Oil & gas wells in Adams County, IL
1,012 catalogued wells in Adams County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Adams County, Illinois has 1,012 catalogued oil & gas wells: 31 active (3%), 832 plugged & abandoned (82%) and 46 documented orphans. It ranks 34th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,012
Active
31
Plugged
832
Documented orphans
46
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Adams County?
3% of Adams County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 82% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 11 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 46 wells (5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 92 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Adams County?
By product class, 98 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 62 (6%) gas wells and 3 (0.3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Adams County well is 2,000 ft, against 29,864 ft for Illinois as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Adams County compare with other Illinois counties?
Adams County has the 34th-most catalogued wells of the 98 Illinois counties with at least 25. The median Illinois county on WellCensus has 525 wells. The largest, Crawford County, has 22,961. By documented orphans it ranks 22nd in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Adams County?
273 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Adams 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 Adams County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller, H. E. 1 | 12-001-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller Harry E |
| Well API 12-001-00004 | 12-001-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Measley, Charles |
| Selters 1 | 12-001-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pea Ridge Oil & Gas |
| Reid, Joseph 1 | 12-001-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Indian Refining Co. |
| Davis, Russel 1 | 12-001-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pea Ridge Oil & Gas |
| Dinkladge 1 | 12-001-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nations Guy |
| Bradford 1 | 12-001-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Walmar Oil Co |
| Schuster, Henry 1 | 12-001-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schuster, Henry |
| Pieper 1 | 12-001-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Williams A L |
| Moore, Elizabeth #1 1 | 12-001-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Perry 1 | 12-001-00041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Neal A W |
| Phillips, John K. 1 | 12-001-00042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crow Clarence V |
| Kennedy 1 | 12-001-00043 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Walden, Welby M. |
| Barker 1 | 12-001-00044 | Other status | Gas | Western Oil & Gas Company |
| Waters, A. 1 | 12-001-00047 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Western Oil & Gas Company |
| Lewton 1 | 12-001-00048 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kluzek S W & Assoc |
| Mowen, Omer Farm 1 | 12-001-00049 | Other status | Gas | Western Oil & Gas Company |
| Manard 1 | 12-001-00050 | Other status | Other type | Western Oil & Gas Company |
| Gray, Clarence 1 | 12-001-00051 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lipe & Walden |
| Hahn, Floyd P. 1 | 12-001-00052 | Orphaned | Gas | Western Oil & Gas Company |
| Hastings, James 1 | 12-001-00053 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pioneer Oil Co., Inc. |
| Mason, Roy 1 | 12-001-00054 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beach, Arnold |
| Spangler, Rosa 1 | 12-001-00083 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kluzek S W & Assoc |
| Bimson 1 | 12-001-00084 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | G & W Oil Co |
| Hussong 1 | 12-001-00085 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hussong Ralph |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,012 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 Adams County, IL?
Adams County, Illinois has 1,012 catalogued oil & gas wells: 31 active, 832 plugged and 46 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Adams County?
46 wells in Adams County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 22nd-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Adams County are plugged?
832 of Adams County's 1,012 catalogued wells (82%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 61% across Illinois.
Which Illinois county has the most oil and gas wells?
Crawford County has the most catalogued wells of any Illinois county on WellCensus (22,961); Adams County ranks 34th with 1,012.
How many companies operate wells in Adams County?
273 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Adams County, Illinois.
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About this data
Source: Illinois State Geological Survey 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 Adams County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/adams (data as of October 10, 2026).