Oil & gas wells in Kane County, IL
319 catalogued wells in Kane County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kane County, Illinois has 319 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (0.3%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 55th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
319
Active
1
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kane County?
0.3% of Kane County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 0% 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 Kane County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 317 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kane County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1 (0.3%) 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 Kane County well is 2,285 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 Kane County compare with other Illinois counties?
Kane County has the 55th-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 Kane County?
70 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kane County. 94% 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 Kane County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heirs J F | 12-089-00004 | Other status | Other type | Erickson & Reichert |
| Besinger L W 4 | 12-089-00022 | Other status | Other type | Layne Western Co., Inc. |
| Mooseheart 1 | 12-089-00024 | Other status | Other type | Petty S W |
| Wing Park | 12-089-00155 | Other status | Other type | Fredendall G L |
| Moseley George C 2 | 12-089-00160 | Other status | Other type | Geiger, S. B. & Son |
| Stout Ray | 12-089-00180 | Other status | Other type | Tyrrell, Wm. H. |
| Jeliner L R | 12-089-00230 | Other status | Other type | Crittendon Doug |
| Aurora Township A | 12-089-00240 | Other status | Other type | Vogt Ivers & Assoc |
| B-2 | 12-089-00255 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Well API 12-089-00256 | 12-089-00256 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| B-3 | 12-089-00257 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| B-5 | 12-089-00258 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Test Boring B-13 | 12-089-00268 | Other status | Other type | Layne Western Co., Inc. |
| B-4 | 12-089-00269 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Aurora Bleachers 1 | 12-089-00274 | Other status | Other type | Aurora Gas-Hinkle Dr |
| Fa 6 Bridge 2 | 12-089-00377 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Robertson, Robt. A. 14991 | 12-089-00501 | Other status | Other type | Neely, P. C. |
| Sugar Grove 1 | 12-089-00629 | Other status | Other type | Hayes & Sims Drlg |
| Oatman Bros Inc | 12-089-00674 | Other status | Other type | Palmer B L & Son |
| Aurora City 8 | 12-089-00676 | Other status | Other type | Geiger, S. B. & Son |
| Scott Bros 1 | 12-089-00709 | Other status | Other type | Crosby C W & Sons |
| Marmian Abbey 1 | 12-089-00733 | Other status | Other type | Layne Western Co., Inc. |
| Well API 12-089-00746 | 12-089-00746 | Other status | Other type | Powell James |
| Verhaeghe Rene | 12-089-00750 | Active | Gas | Pitz H L |
| Myers | 12-089-00766 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 319 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 Kane County, IL?
Kane County, Illinois has 319 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 0 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kane County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Kane County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Kane County are plugged?
0 of Kane County's 319 catalogued wells (0%) 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); Kane County ranks 55th with 319.
How many companies operate wells in Kane County?
70 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kane 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 Kane County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/kane (data as of October 10, 2026).