, MI
1,864 catalogued wells in Van Buren County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Van Buren County, Michigan has 1,864 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5 active (0.3%), 174 plugged & abandoned (9%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 12th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,864
Active
5
Plugged
174
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Van Buren County?
0.3% of Van Buren County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 9% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (0.2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Van Buren County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 1,681 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County well is 6,352 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 Van Buren County compare with other Michigan counties?
Van Buren County has the 12th-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 Van Buren County?
471 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogswell 1 | 21-157-45149 | Other status | Other type | Twin Drilling Co |
| Cummins 1 | 21-157-45150 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Twin Drilling Co |
| High, Burget 1 | 21-159-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Decatur Lease Holding Co |
| Ada Ford - C.H. Dean (Comm.) 1 | 21-159-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fitchett J H Trustee |
| F. Summy 1 | 21-159-00047 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fitchett J H |
| Fier, Anton 1 | 21-159-00050 | Other status | Other type | Vermont Petroleum Development Co |
| Marr, Alt D 4 | 21-159-00071 | Other status | Other type | Simon W J |
| Skoronski 1 | 21-159-00074 | Other status | Other type | Fitchett J H |
| Harry And Frances Funk 4 | 21-159-00082 | Other status | Other type | Mutchler C A |
| Witkowski, L. 1 | 21-159-00086 | Other status | Other type | Vermont Petroleum Development Co |
| Woods 3 | 21-159-00102 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Christian Oil Co |
| Vought, A.D. 1 | 21-159-00444 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wert Oil and Gas Co |
| Vought, A.D. 2 | 21-159-00445 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wert Oil and Gas Co |
| Vought, A. 3 | 21-159-00449 | Other status | Other type | Wolverine Oil And Exploration Syndicate |
| Emanuel Home 1 | 21-159-00583 | Other status | Other type | Bi County Fuel And Gas Co |
| Bangor Oil Well 1 | 21-159-00590 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Krocke Et Al 1 | 21-159-00919 | Other status | Other type | Gibson Johnson And Borden Inc And Dixie Oil Co |
| Kirby Orchard Co. 1 | 21-159-00953 | Other status | Other type | Kirby Orchard Co Trustee |
| Warner 1 | 21-159-00985 | Other status | Other type | Dayton Oil And Gas Co |
| West Michigan Savings Bank 1 | 21-159-02230 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sovereign W J |
| Cooley, V. E. 1 | 21-159-02480 | Other status | Other type | Worth Orville |
| Sheldon, Seely G. & Julia Irene 1 | 21-159-02485 | Other status | Other type | Scharer John And Trexler N A And Williams Art |
| Sarossy 1 | 21-159-04288 | Other status | Other type | Burr Lewis |
| Drullinger, Charles 1 | 21-159-04990 | Other status | Other type | Voorhees Drilling Co |
| Wise, Leo 1 | 21-159-05110 | Other status | Other type | Daily Crude Oil Co The |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,864 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 Van Buren County, MI?
Van Buren County, Michigan has 1,864 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5 active, 174 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Van Buren County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Van Buren County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Van Buren County are plugged?
174 of Van Buren County's 1,864 catalogued wells (9%) 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); Van Buren County ranks 12th with 1,864.
How many companies operate wells in Van Buren County?
471 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/van-buren (data as of October 10, 2026).