Oil & gas wells in Edwards County, IL
4,037 catalogued wells in Edwards County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Edwards County, Illinois has 4,037 catalogued oil & gas wells: 584 active (14%), 3,082 plugged & abandoned (76%) and 85 documented orphans. It ranks 13th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,037
Active
584
Plugged
3,082
Documented orphans
85
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Edwards County?
14% of Edwards County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 76% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 16 wells (0.4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 85 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 270 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Edwards County?
By product class, 1,817 of the county's wells (45%) are oil wells, 1 (0.0%) gas wells and 332 (8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Edwards County well is 8,030 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 Edwards County compare with other Illinois counties?
Edwards County has the 13th-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 13th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Edwards County?
860 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Edwards 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 Edwards County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bierhaus August 1 | 12-047-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
| Reid, Alvin 1 | 12-047-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nelson Development |
| Gould, Emily 1 | 12-047-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Bunting Cameron 1 | 12-047-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nelson Development |
| McKibben R J 1 | 12-047-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Drilling Co. |
| Perkins Harry 1 | 12-047-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
| Proctor 1 | 12-047-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Halbert, Ralph C. |
| Cowling, Walter L. 1 | 12-047-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kingwood Oil Co. |
| McKinley 1 | 12-047-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midstates Oil Corp |
| Coad, M. 1 | 12-047-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mid States Etal |
| Matthes C H 1 | 12-047-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Barber, Harry C 1 | 12-047-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Illinois Producing Co. |
| Ralston 1 | 12-047-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ryan & Fortner |
| Ibbotson-Gaede Com 1 | 12-047-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bander, Joe & Olds Oil |
| Tull, W. S. | 12-047-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Walsh & Dye Etal |
| Zazas 1 | 12-047-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Armour & Hageman, Etal |
| Van Schoick 1 | 12-047-00017 | Orphaned | Oil | Lambert, Burr |
| Shelby Harold 1 | 12-047-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Duncan, Walter Oil Co. |
| McDowell, Clifton 1 | 12-047-00019 | Active | Oil | Scott Chas W |
| Bradham, E 1 | 12-047-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Martin, R. B.-Ill. Oil |
| Myers Elmer 1 | 12-047-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | First National Petroleum Trust |
| Lemke, Charles 1 | 12-047-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dye |
| Koertge K O 2 | 12-047-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Blackford, E M 1 | 12-047-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Martin, R. B.-Ill. Oil |
| Bristow W J 1 | 12-047-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Owen & Dearman |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,037 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 Edwards County, IL?
Edwards County, Illinois has 4,037 catalogued oil & gas wells: 584 active, 3,082 plugged and 85 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Edwards County?
85 wells in Edwards County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Edwards County are plugged?
3,082 of Edwards County's 4,037 catalogued wells (76%) 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); Edwards County ranks 13th with 4,037.
How many companies operate wells in Edwards County?
860 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Edwards 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 Edwards County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/edwards (data as of October 10, 2026).