Oil & gas wells in Macon County, IL
961 catalogued wells in Macon County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Macon County, Illinois has 961 catalogued oil & gas wells: 155 active (16%), 695 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 6 documented orphans. It ranks 36th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
961
Active
155
Plugged
695
Documented orphans
6
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Macon County?
16% of Macon County's wells are active, 3 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 6 wells (0.6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 102 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Macon County?
By product class, 338 of the county's wells (35%) are oil wells, 12 (1%) gas wells and 14 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Macon County well is 7,192 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 Macon County compare with other Illinois counties?
Macon County has the 36th-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 41st in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Macon County?
249 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Macon County. 99% 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 Macon County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill, John H. 1 | 12-115-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Macon Oil & Gas Co |
| Hight, E. W. 1 | 12-115-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Company |
| Parish 1 | 12-115-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lincoln Oil&Gas Co |
| Sticker 1 | 12-115-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Meister Henry |
| Wilson 1 | 12-115-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilson Syndicate |
| Rhodes, Wm. 1 | 12-115-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eureka Oil Corp |
| Powers Addition | 12-115-00007 | Other status | Other type | Powers Well |
| Powers, Caroline 1 | 12-115-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lincoln Oil Well Serv Co |
| Powers, Geo. W. 2 | 12-115-00009 | Other status | Other type | No Company |
| Peterson 1 | 12-115-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Werner Bros |
| Cater, Lovina S. #1 1 | 12-115-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Williams J H |
| Grady, T. C. | 12-115-00015 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Wilson 1 | 12-115-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arcadia Refining Co. |
| Veech, Sarah J. 1 | 12-115-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jarvis, S. D. etal |
| Bledsoe 1 | 12-115-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Oil & Gas |
| Pfeiffer | 12-115-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Powers G W |
| Powers, Caroline 2 | 12-115-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lincoln Oil Well Serv Co |
| Dipper, John 1 | 12-115-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Cook, L. W. #1 1 | 12-115-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Decatur Oil & Gas Co |
| Keller #2 2 | 12-115-00027 | Other status | Other type | Powers, Jack |
| Powers, J. 1 | 12-115-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
| Stephenson 1 | 12-115-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Powers, C. G., Etal |
| Riley, Anna #1 1 | 12-115-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Margrave Bros |
| Hanover-Jockisch Unit #1 1 | 12-115-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Production Co (Sun Oil) |
| Jockisch, David 1 | 12-115-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hoosier Drilling Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 961 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 Macon County, IL?
Macon County, Illinois has 961 catalogued oil & gas wells: 155 active, 695 plugged and 6 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Macon County?
6 wells in Macon County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 41st-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Macon County are plugged?
695 of Macon County's 961 catalogued wells (72%) 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); Macon County ranks 36th with 961.
How many companies operate wells in Macon County?
249 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Macon 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 Macon County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/macon (data as of October 10, 2026).