Oil & gas wells in Knox County, IL
185 catalogued wells in Knox County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Knox County, Illinois has 185 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 44 plugged & abandoned (24%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 67th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
185
Active
0
Plugged
44
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Knox County?
0% of Knox County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 24% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Knox County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 141 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Knox 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 Knox County well is 2,525 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 Knox County compare with other Illinois counties?
Knox County has the 67th-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 Knox County?
29 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Knox County. 89% 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 Knox County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galesburg City New Well | 12-095-00001 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Galesburg City 3 | 12-095-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thorpe Well Drlg Co |
| #37 37 | 12-095-00004 | Other status | Other type | No Company |
| Gum, C. D. 1 | 12-095-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ellison |
| Knoxville, City Of 2 | 12-095-00203 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Varner C W |
| Paden, A. F. 1 | 12-095-00206 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ellison Frank J |
| McClanahan, Dr. B. V. | 12-095-00256 | Other status | Other type | Jones Ellis Co |
| Robertson, L. H. 3 | 12-095-00312 | Other status | Other type | No Company |
| Byland, 1 | 12-095-00339 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis J O |
| Wetterburg, 1 | 12-095-00340 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis J O |
| Adams, 1 | 12-095-00341 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Maquon Oil Co |
| 1 317 | 12-095-00357 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Knoxville, City Of 3 | 12-095-00396 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Varner Pump Co |
| Kalb, 1 | 12-095-00576 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Palmer, Harry A. |
| Galesburg Reduction Company | 12-095-00583 | Other status | Other type | Plymouth Well Co |
| Nelson, 1 | 12-095-00584 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lomax C W |
| C.C.C. Camp Galesburg | 12-095-00588 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dennis James |
| Bragg, H. 1 | 12-095-00590 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hammer O H |
| Norman, Ollie A. & E. L. 1 | 12-095-00591 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Heller L J |
| Wataga, Village of 1 | 12-095-00592 | Other status | Other type | Peerless Service Co |
| Victoria 1 | 12-095-00593 | Other status | Other type | Hayes & Sims |
| G-1 | 12-095-00604 | Other status | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| G-2 | 12-095-00605 | Other status | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| #k-1 K-1 | 12-095-00606 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| #k-2 K-2 | 12-095-00607 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 185 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 Knox County, IL?
Knox County, Illinois has 185 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 44 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Knox County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Knox County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Knox County are plugged?
44 of Knox County's 185 catalogued wells (24%) 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); Knox County ranks 67th with 185.
How many companies operate wells in Knox County?
29 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Knox 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 Knox County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/knox (data as of October 10, 2026).