Oil & gas wells in Kendall County, IL
372 catalogued wells in Kendall County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kendall County, Illinois has 372 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 44 plugged & abandoned (12%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 54th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
372
Active
0
Plugged
44
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kendall County?
0% of Kendall County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 12% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Kendall County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 328 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kendall County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) 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 Kendall County well is 2,325 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 Kendall County compare with other Illinois counties?
Kendall County has the 54th-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 Kendall County?
31 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kendall County. 88% 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 Kendall County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peoples Gas Light 9-J | 12-093-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Nelson 2 | 12-093-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otto, A. C. |
| A-10 | 12-093-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Vickery Drlg Co SA-1 | 12-093-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Knierim Company, Inc. |
| Brown School | 12-093-00080 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Peoples Gas Lt&Coke 5-J | 12-093-00161 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Light 15-J | 12-093-00162 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Light 22-J | 12-093-00163 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| 21-J | 12-093-00164 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Lt&Coke 4-J | 12-093-00165 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Lt&Coke 2-J | 12-093-00166 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Lt&Coke 12-J | 12-093-00167 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Lt&Coke 19-J | 12-093-00168 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Lt&Coke 14-J | 12-093-00169 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Lt&Coke 16-J | 12-093-00170 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Lt&Coke 24-J | 12-093-00171 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Lt&Coke 25-J | 12-093-00172 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Lt&Coke 13-J | 12-093-00173 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| Peoples Gas Lt&Coke 1-J | 12-093-00174 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| 1-Y | 12-093-00175 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| 2-Y | 12-093-00176 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| 5-Y | 12-093-00177 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| 7-Y | 12-093-00178 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| 4-Y | 12-093-00179 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
| 8-Y | 12-093-00180 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas & Coke Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 372 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 Kendall County, IL?
Kendall County, Illinois has 372 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 44 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kendall County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Kendall County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Kendall County are plugged?
44 of Kendall County's 372 catalogued wells (12%) 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); Kendall County ranks 54th with 372.
How many companies operate wells in Kendall County?
31 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kendall 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 Kendall County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/kendall (data as of October 10, 2026).