Oil & gas wells in Morgan County, IL
489 catalogued wells in Morgan County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Morgan County, Illinois has 489 catalogued oil & gas wells: 114 active (23%), 271 plugged & abandoned (55%) and 11 documented orphans. It ranks 51st of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
489
Active
114
Plugged
271
Documented orphans
11
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Morgan County?
23% of Morgan County's wells are active, 4 percentage points above the Illinois share of 19%. 55% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (0.6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 11 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 90 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Morgan County?
By product class, 33 of the county's wells (7%) are oil wells, 48 (10%) gas wells and 69 (14%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Morgan County well is 4,253 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 Morgan County compare with other Illinois counties?
Morgan County has the 51st-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 35th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Morgan County?
133 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Morgan 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 Morgan County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lukeman, John 1 | 12-137-00001 | Other status | Other type | Missouri & Kansas Pipln. |
| Hubbs, Dora 1-33 | 12-137-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company |
| Davis, Clifton 1 | 12-137-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shippey, Maden & Parish |
| Clark 1 | 12-137-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Irwin P C Etal |
| Cuddy, E. F. 2 | 12-137-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt, C. T. |
| Cuddy, E. F. 1 | 12-137-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt, C. T. |
| Tomb, J. W. 1 | 12-137-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | International Oil & Gas Company |
| Hughes, Dr. Proctor Well 1 | 12-137-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Diller, W. H. 1 | 12-137-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Werner Drlg Co |
| McDivett, George 1 | 12-137-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Waverly Oil & Gas |
| McDivett 2 | 12-137-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Waverly Oil & Gas |
| Well API 12-137-00034 | 12-137-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wagstaff F |
| Well API 12-137-00037 | 12-137-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wagstaff F |
| Keplinger, J.B. 1 | 12-137-00038 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Stenemeyer 1B-15 | 12-137-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company |
| McDevitt 1-22 | 12-137-00040 | Other status | Other type | Pan Gas Storage Co. |
| McMahan, G.R. 1 | 12-137-00041 | Other status | Other type | Ladet, Lubovic M. |
| Coons 1 | 12-137-00042 | Active | Gas | Five Star Petro Corp |
| Mahon 1 | 12-137-00043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rhodes & Moorehead |
| Dunlap 2 | 12-137-00044 | Active | Gas | Shippey Etal Gas Co |
| Orear, George 1 | 12-137-00045 | Other status | Other type | Irwin P C |
| Davenport, Wm. M. 1 | 12-137-00046 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shippey Etal Gas Co |
| Walbaum, Jr. | 12-137-00047 | Active | Gas | Waibel L H |
| Conover 2 | 12-137-00048 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Natural Gas |
| Cockin, Thos. 1 | 12-137-00049 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alexander, Wallace F. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 489 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 Morgan County, IL?
Morgan County, Illinois has 489 catalogued oil & gas wells: 114 active, 271 plugged and 11 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Morgan County?
11 wells in Morgan County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 35th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Morgan County are plugged?
271 of Morgan County's 489 catalogued wells (55%) 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); Morgan County ranks 51st with 489.
How many companies operate wells in Morgan County?
133 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Morgan 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 Morgan County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/morgan (data as of October 10, 2026).