Oil & gas wells in Boone County, IL
60 catalogued wells in Boone County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Boone County, Illinois has 60 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 2 plugged & abandoned (3%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 91st of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
60
Active
0
Plugged
2
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Boone County?
0% of Boone County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 3% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Boone County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 58 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Boone 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 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Boone County well is 2,998 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 Boone County compare with other Illinois counties?
Boone County has the 91st-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.
Who operates wells in Boone County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Boone County. 95% 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 Boone County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1cv | 12-007-00235 | Other status | Other type | Central IL. Electric |
| 2cv | 12-007-00236 | Other status | Other type | Central IL. Electric |
| Taylor, Elizabeth 1 | 12-007-00271 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
| Ill Alcohol Co | 12-007-00305 | Other status | Other type | Millis P E |
| Krupke 1 | 12-007-00336 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Myers E H |
| McKiski Joseph | 12-007-00344 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| ISGS at Caledolia Elem. School | 12-007-21514 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Nelson | 12-007-21515 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Watkins BNE-3(80) | 12-007-21516 | Other status | Other type | D & G Drilling |
| Parson's Casket Hardware Co. G127GP | 12-007-22584 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Parson's Casket Hardware Co. G127SP | 12-007-22585 | Other status | Other type | U. S. Geological Survey |
| Parson's Casket Hardware Co. G125B | 12-007-22586 | Other status | Other type | U. S. Geological Survey |
| Parson's Casket Hardware Co. G115BD | 12-007-22587 | Other status | Other type | U. S. Geological Survey |
| Parson's Casket-Hardware Co. G128GP | 12-007-22588 | Other status | Other type | U. S. Geological Survey |
| Muella, John (Mueller) ISGS-6 | 12-007-22911 | Other status | Other type | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| Crysler Corp. B-730 | 12-007-23466 | Other status | Other type | Fox Drilling |
| Chrysler Corp. B-710 | 12-007-23467 | Other status | Other type | Fox Drilling |
| Clausing, Emil J. Trust | 12-007-23484 | Other status | Other type | State Testing |
| Boone (Caledonia Elem. School) BNE-4 | 12-007-23663 | Other status | Other type | D & G Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Boone (Nelson) BNE-2 | 12-007-23668 | Other status | Other type | D & G Drilling Co., Inc. |
| ISGS (Daniels) 9 | 12-007-23670 | Other status | Other type | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| ISGS (County) ISGS-15 | 12-007-23671 | Other status | Other type | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| Chrysler Belvidere Assembly Plant B720 | 12-007-23999 | Other status | Other type | Fox Drilling |
| Chrysler Belvidere Assembly Plant B700 | 12-007-24000 | Other status | Other type | Fox Drilling |
| Guyer, Walter | 12-007-24149 | Other status | Other type | Illinois State Geological Survey |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 60 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 Boone County, IL?
Boone County, Illinois has 60 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 2 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Boone County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Boone County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Boone County are plugged?
2 of Boone County's 60 catalogued wells (3%) 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); Boone County ranks 91st with 60.
How many companies operate wells in Boone County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Boone 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 Boone County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/boone (data as of October 10, 2026).