Oil & gas wells in Bond County, IL
1,366 catalogued wells in Bond County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Bond County, Illinois has 1,366 catalogued oil & gas wells: 134 active (10%), 1,114 plugged & abandoned (82%) and 33 documented orphans. It ranks 28th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,366
Active
134
Plugged
1,114
Documented orphans
33
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Bond County?
10% of Bond County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 82% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 33 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 83 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Bond County?
By product class, 349 of the county's wells (26%) are oil wells, 31 (2%) gas wells and 119 (9%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Bond County well is 3,640 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 Bond County compare with other Illinois counties?
Bond County has the 28th-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 27th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Bond County?
430 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Bond County. 99% 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 Bond County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton, J. G. 1 | 12-005-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ashby, Etal |
| Cline (Kline) | 12-005-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Monor, T. L. 1 | 12-005-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Minor T L |
| Niedheimer 1 | 12-005-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Rock, D. D. 1 | 12-005-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freehold Oil & Gas |
| Phillipson, A. 1 | 12-005-00043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Producers Oil Co |
| Plog, J. H. 1 | 12-005-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Producers Oil Co |
| Brown, Samuel 1 | 12-005-00045 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Producers Oil Co |
| Brown, Sam 2 | 12-005-00046 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Producers Oil Co |
| Delaplane, E. S. 1 | 12-005-00049 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Producers Oil Co |
| Wall, M. J. 1 | 12-005-00050 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Producers Oil Co |
| Johnson, P. M. 1 | 12-005-00054 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Producers Oil Co |
| Hoiles, C. E. 1 | 12-005-00058 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Henry Well 1 | 12-005-00060 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Summerfield Gas Co |
| Lindley, C. J. 4 | 12-005-00062 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bond County Gas Co. |
| Lindley, Cicero J. 1 | 12-005-00063 | Active | Gas | Summerfield Gas Co |
| Lindley, C. J. 5 | 12-005-00064 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bond County Gas Co. |
| Wrightman 1 | 12-005-00065 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Summerfield Gas Co |
| Lindley, Cicero J. 2 | 12-005-00066 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Summerfield Gas Co |
| Lindley, C. J. 3 | 12-005-00067 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Summerfield Gas Co |
| Smith, P. L. 1 | 12-005-00069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Bateman, J. C. 1 | 12-005-00076 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bateman, Charles B. |
| Munton 1 | 12-005-00077 | Other status | Other type | Kinney Brice |
| Klein | 12-005-00083 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Holden Oil Co |
| Wilson 1 | 12-005-00084 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hoffman H |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,366 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 Bond County, IL?
Bond County, Illinois has 1,366 catalogued oil & gas wells: 134 active, 1,114 plugged and 33 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Bond County?
33 wells in Bond County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 27th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Bond County are plugged?
1,114 of Bond County's 1,366 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); Bond County ranks 28th with 1,366.
How many companies operate wells in Bond County?
430 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Bond 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 Bond County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/bond (data as of October 10, 2026).