Oil & gas wells in Macoupin County, IL
1,088 catalogued wells in Macoupin County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Macoupin County, Illinois has 1,088 catalogued oil & gas wells: 115 active (11%), 728 plugged & abandoned (67%) and 90 documented orphans. It ranks 33rd of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,088
Active
115
Plugged
728
Documented orphans
90
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Macoupin County?
11% of Macoupin County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 67% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 12 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 90 wells (8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 143 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Macoupin County?
By product class, 139 of the county's wells (13%) are oil wells, 163 (15%) gas wells and 32 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Macoupin County well is 2,560 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 Macoupin County compare with other Illinois counties?
Macoupin County has the 33rd-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 12th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Macoupin County?
312 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Macoupin County. 96% 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 Macoupin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor, A. F. 2 | 12-117-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller Oil Co |
| Arnett Heirs | 12-117-00021 | Other status | Other type | Ohio Consolidated Co |
| Mine, 2 | 12-117-00040 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Standard Oil Co |
| Miller, William 1 | 12-117-00067 | Other status | Other type | Miller Wm & Falder S |
| Broun, A. 2 | 12-117-00071 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Barnstable | 12-117-00072 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Impromptu Oil & Gas |
| Hauer, C. | 12-117-00074 | Other status | Other type | Ibbetson Schell Oil |
| Hammam | 12-117-00075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Impromptu Explor Co |
| Middlekauff | 12-117-00082 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Mutzbauer, L. 1 | 12-117-00084 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Rinaker-Benson, 1 | 12-117-00087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Impromptu Oil & Gas |
| Hall, T. 1 | 12-117-00092 | Active | Oil | Chrysler E E |
| Denby 1 | 12-117-00095 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Impromptu Explor Co |
| Klein, 1 | 12-117-00096 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Impromptu Explor Co |
| Hall, V. 5 | 12-117-00098 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Impromptu Oil & Gas |
| Hall, V. 3 | 12-117-00099 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Impromptu Oil & Gas |
| Hall 1 | 12-117-00100 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Impromptu Explor Co |
| Hall, Freeman 2 | 12-117-00101 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Impromptu Explor Co |
| Hall, V. 7 | 12-117-00102 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Impromptu Explor Co |
| Hall, V. 8 | 12-117-00103 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Impromptu Explor Co |
| Hall, M. F. 1 | 12-117-00104 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| McClure 1 | 12-117-00105 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ibbetson E A |
| McClure 2 | 12-117-00106 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ibbetson E A |
| McClure 3 | 12-117-00107 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ibbetson E A |
| McClure 4 | 12-117-00108 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ibbetson E A |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,088 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 Macoupin County, IL?
Macoupin County, Illinois has 1,088 catalogued oil & gas wells: 115 active, 728 plugged and 90 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Macoupin County?
90 wells in Macoupin County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 12th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Macoupin County are plugged?
728 of Macoupin County's 1,088 catalogued wells (67%) 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); Macoupin County ranks 33rd with 1,088.
How many companies operate wells in Macoupin County?
312 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Macoupin 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 Macoupin County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/macoupin (data as of October 10, 2026).