Oil & gas wells in Jersey County, IL
75 catalogued wells in Jersey County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Jersey County, Illinois has 75 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 39 plugged & abandoned (52%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 88th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
75
Active
0
Plugged
39
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jersey County?
0% of Jersey County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 52% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Jersey County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 36 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Jersey County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1 (1%) 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 Jersey County well is 2,680 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 Jersey County compare with other Illinois counties?
Jersey County has the 88th-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 Jersey County?
47 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Jersey 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 Jersey County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman, T. S. 1 | 12-083-00002 | Other status | Other type | Erie Drlg Co |
| Ryan, John T. | 12-083-00003 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Ryan, John T. | 12-083-00004 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Pearce, Grover 1 | 12-083-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gould, E. M. & Son |
| Gilham, Richard | 12-083-00011 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Knight 1 | 12-083-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gerson, A. W. |
| Shaeffer 1 | 12-083-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eagleston T W |
| Proctor, E. G. | 12-083-00047 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| St. Peters 1 | 12-083-00075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Whittaker H L |
| Kallal 1 | 12-083-00076 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Insalaco Frank |
| Beilsmith, Ralph 1 | 12-083-00111 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilson, C. Etal |
| Hanold Community, Earl 1 | 12-083-00115 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilson James T |
| Kirchner 1 | 12-083-00120 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. B. & Associates |
| Tuetken 1 | 12-083-00122 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Clair Explor Inc |
| Reddish, Steve 2 | 12-083-00125 | Other status | Other type | Calhoun Drilling |
| Hanold Brothers 1 | 12-083-00126 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Watson Ware |
| Jones 1 | 12-083-00127 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hill & Fritz |
| Kallal 3 | 12-083-00129 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Insalaco Frank |
| Kallal 4 | 12-083-00130 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Insalaco Frank |
| Kallal 5 | 12-083-00131 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Insalaco Frank |
| Gotter 1 | 12-083-00132 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kruse, Charles W. |
| Dependahl 1 | 12-083-00133 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ankarlo, George S. |
| Kallal 1 | 12-083-00134 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilson, Carl |
| Duncan, Geo. | 12-083-00160 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Beirne J L | 12-083-00167 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atkeson, Charles W. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 75 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 Jersey County, IL?
Jersey County, Illinois has 75 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 39 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Jersey County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Jersey County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Jersey County are plugged?
39 of Jersey County's 75 catalogued wells (52%) 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); Jersey County ranks 88th with 75.
How many companies operate wells in Jersey County?
47 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Jersey 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 Jersey County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/jersey (data as of October 10, 2026).