Oil & gas wells in Jackson County, IL
385 catalogued wells in Jackson County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Jackson County, Illinois has 385 catalogued oil & gas wells: 13 active (3%), 258 plugged & abandoned (67%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 53rd of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
385
Active
13
Plugged
258
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jackson County?
3% of Jackson County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 67% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Jackson County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 113 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Jackson County?
By product class, 21 of the county's wells (5%) are oil wells, 3 (0.8%) gas wells and 3 (0.8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Jackson County well is 7,094 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 Jackson County compare with other Illinois counties?
Jackson County has the 53rd-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 Jackson County?
150 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Jackson County. 97% 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 Jackson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crow A G | 12-077-00357 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| 1 | 12-077-00359 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inland Coal & Mining |
| 2 | 12-077-00360 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inland Coal & Mining |
| Pee Wee Mine | 12-077-00361 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Desoto Coal & Mng |
| 1 | 12-077-00362 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Shaft Mine | 12-077-00364 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peacock C-Montgomery |
| Kimmel | 12-077-00366 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Old Local Mine |
| Hayes 1 | 12-077-00603 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bouscher, Etal |
| 221 | 12-077-00631 | Other status | Other type | Union Colliery Co |
| 208 | 12-077-00632 | Other status | Other type | Union Colliery Co |
| Parrish | 12-077-00633 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adkins, E. S. |
| Truax-Traer Coal Co. 1 | 12-077-00666 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Glenwood Oil Company |
| Jackson County Coal 2 | 12-077-00667 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wiser Oil Co., The |
| Jackson County Coal 1 | 12-077-00668 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | H.A.V.E Oil Company, Inc |
| P N Kimmel 1 | 12-077-00669 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pugh, John Drlg. Co. |
| Klindera, John 1 | 12-077-00670 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kimmel Bryan |
| Well API 12-077-00708 | 12-077-00708 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schimpf J B |
| Well API 12-077-00709 | 12-077-00709 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Campbell, W. R. |
| 14 | 12-077-00710 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Auer |
| L-22 | 12-077-00711 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moss, O R Coal |
| 12 | 12-077-00712 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Auer |
| Well API 12-077-00713 | 12-077-00713 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nesbit & Wilson |
| L-12 | 12-077-00714 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Logan, Wm & Sons Coal |
| Well API 12-077-00715 | 12-077-00715 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cairo Ice & Coal |
| Mine | 12-077-00716 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan Jess |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 385 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 Jackson County, IL?
Jackson County, Illinois has 385 catalogued oil & gas wells: 13 active, 258 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Jackson County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Jackson County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Jackson County are plugged?
258 of Jackson County's 385 catalogued wells (67%) 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); Jackson County ranks 53rd with 385.
How many companies operate wells in Jackson County?
150 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Jackson 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 Jackson County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/jackson (data as of October 10, 2026).