Oil & gas wells in Putnam County, IL
38 catalogued wells in Putnam County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Putnam County, Illinois has 38 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active (18%), 7 plugged & abandoned (18%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 96th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
38
Active
7
Plugged
7
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Putnam County?
18% of Putnam County's wells are active, close to the Illinois share of 19%. 18% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Putnam County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 24 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Putnam County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 7 (18%) 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 Putnam County well is 4,877 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 Putnam County compare with other Illinois counties?
Putnam County has the 96th-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 Putnam County?
17 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Putnam County. 97% 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 Putnam County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McGhiey 1 | 12-155-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fuller G & Turner J |
| City Of Granville 1 | 12-155-00048 | Other status | Other type | Neely Cliff L |
| Long, Beldom 1 | 12-155-00051 | Active | Gas | Wright L |
| Murphy Orland 1 | 12-155-00052 | Active | Gas | Wright L |
| Read April 2 | 12-155-00053 | Active | Gas | Wright L |
| Wheeler W J 1 | 12-155-00054 | Active | Gas | Wright L |
| Downey William | 12-155-00055 | Other status | Other type | Wright L |
| Vail Dan | 12-155-00056 | Active | Gas | Wright L |
| Brochin Sam | 12-155-00057 | Active | Gas | Wright L |
| Maubach, S. 1 | 12-155-00073 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Hartman L 1 | 12-155-00082 | Other status | Other type | Neely Cliff L |
| Brenneman George H 1 | 12-155-00087 | Other status | Other type | Schwiderski Mike |
| Wright N 1 | 12-155-00099 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Bur 2 | 12-155-00102 | Other status | Other type | Northern Illinois Gas Co. |
| Waste Disposal 1 | 12-155-00104 | Other status | Other type | Jones&Laughlin Steel |
| Voss, H. V. 1 | 12-155-00111 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Fox, W. 1 | 12-155-00112 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Read, E. & F. 1 | 12-155-00113 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Morgan N 1 | 12-155-00114 | Other status | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America |
| Kuhne Fred W 1 | 12-155-00132 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wier C O |
| Robinson, Charles B. P-1 | 12-155-00142 | Other status | Other type | American Smelting & Refining |
| Bellino, Peter Jr. P-2 | 12-155-00144 | Other status | Other type | American Smelting & Refining |
| Village Of Magnolia 1 | 12-155-00154 | Other status | Other type | Defenbaugh Guy |
| Henning James | 12-155-20187 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Ruppert,John A 1 | 12-155-20300 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Keyser, Charles |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 38 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 Putnam County, IL?
Putnam County, Illinois has 38 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active, 7 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Putnam County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Putnam County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Putnam County are plugged?
7 of Putnam County's 38 catalogued wells (18%) 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); Putnam County ranks 96th with 38.
How many companies operate wells in Putnam County?
17 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Putnam 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 Putnam County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/putnam (data as of October 10, 2026).