Oil & gas wells in Scott County, IL
52 catalogued wells in Scott County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Scott County, Illinois has 52 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 41 plugged & abandoned (79%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 92nd of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
52
Active
0
Plugged
41
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Scott County?
0% of Scott County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 79% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 8 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Scott 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 Scott County well is 1,245 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 Scott County compare with other Illinois counties?
Scott County has the 92nd-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 50th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Scott County?
32 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Scott 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 Scott County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Donnell 1 | 12-171-00073 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wildcat Oil & Gas |
| Aydelott, William R. 1 | 12-171-00074 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Aydelott, William R. |
| Evans, Theodore 1 | 12-171-00075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beck, Ralph O. |
| Brown, Robert 1 | 12-171-00076 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beck, Ralph O. |
| Baird 1 | 12-171-00077 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bertinetti, C. F. |
| Campbell 2 | 12-171-00078 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bertinetti, C. F. |
| Robinson, Leo Comm. 1 | 12-171-00079 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beck, Ralph O. |
| O'Donnell, Dana 1 | 12-171-00080 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bertinetti, C. F. |
| Smith, Vern 1 | 12-171-00081 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith V & Unken C |
| Weder 1 | 12-171-00082 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moore & Hallock |
| Jameson 1 | 12-171-00083 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beck, Ralph O. |
| Knapp Et Al 1 | 12-171-00084 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moore & Hallock |
| Krusa 1 | 12-171-00085 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beck, Ralph O. |
| Coultas 1 | 12-171-00086 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ciesler Emil & Chas |
| Russell 1 | 12-171-00090 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miss Val Oil Fld. Explor |
| Franklin 1 | 12-171-00091 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miss Val Oil Fld. Explor |
| Savage, B. 1 | 12-171-00092 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miss Val Oil Fld. Explor |
| Neat 1 | 12-171-00094 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White Edgar |
| Adams, E. C. 1 | 12-171-00095 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crucible Oil & Ref |
| Adams, E. C. 1 | 12-171-00096 | Orphaned | Other type | Bedell, A. L. |
| Mueller, J. 1 | 12-171-00097 | Other status | Other type | The Texas Company |
| Tash, Walter 1 | 12-171-00098 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Scott Oil & Gas |
| Boester, Carl | 12-171-00105 | Shut-in | Other type | Ryan & Froehlich |
| Simpson, Sallie H. | 12-171-00106 | Other status | Other type | Long R R |
| Russell 2 | 12-171-00113 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Russell Drlg. Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 52 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 Scott County, IL?
Scott County, Illinois has 52 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 41 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Scott County?
2 wells in Scott County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 50th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Scott County are plugged?
41 of Scott County's 52 catalogued wells (79%) 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); Scott County ranks 92nd with 52.
How many companies operate wells in Scott County?
32 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Scott 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 Scott County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/scott (data as of October 10, 2026).