Oil & gas wells in Pope County, IL
185 catalogued wells in Pope County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Pope County, Illinois has 185 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 35 plugged & abandoned (19%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 68th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
185
Active
0
Plugged
35
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Pope County?
0% of Pope County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 19% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Pope County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 149 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Pope County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Pope County well is 14,942 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 Pope County compare with other Illinois counties?
Pope County has the 68th-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.
Who operates wells in Pope County?
54 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Pope County. 80% 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 Pope County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthis,J.L. 1 | 12-151-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Whitlock C C Etal |
| Lightfoot 1 | 12-151-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Egypt Oil & Gas |
| Parsons 1 | 12-151-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Egypt Oil & Gas |
| 1 | 12-151-00006 | Other status | Other type | Egyptian Prosp & Mng |
| Well API 12-151-00008 | 12-151-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well API 12-151-00009 | 12-151-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sistler Farm 1 | 12-151-00011 | Other status | Other type | Sterling & Midland Coal |
| Sistler 5 | 12-151-00015 | Other status | Other type | Sterling & Midland Coal |
| Sistler 7 | 12-151-00017 | Other status | Other type | Sterling & Midland Coal |
| Sistler 9 | 12-151-00019 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Camden S G | 12-151-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pierce I C |
| Gen Am Life Ins 1 | 12-151-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Company |
| Stalions | 12-151-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid Egypt Oil & Gas |
| Peoples,Vera 1 | 12-151-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gardenheir & Smith |
| Moyer,Ira 1 | 12-151-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Claro Anthony Etal |
| Peoples 1 | 12-151-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lay and Reininger |
| Partain W R 1 | 12-151-00035 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Cox Jas 1 | 12-151-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clark O B Etal |
| Gibbons P M 1 | 12-151-00037 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Gibbons P M 2 | 12-151-00038 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Joiner Sol | 12-151-00039 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Sievers 5 | 12-151-00040 | Other status | Other type | Crown Fluorspar Siev |
| Sievers 6 | 12-151-00041 | Other status | Other type | Crown Fluorspar Siev |
| Williams, Guy | 12-151-00042 | Other status | Other type | Scott C W |
| Williams Alonzo | 12-151-00043 | Other status | Other type | Scott C W |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 185 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 Pope County, IL?
Pope County, Illinois has 185 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 35 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Pope County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Pope County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Pope County are plugged?
35 of Pope County's 185 catalogued wells (19%) 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); Pope County ranks 68th with 185.
How many companies operate wells in Pope County?
54 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Pope 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 Pope County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/pope (data as of October 10, 2026).