Oil & gas wells in Perry County, IL
624 catalogued wells in Perry County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Perry County, Illinois has 624 catalogued oil & gas wells: 35 active (6%), 507 plugged & abandoned (81%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 43rd of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
624
Active
35
Plugged
507
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Perry County?
6% of Perry County's wells are active, 14 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 81% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 79 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Perry County?
By product class, 60 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 3 (0.5%) gas wells and 19 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Perry County well is 8,100 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 Perry County compare with other Illinois counties?
Perry County has the 43rd-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 47th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Perry County?
263 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Perry 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 Perry County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radake 4 | 12-145-28879 | Other status | Oil | Oelze Equipment Co., L.L.C. |
| Core Hole 9 | 12-145-02862 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Core Hole 10 | 12-145-02863 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Core Hole 41 | 12-145-02864 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Core Hole 11 | 12-145-02865 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Core Hole 31 | 12-145-02866 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Core Hole 20 | 12-145-02867 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| Core Hole 30 | 12-145-02868 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| Core Hole 37 | 12-145-02869 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| Core Hole 12 | 12-145-02870 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| Core Hole 13 | 12-145-02871 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co. |
| Core Hole 15 | 12-145-02872 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Core Hole 18 | 12-145-02873 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Core Hole 40 | 12-145-02874 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum, Co. |
| Greer Dale R 1 | 12-145-02546 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Holliday, Wp 1 | 12-145-03150 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hampleman 1 | 12-145-26449 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | River King Oil Co. |
| Dry Sophia | 12-145-00041 | Other status | Other type | Midvalley Oil Co |
| Harris 1 | 12-145-00043 | Other status | Other type | Midvalley Oil Co |
| Halliday Estate | 12-145-00078 | Other status | Other type | IL Central Coal & Salt |
| Ward J H | 12-145-00133 | Other status | Other type | Ohio Oil Co. |
| Forester J H 1 | 12-145-01952 | Other status | Other type | Forester J H |
| Roe C H Jr 1 | 12-145-01953 | Other status | Other type | Ohio Oil Co. |
| Kimzey W R | 12-145-01997 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Simmel L C Etal |
| Provart 1 | 12-145-01998 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fields, Bert, Etal |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 624 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 Perry County, IL?
Perry County, Illinois has 624 catalogued oil & gas wells: 35 active, 507 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Perry County?
2 wells in Perry County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 47th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Perry County are plugged?
507 of Perry County's 624 catalogued wells (81%) 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); Perry County ranks 43rd with 624.
How many companies operate wells in Perry County?
263 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Perry 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 Perry County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/perry (data as of October 10, 2026).