Oil & gas wells in Cumberland County, IL
2,722 catalogued wells in Cumberland County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cumberland County, Illinois has 2,722 catalogued oil & gas wells: 185 active (7%), 1,072 plugged & abandoned (39%) and 773 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,722
Active
185
Plugged
1,072
Documented orphans
773
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cumberland County?
7% of Cumberland County's wells are active, 13 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 39% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 90 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 773 wells (28%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 602 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cumberland County?
By product class, 867 of the county's wells (32%) are oil wells, 4 (0.1%) gas wells and 633 (23%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Cumberland County well is 6,500 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 Cumberland County compare with other Illinois counties?
Cumberland County has the 19th-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 1st in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Cumberland County?
328 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cumberland County. 90% 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 Cumberland County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton, H. M. ZZ-4 | 12-035-00065 | Orphaned | Oil | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Goodman Bros. (Flood 7) KO22 | 12-035-00126 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Hayworth Heirs F-10A | 12-035-00150 | Orphaned | Oil | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Strockbine, I. Y. ZZ-098 | 12-035-00363 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Reeder, Dale 1 | 12-035-01059 | Orphaned | Oil | Boxell, Samuel E. |
| Emrich, T. Q-07 | 12-035-21687 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Emrich, T. Q08 | 12-035-21689 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Emrich, T. Q-9 | 12-035-21690 | Orphaned | Oil | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Emrich, T. Q09 | 12-035-21691 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Chrysler, M.A. (Upper 40A) 12 | 12-035-00871 | Orphaned | Oil | Pure Oil Company |
| Chrysler, M.A. Upper 40A 13 | 12-035-00873 | Orphaned | Oil | Pure Oil Company |
| Haskenherm, Bernard A. 1 | 12-035-01139 | Orphaned | Injection | Ego Oil Company |
| Young, Phillip 1 | 12-035-22147 | Orphaned | Oil | Redhawk Exploration Corp. |
| McMillan 1 | 12-035-22150 | Orphaned | Oil | Carr, David H. |
| Fawley-Owen 1 | 12-035-22154 | Orphaned | Other type | County Exploration & Production |
| McMillan 2 | 12-035-22158 | Orphaned | Oil | Carr, David H. |
| Woodburn, W. A. YY-08 | 12-035-00437 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Chrysler, M. A. (Lower 40A) 7 | 12-035-00102 | Orphaned | Injection | Pure Oil Company |
| Middleton, H. J. SWD-2 | 12-035-00152 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Sanford, I. 22-A | 12-035-00155 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Lacy B-4 | 12-035-00171 | Orphaned | Oil | Boxell, Samuel E. |
| Stultz, M.S. H6 | 12-035-00625 | Orphaned | Oil | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Woodburn, Wa 2 | 12-035-01527 | Orphaned | Other type | Ohio Oil Company |
| Middleton, H. J. EO21 | 12-035-21471 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Middleton, H. J. HO21 | 12-035-21486 | Orphaned | Injection | Forest Oil Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,722 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 Cumberland County, IL?
Cumberland County, Illinois has 2,722 catalogued oil & gas wells: 185 active, 1,072 plugged and 773 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cumberland County?
773 wells in Cumberland County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 1st-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Cumberland County are plugged?
1,072 of Cumberland County's 2,722 catalogued wells (39%) 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); Cumberland County ranks 19th with 2,722.
How many companies operate wells in Cumberland County?
328 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/cumberland (data as of October 10, 2026).