Oil & gas wells in Menard County, IL
35 catalogued wells in Menard County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Menard County, Illinois has 35 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 31 plugged & abandoned (89%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 97th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
35
Active
0
Plugged
31
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Menard County?
0% of Menard County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 89% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Menard County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 4 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Menard County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) 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 Menard County well is 2,156 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 Menard County compare with other Illinois counties?
Menard County has the 97th-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 Menard County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Menard County. 100% 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 Menard County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson, Wm. 1 | 12-129-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duvall Etal |
| Johnson, C. C. 1 | 12-129-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Johnson Brothers |
| T Johnson 1 | 12-129-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Johnson Wm F |
| Dorgan, Leo 1 | 12-129-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pritchett M T |
| Becker 1 | 12-129-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beckham, Dwight Oil Co. |
| Epling 1 | 12-129-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Zink, Earnest |
| Walker, J. H. 1 | 12-129-00055 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Zink, Earnest |
| Johnson, Wm. 1 | 12-129-00059 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cantine & Haley |
| Raikes 1 | 12-129-00061 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Defratis & Assc |
| Gaines, Ethel 1 | 12-129-00070 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Richardson, E. V. |
| Schmidt, Carl 1 | 12-129-00071 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shawnee Petro. Assoc. |
| Minor 1 | 12-129-00073 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Solliday & Bertinetti |
| Willis 1 | 12-129-00081 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McElroy, Lynn |
| Hoppler 1 | 12-129-00084 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illini Oil Co., Inc. |
| Rhodes, Robert 1 | 12-129-00085 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pannell, Thomas W. |
| Mm-4 | 12-129-00113 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Mm-3 | 12-129-00114 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Mm-2 | 12-129-00115 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Mm-1 | 12-129-00116 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Hubly Est., John MM-5 | 12-129-00117 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Ainsworth R. M. MM-7 | 12-129-00119 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Johnson 1 | 12-129-20170 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cap Oil Co. |
| Aterberry 1 | 12-129-20988 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Edwards Oil & Gas Co. |
| Baker 1 | 12-129-20990 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Edwards Oil & Gas Co. |
| Klein, Roy 2 | 12-129-20992 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pronto Petroleum, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 35 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 Menard County, IL?
Menard County, Illinois has 35 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 31 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Menard County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Menard County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Menard County are plugged?
31 of Menard County's 35 catalogued wells (89%) 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); Menard County ranks 97th with 35.
How many companies operate wells in Menard County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Menard 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 Menard County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/menard (data as of October 10, 2026).