Oil & gas wells in Christian County, IL
2,633 catalogued wells in Christian County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Christian County, Illinois has 2,633 catalogued oil & gas wells: 385 active (15%), 1,962 plugged & abandoned (75%) and 80 documented orphans. It ranks 20th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,633
Active
385
Plugged
1,962
Documented orphans
80
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Christian County?
15% of Christian County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 75% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 80 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 204 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Christian County?
By product class, 1,081 of the county's wells (41%) are oil wells, 24 (0.9%) gas wells and 196 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Christian County well is 6,469 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 Christian County compare with other Illinois counties?
Christian County has the 20th-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 16th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Christian County?
514 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Christian 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 Christian County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols, Claribel 1 | 12-021-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lee, Roy Trustee |
| 118 | 12-021-00049 | Other status | Other type | Allen & Garcia |
| Anderson 1 | 12-021-00054 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Palmers Oil-Gas-Mng |
| Fitzpatrick, M. J. 1 | 12-021-00056 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Christian Cnty. Oil |
| Mine 7 | 12-021-00064 | Other status | Other type | Peabody Coal Co |
| Glass, N. 2 | 12-021-00070 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nokomis Oil Co |
| Warren 1-B | 12-021-00071 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Swords & McDougal Co. |
| McQuire 1 | 12-021-00072 | Other status | Other type | Brown & Lacey, Etal |
| Warren, Silas 1-A | 12-021-00073 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Independent Prod-Rfr |
| Post 1 | 12-021-00074 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oil Dvlpmnt Co |
| Meyers 1 | 12-021-00075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dunbar & Wingate |
| Mundhink 1 | 12-021-00076 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Palmer Oil Corp |
| Klinefelter, J. 1 | 12-021-00077 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bridgeport Drilling Co. |
| Glass, N. 3 | 12-021-00079 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nokomis Oil Co |
| Fitspatrick | 12-021-00080 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cypress Oil & Gas Co. |
| Bates, Ed | 12-021-00082 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cypress Oil & Gas Co. |
| McQuire, W. E. 1 | 12-021-00085 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cypress Oil & Gas Co. |
| Megaw, Wm. 2 | 12-021-00086 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cypress Oil & Gas Co. |
| Bowels, Catherine 4 | 12-021-00087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cypress Oil & Gas Co. |
| Hunter, Wayne 3 | 12-021-00088 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cypress Oil & Gas Co. |
| Megaw, Tom (9) 1 | 12-021-00089 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cypress Oil & Gas Co. |
| Ebert, Leo 1 | 12-021-00092 | Other status | Other type | Cypress Oil & Gas Co. |
| Buhs, Ed 1 | 12-021-00093 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Meyer Marks |
| Fikan, F 1 | 12-021-00094 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Graham, Sam, Etal |
| Smith, G.T. 1 | 12-021-00095 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kleinboeker & Heldt |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,633 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 Christian County, IL?
Christian County, Illinois has 2,633 catalogued oil & gas wells: 385 active, 1,962 plugged and 80 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Christian County?
80 wells in Christian County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 16th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Christian County are plugged?
1,962 of Christian County's 2,633 catalogued wells (75%) 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); Christian County ranks 20th with 2,633.
How many companies operate wells in Christian County?
514 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Christian 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 Christian County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/christian (data as of October 10, 2026).