Oil & gas wells in De Witt County, IL
253 catalogued wells in De Witt County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
De Witt County, Illinois has 253 catalogued oil & gas wells: 76 active (30%), 161 plugged & abandoned (64%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 58th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
253
Active
76
Plugged
161
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in De Witt County?
30% of De Witt County's wells are active, 11 percentage points above the Illinois share of 19%. 64% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in De Witt County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 16 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in De Witt County?
By product class, 78 of the county's wells (31%) are oil wells, 9 (4%) gas wells and 10 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a De Witt County well is 4,993 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 De Witt County compare with other Illinois counties?
De Witt County has the 58th-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 De Witt County?
93 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in De Witt 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 De Witt County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith & Smith | 12-039-00002 | Other status | Other type | Cummings Chas & Son |
| Clinton, Il. (by Fred Ball) | 12-039-00003 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Morris, C. C. | 12-039-00004 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Thorp, Nelson 1 | 12-039-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well API 12-039-00007 | 12-039-00007 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Farmer City | 12-039-00008 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Rutledge, Beryle 1 | 12-039-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jones Byford |
| Swatrz, L. D. 1 | 12-039-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stensel Lester R |
| Veith, Leon S. | 12-039-00025 | Active | Gas | Dement Ray Well Co |
| Beck, John Jr. | 12-039-00026 | Active | Gas | Dement Ray Well Co |
| Taylor-Moore A-1 | 12-039-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Potsch, John P. Sr. |
| Williams, F. 1 | 12-039-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
| Deventer, L. Van 1 | 12-039-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
| Umland, H. F. 1 | 12-039-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
| Toohill, L. J. 1 | 12-039-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
| O'Brien, E. V. 1 | 12-039-00033 | Other status | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
| Seifert, C. A. 1 | 12-039-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Mining |
| Reeser, J. & R. 1 | 12-039-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
| Reeser, J. E. 1 | 12-039-00036 | Other status | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
| Davis, R. H. 1 | 12-039-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
| Glenn, E. 1 | 12-039-00038 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
| Bogardus, K. 1 | 12-039-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
| Jackson, C. 1 | 12-039-00040 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
| Johnson, R. & I. 1 | 12-039-00041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Hill Gas Company |
| Stutzman, Martha 1 | 12-039-00042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Hill Gas Storage |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 253 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 De Witt County, IL?
De Witt County, Illinois has 253 catalogued oil & gas wells: 76 active, 161 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in De Witt County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in De Witt County, Illinois.
What share of wells in De Witt County are plugged?
161 of De Witt County's 253 catalogued wells (64%) 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); De Witt County ranks 58th with 253.
How many companies operate wells in De Witt County?
93 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in De Witt 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 De Witt County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/de-witt (data as of October 10, 2026).