Oil & gas wells in Iroquois County, IL
727 catalogued wells in Iroquois County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Iroquois County, Illinois has 727 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11 active (2%), 123 plugged & abandoned (17%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 40th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
727
Active
11
Plugged
123
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Iroquois County?
2% of Iroquois County's wells are active, 18 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 17% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Iroquois County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 593 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Iroquois County?
By product class, 3 of the county's wells (0.4%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 12 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Iroquois County well is 4,151 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 Iroquois County compare with other Illinois counties?
Iroquois County has the 40th-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 Iroquois County?
67 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Iroquois County. 85% 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 Iroquois County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dooley Martin 1 | 12-075-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White, T., Etal |
| Rabe 1 | 12-075-00004 | Other status | Other type | Cummings Chas & Son |
| Kroll A | 12-075-00005 | Other status | Other type | Jensen Jim |
| Lundberg 1 | 12-075-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wa-2 | 12-075-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Newton & Clemens |
| Jensen 1 | 12-075-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ball, Sam |
| Bell 1 | 12-075-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Affeld, John J. |
| Wa-20 | 12-075-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Northern IL Gas WA-6 | 12-075-00027 | Other status | Other type | Olson Well & Pump Co |
| Wa-8 | 12-075-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Newton & Clemens |
| Wa-12 | 12-075-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Wa-11 | 12-075-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Newton & Clemens |
| Wa #5 | 12-075-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Newton & Clemens |
| Wa-7-A | 12-075-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Newton & Clemens |
| Wa-22 | 12-075-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Wa-15 | 12-075-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Wa-17 | 12-075-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Wa-18 | 12-075-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Wa-19 | 12-075-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Wa-14 | 12-075-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Wa-26 | 12-075-00040 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Wa-25 | 12-075-00041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Wa-24 | 12-075-00042 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Wa 10 | 12-075-00043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Newton & Clemens |
| Wa-9 | 12-075-00044 | Other status | Other type | Newton & Clemens |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 727 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 Iroquois County, IL?
Iroquois County, Illinois has 727 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11 active, 123 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Iroquois County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Iroquois County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Iroquois County are plugged?
123 of Iroquois County's 727 catalogued wells (17%) 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); Iroquois County ranks 40th with 727.
How many companies operate wells in Iroquois County?
67 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Iroquois 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 Iroquois County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/iroquois (data as of October 10, 2026).