Oil & gas wells in Kankakee County, IL
595 catalogued wells in Kankakee County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kankakee County, Illinois has 595 catalogued oil & gas wells: 179 active (30%), 88 plugged & abandoned (15%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 46th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
595
Active
179
Plugged
88
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kankakee County?
30% of Kankakee County's wells are active, 11 percentage points above the Illinois share of 19%. 15% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Kankakee County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 326 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kankakee County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 184 (31%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Kankakee County well is 3,481 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 Kankakee County compare with other Illinois counties?
Kankakee County has the 46th-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 Kankakee County?
37 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kankakee County. 98% 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 Kankakee County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prusner, Chas. | 12-091-00012 | Other status | Other type | Berns, George |
| Karcher-St Peter 2 | 12-091-00038 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Kilpatrick - St. Peter 3 | 12-091-00039 | Active | Injection | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Kilpatrick - St. Peter 5 | 12-091-00040 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Kilpatrick - St. Peter 2 | 12-091-00041 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Kruse - St Peter 1 | 12-091-00042 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Madison, E 1 | 12-091-00043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Wilson 1 | 12-091-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Kirchner 1 | 12-091-00045 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Karcher 9 | 12-091-00046 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Dickman 2 | 12-091-00047 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Ruder 2 | 12-091-00048 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Holtman 2 | 12-091-00049 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Kirchner 1 | 12-091-00051 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Knittel 2 | 12-091-00059 | Active | Injection | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Trempeleau, Kruse 1 | 12-091-00060 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Piper 1 | 12-091-00061 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Illinois Central 1 | 12-091-00063 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Kilpatrick - St. Peter 6 | 12-091-00064 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Kilpatrick - St. Peter 7 | 12-091-00065 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Armstrong 1 | 12-091-00066 | Active | Injection | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Armstrong-Tremealeau 2 | 12-091-00067 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Karcher 3-M | 12-091-00068 | Active | Injection | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Karcher 4-M | 12-091-00069 | Active | Injection | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
| Karcher 5-M | 12-091-00070 | Active | Injection | Natural Gas Storage Company of IL |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 595 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 Kankakee County, IL?
Kankakee County, Illinois has 595 catalogued oil & gas wells: 179 active, 88 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kankakee County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Kankakee County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Kankakee County are plugged?
88 of Kankakee County's 595 catalogued wells (15%) 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); Kankakee County ranks 46th with 595.
How many companies operate wells in Kankakee County?
37 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kankakee 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 Kankakee County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/kankakee (data as of October 10, 2026).