Oil & gas wells in Richland County, IL
4,641 catalogued wells in Richland County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Richland County, Illinois has 4,641 catalogued oil & gas wells: 646 active (14%), 3,783 plugged & abandoned (82%) and 28 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,641
Active
646
Plugged
3,783
Documented orphans
28
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Richland County?
14% of Richland County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 82% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 17 wells (0.4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 28 wells (0.6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 167 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Richland County?
By product class, 2,327 of the county's wells (50%) are oil wells, 8 (0.2%) gas wells and 500 (11%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Richland County well is 6,800 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 Richland County compare with other Illinois counties?
Richland County has the 11th-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 29th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Richland County?
911 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Richland County. 98% 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 Richland County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heap, Mark 1 | 12-159-00090 | Other status | Other type | Union Oil Company of CA |
| Bower, C. A. 1A | 12-159-02016 | Other status | Other type | Equinox Oil Company |
| Bower, C. A. 3A | 12-159-02018 | Other status | Other type | Equinox Oil Company |
| Cazel, Howard "B" 2 | 12-159-02022 | Other status | Other type | Equinox Oil Company |
| Wakefield Cons. 3 | 12-159-02045 | Other status | Other type | Equinox Oil Company |
| Pflaum 1 | 12-159-00158 | Other status | Oil | Shaffer-Parker-Toler |
| Cazel, Howard (Wakefield Unit) 4-A | 12-159-00205 | Other status | Injection | The Pure Oil Company |
| Harrell P F 1 | 12-159-02039 | Other status | Oil | Brown, J. G. & Assoc. |
| Clodfelter, Edwin 1 | 12-159-24365 | Other status | Oil | Podolsky, Bernard |
| Kocher 4 | 12-159-24553 | Other status | Gas | Mega Oil, Inc. |
| Wilson 2-A | 12-159-25598 | Other status | Other type | Sumner, Rick Oil Properties |
| Rule 2 | 12-159-25733 | Other status | Oil | Mega Oil, Inc. |
| Hiter-Moberly Comm. 1 | 12-159-25736 | Other status | Oil | Murvin Oil Company |
| Rule, Paul 2-A | 12-159-25829 | Other status | Oil | Benchmark Properties, Ltd. |
| Correll 1-D | 12-159-26222 | Other status | Oil | DDC Oil Company |
| Hays H D 1 | 12-159-00130 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Sparr, Mary B. A-3 | 12-159-00696 | Other status | Other type | Equinox Oil Company |
| Taylor, Everett 1-B | 12-159-01921 | Other status | Other type | Equinox Oil Company |
| Jorgenson M 2A | 12-159-01951 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Jorgenson M A-3 | 12-159-01952 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Veit Dessie B 3 | 12-159-01964 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Cazel, Howard "B" 4 | 12-159-02024 | Other status | Other type | Equinox Oil Company |
| Cazel, Howard "B" 6 | 12-159-00145 | Other status | Other type | Equinox Oil Company |
| Wilson, Blanche 1 | 12-159-00159 | Other status | Oil | Fulk Oil Company |
| Southgate, William 2 | 12-159-01955 | Other status | Oil | Union Oil Company of CA |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,641 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 Richland County, IL?
Richland County, Illinois has 4,641 catalogued oil & gas wells: 646 active, 3,783 plugged and 28 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Richland County?
28 wells in Richland County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 29th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Richland County are plugged?
3,783 of Richland County's 4,641 catalogued wells (82%) 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); Richland County ranks 11th with 4,641.
How many companies operate wells in Richland County?
911 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Richland 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 Richland County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/richland (data as of October 10, 2026).