Oil & gas wells in Marshall County, IL
26 catalogued wells in Marshall County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Marshall County, Illinois has 26 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (4%), 2 plugged & abandoned (8%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 98th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
26
Active
1
Plugged
2
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Marshall County?
4% of Marshall County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 8% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Marshall County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 23 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Marshall County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1 (4%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Marshall County well is 1,470 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 Marshall County compare with other Illinois counties?
Marshall County has the 98th-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 Marshall County?
9 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Marshall County. 88% 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 Marshall County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr-1 | 12-123-00066 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Mr-2 | 12-123-00071 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Mr-3 | 12-123-00074 | Other status | Other type | Vickery Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Wenona City Water Well, 1 | 12-123-00091 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Green, James W. | 12-123-00101 | Active | Gas | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Well API 12-123-00120 | 12-123-00120 | Other status | Other type | Morgan |
| Nordstrom, Edwin | 12-123-20085 | Other status | Other type | W.S. Hoffstetter |
| 77-N-142 | 12-123-20516 | Other status | Other type | Hydrocarbon Survey, Inc. |
| 77-N-143 | 12-123-20517 | Other status | Other type | — |
| 77-N-157 | 12-123-20518 | Other status | Other type | — |
| 77-N-127 | 12-123-20519 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Il-26 Over Pigeon Creek B-1 | 12-123-20520 | Other status | Other type | IL Dept. of Transportation |
| Il-26 Over Pigeon Creek B-2 | 12-123-20521 | Other status | Other type | IL Dept. of Transportation |
| Il-26 Over Strawn Run Creek B-1 | 12-123-20522 | Other status | Other type | IL Dept. of Transportation |
| Il-26 Over Strawn Run Creek B-2 | 12-123-20523 | Other status | Other type | IL Dept. of Transportation |
| Il-26 Over Strawn Creek B-1 | 12-123-20585 | Other status | Other type | IL Dept. of Transportation |
| Well API 12-123-20680 | 12-123-20680 | Other status | Other type | Hofstetter, W. S. |
| City of Henry 3 | 12-123-20748 | Other status | Other type | Boart-Longyear |
| Il-26 Over Strawn Creek B-2 | 12-123-20754 | Other status | Other type | IL Dept. of Transportation |
| Smith, Ed IL29 BR-1 | 12-123-21008 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Smith, Ed IL29 BR-2 | 12-123-21009 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| IL, State of IL29 BR-3 | 12-123-21010 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Tidmarsh, Loyal | 12-123-21012 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Schoepke, Eugene (Mowell6) | 12-123-21013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
| Miller, Charles 1 | 12-123-21014 | Other status | Other type | IL State Geological Survey |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 26 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 Marshall County, IL?
Marshall County, Illinois has 26 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 2 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Marshall County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Marshall County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Marshall County are plugged?
2 of Marshall County's 26 catalogued wells (8%) 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); Marshall County ranks 98th with 26.
How many companies operate wells in Marshall County?
9 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Marshall 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 Marshall County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/marshall (data as of October 10, 2026).