Oil & gas wells in Wexford County, MI
339 catalogued wells in Wexford County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Wexford County, Michigan has 339 catalogued oil & gas wells: 10 active (3%), 58 plugged & abandoned (17%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 60th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
339
Active
10
Plugged
58
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Wexford County?
3% of Wexford County's wells are active, 14 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 17% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 269 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Wexford 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 Wexford County well is 11,404 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 Wexford County compare with other Michigan counties?
Wexford County has the 60th-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 30th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Wexford County?
98 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Wexford 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 Wexford County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Chas. 1 | 21-165-00997 | Other status | Other type | Marble Cowe Oil Co Et Al |
| Jorgensen, John 1 | 21-165-01125 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith C R |
| Cummer-Diggins 1 | 21-165-01177 | Orphaned | Other type | Cummer Diggins Co |
| Carrie B. Mcnitt Estate 1 | 21-165-01398 | Other status | Other type | Oil Properties Corp |
| Webb, E. 1 | 21-165-02352 | Other status | Other type | Ingold M J |
| Fee 1 | 21-165-04584 | Other status | Other type | Schrack G H |
| Busker, Abraham 1 | 21-165-06764 | Other status | Other type | Schrack G H |
| Whaley, Ernest 1 | 21-165-07381 | Other status | Other type | Kirkham Virgil R D |
| Mcnitt, Earl & Bertha 1 | 21-165-08906 | Other status | Other type | Teater C W |
| City Of Cadillac 1 | 21-165-09198 | Other status | Other type | Shakespeare Associates |
| Lindstrom, Albert 1 | 21-165-09846 | Other status | Other type | Freeman Oil Co |
| Wait, George 1 | 21-165-10181 | Other status | Other type | Mid West Refineries Inc |
| Zayler, Laslo 1 | 21-165-10245 | Other status | Other type | Hunt Hassie Trustee |
| Wood, A. 1 | 21-165-10247 | Other status | Other type | Cherokee Oil Co And Boadway Felix J |
| Browning, L. Et Al 1 | 21-165-10303 | Other status | Other type | Ranch Oil Co |
| Kellogg, Wm. L. 1 | 21-165-10381 | Other status | Other type | Mid West Refineries Inc |
| Larson, Louise 1 | 21-165-10661 | Other status | Other type | Hilliard Eugene And Fox Kenneth A |
| Wexford County Road Commission 1 | 21-165-10841 | Other status | Other type | Teater C W And Americrude Oil Co |
| Andrews, Gertrude K. 1 | 21-165-11008 | Other status | Other type | Freeman Oil Co |
| Grubbs, Arthur 1 | 21-165-11755 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Lang, H. 1 | 21-165-12304 | Other status | Other type | Hanners George G |
| Wilcox, George 1 | 21-165-12415 | Other status | Other type | Wright R A T And Keeler M Bliss |
| Dell, Aden D Et Al 1 | 21-165-12515 | Other status | Other type | Oryx Energy Co |
| Jacobson, Bertha 1 | 21-165-12590 | Other status | Other type | Gulf Refining Co And Epd |
| Carlson, Selma C. 1 | 21-165-12680 | Other status | Other type | Comstock William A Trustee |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 339 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 Wexford County, MI?
Wexford County, Michigan has 339 catalogued oil & gas wells: 10 active, 58 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Wexford County?
1 wells in Wexford County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 30th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Wexford County are plugged?
58 of Wexford County's 339 catalogued wells (17%) 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); Wexford County ranks 60th with 339.
How many companies operate wells in Wexford County?
98 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Wexford 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 Wexford County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/wexford (data as of October 10, 2026).