Oil & gas wells in Hardin County, IL
87 catalogued wells in Hardin County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Hardin County, Illinois has 87 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 9 plugged & abandoned (10%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 81st of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
87
Active
0
Plugged
9
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Hardin County?
0% of Hardin County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 10% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Hardin County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 78 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Hardin County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (1%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Hardin County well is 3,306 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 Hardin County compare with other Illinois counties?
Hardin County has the 81st-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 Hardin County?
31 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Hardin County. 98% 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 Hardin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck, Pearl U-3 | 12-069-00022 | Other status | Other type | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Beck, Pearl U-4 | 12-069-00023 | Other status | Other type | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Carr, Charles U-5 | 12-069-00024 | Other status | Other type | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Beck Estate V-10 | 12-069-00026 | Other status | Other type | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Decker, Asa V-6 | 12-069-00027 | Other status | Other type | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Carr, Charles U-6 | 12-069-00028 | Other status | Other type | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Decker, Asa V-5 | 12-069-00029 | Other status | Other type | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Decker, Asa V-3 | 12-069-00030 | Other status | Other type | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Decker, Asa V-7 | 12-069-00031 | Other status | Other type | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Decker, Asa V-4 | 12-069-00032 | Other status | Other type | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Fricker 1 | 12-069-00043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Ordnance |
| Hamp, Henry Jr. 1 | 12-069-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St. Joseph Lead Co. |
| Wall 1 | 12-069-00047 | Other status | Other type | Potsch, John P. Sr. |
| Lloyd 1 | 12-069-00048 | Other status | Other type | Potsch, John P. Sr. |
| Herrin, Elsie 1 | 12-069-00049 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lucas, W. O. |
| Rash 1 | 12-069-00067 | Other status | Other type | Mahoning Mining Div |
| Tate J R 1 | 12-069-00068 | Other status | Other type | Yingling Oil & Mng |
| Tate J R 2 | 12-069-00069 | Other status | Other type | Yingling Oil & Mng |
| Ingram Bert 1 | 12-069-00090 | Other status | Other type | Gibson Dodd |
| Ingram Bert 2 | 12-069-00091 | Other status | Other type | Gibson Dodd |
| Rendleman 1 | 12-069-00094 | Other status | Other type | Greider, Etal |
| Rendleman 2 | 12-069-00095 | Other status | Other type | Crider W Etal |
| Rendleman 3 | 12-069-00096 | Other status | Other type | Crider W Etal |
| Porter, Jim 1 | 12-069-00097 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Todd James |
| Lacky, R. 1 | 12-069-00099 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ashley Oil Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 87 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 Hardin County, IL?
Hardin County, Illinois has 87 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 9 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Hardin County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Hardin County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Hardin County are plugged?
9 of Hardin County's 87 catalogued wells (10%) 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); Hardin County ranks 81st with 87.
How many companies operate wells in Hardin County?
31 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Hardin 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 Hardin County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/hardin (data as of October 10, 2026).