Oil & gas wells in Carroll County, IL
46 catalogued wells in Carroll County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Carroll County, Illinois has 46 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 2 plugged & abandoned (4%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 94th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
46
Active
0
Plugged
2
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Carroll County?
0% of Carroll County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 4% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Carroll County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 44 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Carroll 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 Carroll County well is 577 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 Carroll County compare with other Illinois counties?
Carroll County has the 94th-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 Carroll County?
9 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Carroll 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 Carroll County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shafer, R. 2 | 12-015-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Shafer, R. 1 | 12-015-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Kerch, John O. | 12-015-00089 | Other status | Other type | Eckel John |
| Spanogle, C. A. | 12-015-00091 | Other status | Other type | Eckel John |
| Moll, Dave | 12-015-00222 | Other status | Other type | Sargent Robert |
| Roland School | 12-015-00223 | Other status | Other type | Sargent Howard |
| Savanna-Landfill S-S1 | 12-015-20369 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Savanna-Landfill S-S2 | 12-015-20370 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Savanna-Landfill S-S3 | 12-015-20371 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Savanna-Landfill S-S4 | 12-015-20372 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Savanna-Landfill S-S5 | 12-015-20373 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Savanna-Landfill S-S6 | 12-015-20374 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Savanna-Landfill S-S7 | 12-015-20375 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Savanna-Landfill S-P4 | 12-015-20376 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Savanna-Landfill S-P5 | 12-015-20378 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Lanark NW 2 | 12-015-20446 | Other status | Other type | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| Lanark NW 1 | 12-015-20447 | Other status | Other type | Illinois State Geological Survey |
| Ill. Dept of Transportation | 12-015-21169 | Other status | Other type | IL Dept. of Transportation |
| Carroll County | 12-015-21186 | Other status | Other type | Testing Engineers Inc. |
| Carroll Co. Highway Dept. | 12-015-21188 | Other status | Other type | Testing Engineers Inc. |
| Carroll Co. | 12-015-21189 | Other status | Other type | Testing Engineers Inc. |
| Carroll Co. | 12-015-21190 | Other status | Other type | Illinois Dept. Transportation |
| Carroll Co. | 12-015-21191 | Other status | Other type | Illinois Dept. Transportation |
| Carroll Co. | 12-015-21192 | Other status | Other type | Illinois Dept. Transportation |
| Carroll Co. | 12-015-21193 | Other status | Other type | Illinois Dept. Transportation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 46 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 Carroll County, IL?
Carroll County, Illinois has 46 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 2 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Carroll County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Carroll County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Carroll County are plugged?
2 of Carroll County's 46 catalogued wells (4%) 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); Carroll County ranks 94th with 46.
How many companies operate wells in Carroll County?
9 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Carroll 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 Carroll County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/carroll (data as of October 10, 2026).