Oil & gas wells in Montgomery County, IL
1,308 catalogued wells in Montgomery County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Montgomery County, Illinois has 1,308 catalogued oil & gas wells: 76 active (6%), 894 plugged & abandoned (68%) and 10 documented orphans. It ranks 29th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.7% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,308
Active
76
Plugged
894
Documented orphans
10
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Montgomery County?
6% of Montgomery County's wells are active, 14 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 68% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 6 wells (0.5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 10 wells (0.8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 322 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Montgomery County?
By product class, 78 of the county's wells (6%) are oil wells, 26 (2%) gas wells and 25 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Montgomery County well is 7,077 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 Montgomery County compare with other Illinois counties?
Montgomery County has the 29th-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 36th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Montgomery County?
362 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uhrig, Anna 2 | 12-135-22753 | Other status | Other type | Moody, Roger |
| Uhrig, Anna 1 | 12-135-22781 | Other status | Other type | Moody, Roger |
| Sorrells 6 | 12-135-24202 | Other status | Oil | Hardt, Edwin E. |
| Street 1-A | 12-135-22142 | Orphaned | Other type | M. & N. Oil Company |
| Stieren Farms 1 | 12-135-22325 | Orphaned | Gas | Stieren, Gerald |
| Ogden 1 | 12-135-22677 | Orphaned | Other type | T.C.D. Oil Exploration |
| Benning, Paul 1 | 12-135-22743 | Orphaned | Other type | Moody, Roger |
| Street, Dwight 3-A | 12-135-23113 | Orphaned | Oil | Oil Prod. Assoc., Inc. |
| Street-Crawford 1 | 12-135-23145 | Orphaned | Other type | Oil Prod. Assoc., Inc. |
| Montgomery 1 | 12-135-24060 | Orphaned | Other type | BPI Energy, Inc. |
| Montgomery 2 | 12-135-24065 | Orphaned | Other type | BPI Energy, Inc. |
| Montgomery 5 | 12-135-24066 | Orphaned | Other type | BPI Energy, Inc. |
| Montgomery 200 | 12-135-24109 | Orphaned | Other type | BPI Energy, Inc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 128 | 12-135-00405 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 127 | 12-135-00406 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 126 | 12-135-00407 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 125 | 12-135-00408 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 124 | 12-135-00409 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 123 | 12-135-00410 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 122 | 12-135-00411 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 121 | 12-135-00412 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 119 | 12-135-00413 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 74 | 12-135-00416 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 77 | 12-135-00417 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
| Granholm & Assoc. 86 | 12-135-00418 | Other status | Other type | Granholm & Assoc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,308 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 Montgomery County, IL?
Montgomery County, Illinois has 1,308 catalogued oil & gas wells: 76 active, 894 plugged and 10 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Montgomery County?
10 wells in Montgomery County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 36th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Montgomery County are plugged?
894 of Montgomery County's 1,308 catalogued wells (68%) 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); Montgomery County ranks 29th with 1,308.
How many companies operate wells in Montgomery County?
362 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/montgomery (data as of October 10, 2026).