Oil & gas wells in Lawrence County, IL
13,896 catalogued wells in Lawrence County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lawrence County, Illinois has 13,896 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4,712 active (34%), 7,054 plugged & abandoned (51%) and 191 documented orphans. It ranks 2nd of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 8% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
13,896
Active
4,712
Plugged
7,054
Documented orphans
191
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lawrence County?
34% of Lawrence County's wells are active, 14 percentage points above the Illinois share of 19%. 51% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 574 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 191 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,365 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lawrence County?
By product class, 7,691 of the county's wells (55%) are oil wells, 91 (0.7%) gas wells and 2,393 (17%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Lawrence County well is 9,300 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 Lawrence County compare with other Illinois counties?
Lawrence County has the 2nd-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. By documented orphans it ranks 5th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Lawrence County?
1,201 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fyffe Unit 5-A | 12-101-02824 | Orphaned | Oil | McBride, W. C. Inc. |
| Ott C Etal Comm. 2 | 12-101-03414 | Orphaned | Oil | Bauer, Joseph E. |
| Combs E 15 | 12-101-01729 | Other status | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Cummins L E 11 | 12-101-01828 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Cummins L E 14 | 12-101-01830 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Cummins L E 16 | 12-101-01833 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Smith-Nigh 2 | 12-101-00706 | Other status | Oil | Nation Oil Company, The |
| Smith P M 1 | 12-101-00765 | Other status | Oil | Schaefer, James L. |
| Gillespie, William H. Etal Comm. 1 | 12-101-00502 | Other status | Oil | Zanetis, John M. Estate of |
| Bolles, J. D. (Bolles-Wright Unit) 3 | 12-101-00708 | Other status | Other type | Steele, Ruth |
| Wright Minnie 7 | 12-101-00773 | Other status | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Combs T E 30 | 12-101-00842 | Other status | Oil | McBride, W. C. Inc. |
| Stallings C 27 | 12-101-01465 | Other status | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Madding J D 31 | 12-101-01488 | Other status | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Madding J D 32 | 12-101-01497 | Other status | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Leighty 1 | 12-101-01554 | Other status | Oil | Bailor, W. E. |
| Sandlin 8 | 12-101-01556 | Other status | Oil | Bailor, W. E. |
| Madding J D 35 | 12-101-02339 | Other status | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Mieure Heirs 1 | 12-101-02344 | Other status | Oil | Consolidated Oil Company |
| Wabash Energy I 1 | 12-101-02355 | Other status | Oil | Wabash Energy Corp. |
| King Perry 106 | 12-101-02408 | Other status | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Griffin J J 13 | 12-101-05048 | Orphaned | Injection | — |
| Kirkwood, R. M. Mrs. 20 | 12-101-02505 | Other status | Oil | Kirkwood, Roger |
| Leighty, Oscar 4-0 | 12-101-02543 | Other status | Oil | Coon Creek Oil Co. |
| King Perry 110 | 12-101-02548 | Other status | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 13,896 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 Lawrence County, IL?
Lawrence County, Illinois has 13,896 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4,712 active, 7,054 plugged and 191 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lawrence County?
191 wells in Lawrence County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 5th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Lawrence County are plugged?
7,054 of Lawrence County's 13,896 catalogued wells (51%) 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); Lawrence County ranks 2nd with 13,896.
How many companies operate wells in Lawrence County?
1,201 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/lawrence (data as of October 10, 2026).