Oil & gas wells in Coles County, IL
2,075 catalogued wells in Coles County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Coles County, Illinois has 2,075 catalogued oil & gas wells: 275 active (13%), 1,517 plugged & abandoned (73%) and 42 documented orphans. It ranks 22nd of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,075
Active
275
Plugged
1,517
Documented orphans
42
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Coles County?
13% of Coles County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 15 wells (0.7%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 42 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 226 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Coles County?
By product class, 812 of the county's wells (39%) are oil wells, 69 (3%) gas wells and 239 (12%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Coles County well is 5,389 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 Coles County compare with other Illinois counties?
Coles County has the 22nd-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 24th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Coles County?
501 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Coles 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 Coles County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akers, Thornton 1 | 12-029-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Michaels 1 | 12-029-00002 | Other status | Other type | Wheeles & Whisenant |
| Michael 2 | 12-029-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wheeles, R. F., Etal |
| Ohm, Vincent 1 | 12-029-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Trogden 1 | 12-029-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bragassa & Billings |
| Alexander 1 | 12-029-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Williams B F |
| Smith, W. A. 1 | 12-029-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Old Homestead O & G |
| Berkley, William H. 1 | 12-029-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stockyards Oil Co |
| Gassett, Wm. 1 | 12-029-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reynolds C D |
| Tomberlin 1 | 12-029-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kingwood Oil Co. |
| Giffin 3 | 12-029-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reynolds C D |
| Mitchell, John F. 1 | 12-029-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daugherty & Dunn |
| Degler 1 | 12-029-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thompson Drilling Company |
| Pinnell, Marie S. 1 | 12-029-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co., The |
| Seaman, James H. 1 | 12-029-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| Seaman, James H. 1-A | 12-029-00019 | Other status | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| James, 1 | 12-029-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dee Brothers |
| Jodery, C E 1 | 12-029-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McCudy, H. M., Etal |
| Threlkeld, 1 | 12-029-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Block Oil Corp. |
| Houghton | 12-029-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shrider Oil Co |
| Galbreath, 1 | 12-029-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McBride, W. C. Inc. |
| Hayes, Sam 7 | 12-029-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Empire Gas & Fuel Co |
| Trulock, 1 | 12-029-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Trulock, Leroy, Etal |
| Fee, 2 | 12-029-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Trulock Leroy |
| Haybrook, W. H. 1 | 12-029-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,075 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 Coles County, IL?
Coles County, Illinois has 2,075 catalogued oil & gas wells: 275 active, 1,517 plugged and 42 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Coles County?
42 wells in Coles County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 24th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Coles County are plugged?
1,517 of Coles County's 2,075 catalogued wells (73%) 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); Coles County ranks 22nd with 2,075.
How many companies operate wells in Coles County?
501 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Coles 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 Coles County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/coles (data as of October 10, 2026).