Oil & gas wells in Effingham County, IL
1,791 catalogued wells in Effingham County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Effingham County, Illinois has 1,791 catalogued oil & gas wells: 241 active (13%), 1,401 plugged & abandoned (78%) and 17 documented orphans. It ranks 23rd of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,791
Active
241
Plugged
1,401
Documented orphans
17
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Effingham County?
13% of Effingham County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 78% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 17 wells (0.9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 130 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Effingham County?
By product class, 584 of the county's wells (33%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 163 (9%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Effingham County well is 6,543 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 Effingham County compare with other Illinois counties?
Effingham County has the 23rd-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 33rd in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Effingham County?
554 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Effingham 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 Effingham County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yates, J. D. 26 | 12-049-00001 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Reed Heirs 1 | 12-049-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Minerva Oil Co. |
| Martin-Sinkler Community 1 | 12-049-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hopkins, Dale |
| Mason Community 1 | 12-049-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kilpatrick K W |
| Rose, Clifford 1 | 12-049-00007 | Active | Oil | Hammer, A. J. |
| Bartels, Arthur H. 1 | 12-049-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kingwood Oil Co. |
| Burk, James E. 1 | 12-049-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tide Water Associated Oil Co. |
| Norbut, John N-1 | 12-049-00011 | Orphaned | Injection | Tidewater Oil Co. |
| Wilson, F. 1 | 12-049-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Searight F J |
| Burrow, F. G. 1 | 12-049-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nesbit, E. A., Etal |
| Well API 12-049-00015 | 12-049-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Henning Wm Co |
| Radloff 1 | 12-049-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stockholders Oil&Gas |
| Boyce Tract 2 1-W | 12-049-00017 | Active | Injection | Kingwood Oil Company |
| Will, Ed 1 | 12-049-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Blue Mound Oil & Gas |
| Reitz, Albert 1 | 12-049-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jarvis Brothers & Marcell, Inc. |
| Wagner, Wm. 1 | 12-049-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Anderson 1 | 12-049-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ervin C L |
| Steele, Walter 1 | 12-049-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| LeCrone, B. K. 1 | 12-049-00023 | Active | Oil | Troop, R. H. |
| LeCrone, B.K. 2 | 12-049-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Troop & Heyl, Etal |
| Workman, Roy 1 | 12-049-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| Johnston 1 | 12-049-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clow, T. C. etal |
| Dammerman, Justian 1 | 12-049-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Barr, Edwin |
| Lilly, Ray 1 | 12-049-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ervin C L |
| Morehead 1 | 12-049-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hardy, Etal |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Effingham County, IL?
Effingham County, Illinois has 1,791 catalogued oil & gas wells: 241 active, 1,401 plugged and 17 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Effingham County?
17 wells in Effingham County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 33rd-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Effingham County are plugged?
1,401 of Effingham County's 1,791 catalogued wells (78%) 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); Effingham County ranks 23rd with 1,791.
How many companies operate wells in Effingham County?
554 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Effingham 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 Effingham County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/effingham (data as of October 10, 2026).