Oil & gas wells in Henderson County, IL
183 catalogued wells in Henderson County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Henderson County, Illinois has 183 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (0.5%), 113 plugged & abandoned (62%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 69th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
183
Active
1
Plugged
113
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Henderson County?
0.5% of Henderson County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 62% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Henderson County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 69 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Henderson County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 5 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Henderson County well is 3,138 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 Henderson County compare with other Illinois counties?
Henderson County has the 69th-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 Henderson County?
34 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Henderson 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 Henderson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Carl 1 | 12-071-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Krohn, William H. |
| McVey 1 | 12-071-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Salmons, Glenn |
| Gray 1 | 12-071-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jacobs H C |
| Evans 1 | 12-071-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Werner Lee Oil |
| Anderson, Carl et al 1 | 12-071-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Petroleum Company |
| Lauver 1 | 12-071-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fulk, Perry |
| Anderson, Frank & Jessie 1 | 12-071-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller L A |
| Burg 2 | 12-071-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller L A |
| Burg, May 1-M | 12-071-00040 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller L A |
| Brokaw, Earl 1 | 12-071-00041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fulk, Perry |
| Ellis, Lloyd 1 | 12-071-00042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fulk, Perry |
| Gibson, F. M. | 12-071-00124 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Cavins, L. #2 2 | 12-071-00134 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Pendarvis #1 1 | 12-071-00141 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Anderson #4 4 | 12-071-00143 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Anderson #5 5 | 12-071-00144 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Richmond, Geo. C. 1 | 12-071-00196 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stotts C M |
| Hobby, Arnold MC-3 | 12-071-00235 | Other status | Other type | American Smelting & Refining |
| Md-16 | 12-071-00240 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
| Md-15 | 12-071-00241 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
| Md-14 | 12-071-00242 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
| Md-13 | 12-071-00243 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
| Md-12 | 12-071-00244 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
| Md-19 | 12-071-00258 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
| Md-24 | 12-071-00268 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 183 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 Henderson County, IL?
Henderson County, Illinois has 183 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 113 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Henderson County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Henderson County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Henderson County are plugged?
113 of Henderson County's 183 catalogued wells (62%) 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); Henderson County ranks 69th with 183.
How many companies operate wells in Henderson County?
34 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Henderson 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 Henderson County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/henderson (data as of October 10, 2026).