Oil & gas wells in Peoria County, IL
256 catalogued wells in Peoria County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Peoria County, Illinois has 256 catalogued oil & gas wells: 35 active (14%), 43 plugged & abandoned (17%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 57th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
256
Active
35
Plugged
43
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Peoria County?
14% of Peoria County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 17% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 176 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Peoria County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 4 (2%) gas wells and 31 (12%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Peoria County well is 1,902 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 Peoria County compare with other Illinois counties?
Peoria County has the 57th-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 52nd in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Peoria County?
49 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Peoria County. 95% 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 Peoria County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Farm Supply Co. | 12-143-00019 | Other status | Other type | Bollinger, John & Sons |
| Sonnemaker 1 | 12-143-00020 | Other status | Other type | Hanna City Oil & Gas |
| Cramer, Chas 1 | 12-143-00164 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Algona Oil, Inc. |
| Kyle 1 | 12-143-00165 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Peoria County Home | 12-143-00175 | Other status | Other type | Brant, C. P. |
| Well API 12-143-00182 | 12-143-00182 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Peoria State Hospital 1 test | 12-143-00234 | Other status | Other type | No Company |
| Walker, Hiram & Sons #7 7 | 12-143-00241 | Other status | Other type | Ebert M & Co |
| Miller | 12-143-00253 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Gams Mrs | 12-143-00350 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Holmes, Z. M. 2 | 12-143-00377 | Other status | Other type | Holmes C W |
| Spillman, Frank 1 | 12-143-00418 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Prentiss Ashley C |
| Coon, Frank 1 | 12-143-00468 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Prentiss Ashley C |
| Chillicothe 2 | 12-143-00552 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Rumbold (Cilco 20) 1 | 12-143-00661 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Sprague, Lucien (Cilco 22) 1 | 12-143-00662 | Other status | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Romine, Shelby (Cilco 21) 1 | 12-143-00663 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Dempsey, Gertrude 1 Cilco 23 | 12-143-00664 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Dempsey, Gertrude (Cilco 24 2 | 12-143-00665 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| United Electric (Cilco 25) 1 | 12-143-00666 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Sprague, Neltie (Cilco 28) 1 | 12-143-00667 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Peters 1 | 12-143-00700 | Other status | Other type | Ameren Illinois Company |
| Kyle 2 | 12-143-00705 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Doubet J F |
| Keystone Steel & Wire Co. A | 12-143-00708 | Other status | Other type | Ebert M & Co |
| Keystone Steel & Wire B | 12-143-00709 | Other status | Other type | Ebert M & Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 256 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 Peoria County, IL?
Peoria County, Illinois has 256 catalogued oil & gas wells: 35 active, 43 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Peoria County?
1 wells in Peoria County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 52nd-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Peoria County are plugged?
43 of Peoria County's 256 catalogued wells (17%) 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); Peoria County ranks 57th with 256.
How many companies operate wells in Peoria County?
49 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Peoria 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 Peoria County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/peoria (data as of October 10, 2026).