Oil & gas wells in Livingston County, IL
615 catalogued wells in Livingston County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Livingston County, Illinois has 615 catalogued oil & gas wells: 127 active (21%), 36 plugged & abandoned (6%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 44th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
615
Active
127
Plugged
36
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Livingston County?
21% of Livingston County's wells are active, close to the Illinois share of 19%. 6% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 449 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Livingston County?
By product class, 3 of the county's wells (0.5%) are oil wells, 6 (1.0%) gas wells and 122 (20%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Livingston County well is 4,550 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 Livingston County compare with other Illinois counties?
Livingston County has the 44th-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 51st in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Livingston County?
40 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Livingston County. 97% 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 Livingston County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bush Sidney | 12-105-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Byrne Ira C | 12-105-00015 | Other status | Other type | Bolliger, John & Sons |
| Kittle Keith&Matheny | 12-105-00020 | Other status | Other type | Bolliger, John & Sons |
| Sancken John | 12-105-00027 | Other status | Other type | Bolliger, John & Sons |
| Well API 12-105-00031 | 12-105-00031 | Other status | Other type | Streator Clay Mfg |
| McWilliams, Charles 1 | 12-105-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mitchell & Fredenhoger |
| Round House | 12-105-00041 | Other status | Other type | C & A Railway |
| Hamilton Willis | 12-105-00042 | Other status | Other type | Bolliger, John & Sons |
| Well API 12-105-00045 | 12-105-00045 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Mi-1 | 12-105-00161 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Pontiac Stone Quarry | 12-105-00162 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Larson 1 | 12-105-00163 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| S-7 | 12-105-00210 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. |
| S-8 | 12-105-00211 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. |
| S-3 | 12-105-00212 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. |
| S-5 | 12-105-00213 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. |
| S-9 | 12-105-00214 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. |
| S-12 | 12-105-00215 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. |
| S-6 | 12-105-00216 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. |
| S-4 | 12-105-00217 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. |
| S-10 | 12-105-00218 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. |
| S-11 | 12-105-00219 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Ch-3 | 12-105-00224 | Other status | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
| Ch-6 | 12-105-00225 | Other status | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
| Ch-5 | 12-105-00226 | Other status | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 615 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 Livingston County, IL?
Livingston County, Illinois has 615 catalogued oil & gas wells: 127 active, 36 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Livingston County?
1 wells in Livingston County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 51st-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Livingston County are plugged?
36 of Livingston County's 615 catalogued wells (6%) 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); Livingston County ranks 44th with 615.
How many companies operate wells in Livingston County?
40 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Livingston 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 Livingston County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/livingston (data as of October 10, 2026).