Oil & gas wells in Champaign County, IL
786 catalogued wells in Champaign County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Champaign County, Illinois has 786 catalogued oil & gas wells: 164 active (21%), 323 plugged & abandoned (41%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 39th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
786
Active
164
Plugged
323
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Champaign County?
21% of Champaign County's wells are active, close to the Illinois share of 19%. 41% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 295 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Champaign County?
By product class, 7 of the county's wells (0.9%) are oil wells, 14 (2%) gas wells and 155 (20%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Champaign County well is 6,550 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 Champaign County compare with other Illinois counties?
Champaign County has the 39th-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 46th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Champaign County?
116 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Champaign County. 98% 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 Champaign County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris, Henry H. 1 | 12-019-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C-U Nat'l. Gas |
| Well API 12-019-00002 | 12-019-00002 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Lindsey 1 | 12-019-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barber & Sievers |
| Mohr, Henry K. 1 | 12-019-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nedra Oil & Gas |
| Porterfield #1 1 | 12-019-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Casey & Edwards Oil |
| Wilson, J. A. 1 | 12-019-00009 | Active | Gas | Nedra Oil & Gas |
| McCormick #2 2 | 12-019-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Longview Oil & Gas |
| McCormick, T. 2 | 12-019-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McCurdy, Etal |
| Wingle #1 1 | 12-019-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shareholders Oil |
| Tolono City Well | 12-019-00014 | Other status | Other type | Miller, J. P. Art. Well |
| Gross, Fred 1 | 12-019-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Block 1 | 12-019-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nedra Oil & Gas |
| Headlee, Kenneth D. 1 | 12-019-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Little Wabash Oil Co. |
| Clark, W.E. 1 | 12-019-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Van Tuyl, R. L. |
| Clapper 1 | 12-019-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Livengood, M. Luther |
| Struck, H. 1 | 12-019-00038 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arnett Drilling Co. |
| Hanson 1 | 12-019-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beatty, John M. |
| Graves 1 | 12-019-00040 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Graves, Bruce |
| Mullen 1 | 12-019-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Robinson, H. F., Inc. |
| Wisegarver 1 | 12-019-00050 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Richardson, E. V. |
| Brownfield 1 | 12-019-00054 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | H. F. Robinson, Inc. |
| Kroner, l. J. 2 | 12-019-00067 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. |
| Mullen 2 | 12-019-00080 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Goad, E. E. |
| Reynolds, Glenn 1 | 12-019-00117 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vandenberg, Jr, William C. |
| Reynolds, Glenn 2 | 12-019-00118 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vandenberg, Jr, William C. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 786 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 Champaign County, IL?
Champaign County, Illinois has 786 catalogued oil & gas wells: 164 active, 323 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Champaign County?
2 wells in Champaign County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 46th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Champaign County are plugged?
323 of Champaign County's 786 catalogued wells (41%) 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); Champaign County ranks 39th with 786.
How many companies operate wells in Champaign County?
116 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Champaign 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 Champaign County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/champaign (data as of October 10, 2026).