Oil & gas wells in Douglas County, IL
919 catalogued wells in Douglas County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Douglas County, Illinois has 919 catalogued oil & gas wells: 28 active (3%), 780 plugged & abandoned (85%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 37th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
919
Active
28
Plugged
780
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Douglas County?
3% of Douglas County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 85% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (0.8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 101 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Douglas County?
By product class, 201 of the county's wells (22%) are oil wells, 3 (0.3%) gas wells and 86 (9%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Douglas County well is 5,524 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 Douglas County compare with other Illinois counties?
Douglas County has the 37th-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 38th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Douglas County?
245 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Douglas 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 Douglas County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senter, Wm. 1 | 12-041-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Pure Oil Company |
| Jenson Fred | 12-041-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dawson J L |
| Bennett 1 | 12-041-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Mid-Continent Co. |
| Van Auken, Willard 1 | 12-041-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Huego Oil Co |
| Black 1 | 12-041-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Casey F J |
| Jones, Guy 1 | 12-041-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Johnson & Sinclair |
| Brown, W. E. | 12-041-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeman, C. E. |
| Brock, Ada 1 | 12-041-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Burkitt, Sam J. |
| Gwinn | 12-041-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Casey F J |
| Oberg-Hopkins 1 | 12-041-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louilla Oil Co |
| Henson 1 | 12-041-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Douglas Oil & Gas |
| Bragg, J. C. 1 | 12-041-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Mid-Continent Co. |
| Kennedy Bros. 1 | 12-041-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Llewellyn & Phillips |
| Gilloughy (Nadeans) 1 | 12-041-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lewis C H |
| Wagoner (Nadean) 9(2) | 12-041-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louilla Oil Co |
| Knight (Murdock Sur.) 10 | 12-041-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louilla Oil Co |
| Electric Light Plant | 12-041-00028 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Goff-Obergs, Josie 2 | 12-041-00057 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louilla Oil Co |
| Well API 12-041-00058 | 12-041-00058 | Other status | Other type | Diamond Drill Co |
| Winn, R. | 12-041-00067 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Jurgens Hole# 36 | 12-041-00068 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Jones, Mary Hole# 37 | 12-041-00069 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Beckman, Addie | 12-041-00070 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Schrock, Walter Hole # 40 | 12-041-00071 | Other status | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Speelman 1 | 12-041-00076 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gallatin Drilling Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 919 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 Douglas County, IL?
Douglas County, Illinois has 919 catalogued oil & gas wells: 28 active, 780 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Douglas County?
7 wells in Douglas County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 38th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Douglas County are plugged?
780 of Douglas County's 919 catalogued wells (85%) 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); Douglas County ranks 37th with 919.
How many companies operate wells in Douglas County?
245 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Douglas 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 Douglas County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/douglas (data as of October 10, 2026).