Oil & gas wells in Schuyler County, IL
1,127 catalogued wells in Schuyler County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Schuyler County, Illinois has 1,127 catalogued oil & gas wells: 31 active (3%), 811 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 116 documented orphans. It ranks 32nd of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,127
Active
31
Plugged
811
Documented orphans
116
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Schuyler County?
3% of Schuyler County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 10 wells (0.9%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 116 wells (10%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 159 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Schuyler County?
By product class, 110 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 36 (3%) gas wells and 8 (0.7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Schuyler County well is 1,848 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 Schuyler County compare with other Illinois counties?
Schuyler County has the 32nd-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 9th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Schuyler County?
285 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Schuyler County. 99% 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 Schuyler County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor, Ross | 12-169-00002 | Other status | Other type | Cary Harry E |
| Tweedel, Matthew #1 1 | 12-169-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Dean, Sam 1 | 12-169-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elting Etal |
| Simpson, Samuel #1 1 | 12-169-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mackler John Jr |
| Wilson, J. R. #1 1 | 12-169-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller H W |
| Hite #1 1 | 12-169-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Siegel Milo B |
| Feldheimer #1 1 | 12-169-00061 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller H |
| Rainey, Everett A. #1 1 | 12-169-00086 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | H. F. Robinson, Inc. |
| Lowe, Jesse 1 | 12-169-00087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Horney 1 | 12-169-00088 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fawcett, John W. |
| Christie, Geo. B. 1 | 12-169-00091 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Well API 12-169-00093 | 12-169-00093 | Other status | Other type | Goodell & Millard |
| Taylor 1 | 12-169-00097 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hamburg, Etal |
| Smith, S. S. #2 2 | 12-169-00099 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Crawford #1 1 | 12-169-00101 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fawcett & Bollero |
| Smith, S. S. 1 | 12-169-00102 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Aber 1 | 12-169-00104 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schwartz Etal |
| Long, J. P. 1 | 12-169-00105 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reed, O. A. |
| Luthy, M. H. 1 | 12-169-00106 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Indian Refining Co. |
| Bates, John 1-22 | 12-169-00108 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Orwig, G. L. et al 1 | 12-169-00109 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co., The |
| Moore 1 | 12-169-00110 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vette, Walter |
| Quinn 1 | 12-169-00111 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Robeson, C. 1 | 12-169-00114 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schuyler Oil & Gas |
| Simpson 1 | 12-169-00115 | Other status | Other type | Indian Refining Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,127 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 Schuyler County, IL?
Schuyler County, Illinois has 1,127 catalogued oil & gas wells: 31 active, 811 plugged and 116 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Schuyler County?
116 wells in Schuyler County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 9th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Schuyler County are plugged?
811 of Schuyler County's 1,127 catalogued wells (72%) 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); Schuyler County ranks 32nd with 1,127.
How many companies operate wells in Schuyler County?
285 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/schuyler (data as of October 10, 2026).