Oil & gas wells in Stark County, IL
107 catalogued wells in Stark County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Stark County, Illinois has 107 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 45 plugged & abandoned (42%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 80th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
107
Active
0
Plugged
45
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Stark County?
0% of Stark County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 42% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Stark County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 62 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Stark 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 Stark County well is 2,822 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 Stark County compare with other Illinois counties?
Stark County has the 80th-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 Stark County?
12 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Stark 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 Stark County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylward, Catherine 89 | 12-175-00065 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Murray, Thomas 18 | 12-175-00083 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Murray, Thomas 19 | 12-175-00084 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Milburn, Leslie 22 | 12-175-00085 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Plotner, Mark 6 | 12-175-00086 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Barton, Emery 9 | 12-175-00087 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Downing, Frank A. 27 | 12-175-00089 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Downing, Frank A. 28 | 12-175-00090 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Bass, Bennie E. 25 | 12-175-00091 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Marsh, Art 34 | 12-175-00096 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Scott, Chas. P. 1 | 12-175-00097 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Barton, Emery 10 | 12-175-00098 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Barton, Emery 11 | 12-175-00099 | Other status | Other type | Swallow W C |
| Meaker, George 1 | 12-175-00165 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ruesch & Schupbach |
| Meaker, Goerge 1-A | 12-175-00168 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ruesch & Schupbach |
| Mt-1 | 12-175-00179 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Sams MT-5 | 12-175-00180 | Other status | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Nelmes MT-7 | 12-175-00181 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Mt-3 | 12-175-00183 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Mt-2 | 12-175-00184 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Dustin MT-15 | 12-175-00185 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Musselman MT-12 | 12-175-00186 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Nelson MT-9 | 12-175-00187 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Parrish MT-8 | 12-175-00188 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
| Hargadine MD-8 | 12-175-00191 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central IL Light Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 107 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 Stark County, IL?
Stark County, Illinois has 107 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 45 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Stark County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Stark County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Stark County are plugged?
45 of Stark County's 107 catalogued wells (42%) 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); Stark County ranks 80th with 107.
How many companies operate wells in Stark County?
12 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Stark 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 Stark County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/stark (data as of October 10, 2026).