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Oil & gas wells in Logan County, IL

218 catalogued wells in Logan County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Logan County, Illinois has 218 catalogued oil & gas wells: 41 active (19%), 104 plugged & abandoned (48%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 62nd of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

218

Active

41

Plugged

104

Documented orphans

0

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Logan County?

19% of Logan County's wells are active, close to the Illinois share of 19%. 48% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Logan County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 72 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Logan County?

By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 17 (8%) gas wells and 25 (11%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Logan County well is 2,620 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 Logan County compare with other Illinois counties?

Logan County has the 62nd-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 Logan County?

50 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Logan 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.

Oil & gas wells in Logan County, IL
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Foley, 112-107-00006Plugged & abandonedOther typeLogan Development Co
Stitt 112-107-00007Other statusOther typeBruder, Etal
Brittin, 112-107-00015Shut-inOther typeWerner Lee Oil
Lake, Grace M. 112-107-00016Plugged & abandonedOther typeBay Oil Co., Inc.
Drake, Elizabeth K. 112-107-00031Plugged & abandonedOther typeKluzek S W & Assoc
Structure Test (Frank Pope 1) 1-1212-107-00038Plugged & abandonedOther typeIllinois Power Co.
I-1112-107-00039Plugged & abandonedOther typeIllinois Power Co.
Christison 112-107-00044Plugged & abandonedOther typeMcCue, James O., Sr.
Starr & Broughton 112-107-00087Plugged & abandonedOther typeHerring, Herman C.
Bryson-Higgins Community, 112-107-00090Plugged & abandonedOther typeHerring, Herman C.
Muck "O" 112-107-00113Other statusOther typeCentral IL Light Co.
Will 112-107-00114ActiveInjectionCentral IL Light Co.
Rocky Ford 112-107-00115ActiveInjectionCentral IL Light Co.
Begolka 112-107-00116ActiveInjectionCentral IL Light Co.
Allison, LeRoy 112-107-00198Plugged & abandonedOther typeKluzek S W & Assoc
Pottorf 112-107-00199Other statusOther typeCentral IL Light Co.
Johnson, Orvil R. "A" 112-107-00204Plugged & abandonedOther typePotsch, John P. Sr.
Dennis, Mildred R. "A"112-107-00205Plugged & abandonedOther typePotsch, John P. Sr.
Martin, Blanche 112-107-00206ActiveInjectionCentral IL Light Co.
1-112-107-00251Plugged & abandonedOther typeIllinois Power Co.
1-512-107-00252Plugged & abandonedOther typeIllinois Power Co.
1-1312-107-00253Plugged & abandonedOther typeIllinois Power Co.
McDermott Community, 112-107-00283Plugged & abandonedOther typeFulk, Perry
McLaughlin, Annie L. 112-107-00292Plugged & abandonedOther typeBock, Adam F.
Kleinschmidt, 112-107-00298Plugged & abandonedOther typeKiley Ralph

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 218 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 Logan County, IL?

Logan County, Illinois has 218 catalogued oil & gas wells: 41 active, 104 plugged and 0 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Logan County?

No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Logan County, Illinois.

What share of wells in Logan County are plugged?

104 of Logan County's 218 catalogued wells (48%) 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); Logan County ranks 62nd with 218.

How many companies operate wells in Logan County?

50 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Logan 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 Logan County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/logan (data as of October 10, 2026).