Oil & gas wells in Sangamon County, IL
1,562 catalogued wells in Sangamon County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sangamon County, Illinois has 1,562 catalogued oil & gas wells: 63 active (4%), 1,343 plugged & abandoned (86%) and 60 documented orphans. It ranks 26th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,562
Active
63
Plugged
1,343
Documented orphans
60
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sangamon County?
4% of Sangamon County's wells are active, 15 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 86% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 60 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 95 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sangamon County?
By product class, 368 of the county's wells (24%) are oil wells, 5 (0.3%) gas wells and 52 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Sangamon County well is 3,150 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 Sangamon County compare with other Illinois counties?
Sangamon County has the 26th-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 19th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Sangamon County?
354 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Sangamon 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 Sangamon County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 12-167-00055 | 12-167-00055 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Williamsville Coal Co. Test | 12-167-00058 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rowden R C |
| Well API 12-167-00062 | 12-167-00062 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dawson Eng Co |
| Pelham, D. C. 1 | 12-167-00078 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dietel, 1 | 12-167-00114 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Werner & Kluzek |
| Sample, G. W. 1 | 12-167-00115 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Millar, John E. |
| Ross, Winn J. 1 | 12-167-00116 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reed, O. A. |
| Loose, R.D. 1 | 12-167-00119 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Junction Mining Co |
| King, Roy 1 | 12-167-00126 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Williams, Etal |
| Horn, George 1 | 12-167-00128 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midland Oil & Gas |
| Pryor, Alvie 1 | 12-167-00132 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White Edgar |
| Blakley, Charles 1 | 12-167-00167 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rappe, Thomas C. |
| Drennan, Rose 1 | 12-167-00168 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Defratis & Assc |
| Hunter 1 | 12-167-00169 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wirth, Edward Lee |
| Haines, U. G. 1 | 12-167-00170 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Warren, Wallace |
| Flagg, M. J. 1 | 12-167-00171 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Warren, Wallace A. |
| Hitt 1 | 12-167-00172 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wirth, Edward Lee |
| Williamson 1 | 12-167-00173 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wirth, Edward Lee |
| Richardson, J. E. 1 | 12-167-00174 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Baker, Clarence E. |
| Lane, Tom 1 | 12-167-00175 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Castle James |
| Robinson, Andrew W. 1 | 12-167-00176 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wooters W F |
| Springfield Marine Bank 1 | 12-167-00177 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Heath, B. M. etal |
| Edwards, E. 1 | 12-167-00178 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Defratis & Assc |
| Shepherd, 1 | 12-167-00179 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roberts J M |
| Dodd, Harold W. 1 | 12-167-00180 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chatt George F |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,562 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 Sangamon County, IL?
Sangamon County, Illinois has 1,562 catalogued oil & gas wells: 63 active, 1,343 plugged and 60 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sangamon County?
60 wells in Sangamon County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 19th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Sangamon County are plugged?
1,343 of Sangamon County's 1,562 catalogued wells (86%) 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); Sangamon County ranks 26th with 1,562.
How many companies operate wells in Sangamon County?
354 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Sangamon 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 Sangamon County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/sangamon (data as of October 10, 2026).