Oil & gas wells in Pike County, IL
638 catalogued wells in Pike County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Pike County, Illinois has 638 catalogued oil & gas wells: 79 active (12%), 409 plugged & abandoned (64%) and 30 documented orphans. It ranks 41st of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
638
Active
79
Plugged
409
Documented orphans
30
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Pike County?
12% of Pike County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 64% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (0.8%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 30 wells (5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 115 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Pike County?
By product class, 15 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 170 (27%) gas wells and 2 (0.3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Pike County well is 3,602 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 Pike County compare with other Illinois counties?
Pike County has the 41st-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 28th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Pike County?
198 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Pike 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 Pike County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox 1 | 12-149-00004 | Other status | Gas | Walden Welby M |
| Mitz 1 | 12-149-00041 | Other status | Gas | Western Oil & Gas |
| Gray, Clarence 1 | 12-149-00053 | Other status | Gas | Western Oil & Gas |
| Gray, Clarence 1 | 12-149-00054 | Other status | Gas | S & S Oil Company |
| Phillips 1 | 12-149-00073 | Other status | Gas | S & S Oil Company |
| Martin 36-F | 12-149-00076 | Other status | Gas | Western Oil & Gas |
| Grimes, John 1 | 12-149-00087 | Other status | Gas | S & S Oil Company |
| Waite 1 | 12-149-20803 | Orphaned | Other type | Aquarian Energy Corp. |
| Griffith, J.L. 1 | 12-149-00108 | Other status | Gas | Lipe, Harold |
| Layne 2 | 12-149-21593 | Other status | Gas | Scope Operating Co. |
| Layne 3 | 12-149-21594 | Other status | Gas | Scope Operating Co. |
| Layne 6 | 12-149-21595 | Other status | Other type | Scope Operating Co. |
| Layne 1 | 12-149-21604 | Other status | Other type | Scope Operating Co. |
| Layne 4 | 12-149-21605 | Other status | Other type | Scope Operating Co. |
| Layne 5 | 12-149-21606 | Other status | Gas | Scope Operating Co. |
| Martin, Leland 1 | 12-149-00020 | Other status | Gas | Vette, Walter |
| Waters, Russel 1 | 12-149-00023 | Other status | Gas | Western Oil Co |
| Martin, Leland 2 | 12-149-00028 | Other status | Gas | Vette, Walter |
| Martin, Lelend 1-A | 12-149-00033 | Other status | Gas | Starr, Ray F. |
| Still, Riley 1 | 12-149-00034 | Other status | Gas | Starr, Ray F. |
| Miller, F. 1 | 12-149-00037 | Other status | Gas | Western Oil Co |
| Martin, Leland 3 | 12-149-00049 | Other status | Gas | Starr, Ray F. |
| Lahnman, Wilbur 1 | 12-149-00057 | Other status | Gas | Nonneman, Louis J. |
| Smith, W. 2 | 12-149-00074 | Other status | Gas | Western Oil Co |
| 1st National Bank 1 | 12-149-00022 | Orphaned | Gas | Western Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 638 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 Pike County, IL?
Pike County, Illinois has 638 catalogued oil & gas wells: 79 active, 409 plugged and 30 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Pike County?
30 wells in Pike County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 28th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Pike County are plugged?
409 of Pike County's 638 catalogued wells (64%) 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); Pike County ranks 41st with 638.
How many companies operate wells in Pike County?
198 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Pike 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 Pike County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/pike (data as of October 10, 2026).