Oil & gas wells in Rock Island County, IL
62 catalogued wells in Rock Island County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Rock Island County, Illinois has 62 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 14 plugged & abandoned (23%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 90th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
62
Active
0
Plugged
14
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Rock Island County?
0% of Rock Island County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 23% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Rock Island County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 48 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Rock Island 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 Rock Island County well is 2,282 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 Rock Island County compare with other Illinois counties?
Rock Island County has the 90th-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 Rock Island County?
17 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Rock Island 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 Rock Island County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augustana College 0 | 12-161-00012 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Hutchinson 1 | 12-161-00145 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pawnee Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Hofer 1 | 12-161-00148 | Other status | Other type | Pawnee Oil Corp. |
| Hofer 2 | 12-161-00149 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pawnee Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Normyle 1 | 12-161-00150 | Other status | Other type | Pawnee Oil Corp. |
| Coyne 1 | 12-161-00151 | Other status | Other type | Pawnee Oil Corp. |
| Rock Island Co 1 | 12-161-00153 | Other status | Other type | Pawnee Oil Corp. |
| McDowell 2 | 12-161-00154 | Other status | Other type | Pawnee Oil Corp. |
| Redecker 1 | 12-161-00155 | Other status | Other type | Pawnee Oil Corp. |
| Ainsworth 1 | 12-161-00156 | Other status | Other type | Pawnee Oil Corp. |
| Argillo Works | 12-161-00208 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Stapp | 12-161-00283 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rock River Oil Co |
| St Asylum Power Plan | 12-161-00306 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| E Moline St Hosp 0001 | 12-161-00308 | Other status | Other type | Layne Western Co., Inc. |
| E. Moline St Hosp 0004 | 12-161-00310 | Other status | Other type | Layne Western Co., Inc. |
| E. Moline St Hosp 0005 | 12-161-00311 | Other status | Other type | Layne Western Co., Inc. |
| E. Moline St Hosp 6 | 12-161-00312 | Other status | Other type | Layne Western Co., Inc. |
| Paper Mill Co | 12-161-00327 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Mitchell & Lynde 0007 | 12-161-00331 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Modern Woodmen 0565 | 12-161-00332 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Atlantic Brewery | 12-161-00337 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Rock Is Sash & Door | 12-161-00340 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Byron Village 3 | 12-161-00343 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jones & Schmeiser |
| Clifton John 1 | 12-161-00346 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rockdale Oil & Gas |
| E Moline City Well 0002 | 12-161-00351 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller, J. P. Art. Well |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 62 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 Rock Island County, IL?
Rock Island County, Illinois has 62 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 14 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Rock Island County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Rock Island County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Rock Island County are plugged?
14 of Rock Island County's 62 catalogued wells (23%) 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); Rock Island County ranks 90th with 62.
How many companies operate wells in Rock Island County?
17 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Rock Island 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 Rock Island County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/rock-island (data as of October 10, 2026).