Oil & gas wells in Warren County, IL
188 catalogued wells in Warren County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Warren County, Illinois has 188 catalogued oil & gas wells: 10 active (5%), 61 plugged & abandoned (32%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 66th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
188
Active
10
Plugged
61
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Warren County?
5% of Warren County's wells are active, 14 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 32% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Warren County; Illinois as a whole has 3,986. The remaining 117 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Warren County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 10 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Warren County well is 2,775 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 Warren County compare with other Illinois counties?
Warren County has the 66th-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 Warren County?
44 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Warren 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 Warren County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman, A. A. 2 | 12-187-00014 | Other status | Other type | St George E |
| Clayburg 1 | 12-187-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Breffni Oil & Gas |
| Gittings, Clarence K. | 12-187-00057 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jennings, Charles L. |
| Brent 1 | 12-187-00150 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Salmons, Glenn |
| Windish | 12-187-00219 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jones & Schmeiser |
| Armstrong, Bash | 12-187-00227 | Other status | Other type | Quayle William |
| Johnson, H. W. | 12-187-00292 | Other status | Other type | Peckinpaw & Evans |
| M-4 | 12-187-00315 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| M-6 | 12-187-00316 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| M-5 | 12-187-00317 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| M-2 | 12-187-00318 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| #m-8 M-8 | 12-187-00319 | Other status | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| M-1 | 12-187-00321 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| M-3 | 12-187-00322 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| S-1 | 12-187-00323 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| S-2 | 12-187-00324 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| S-3 | 12-187-00325 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| A-1 | 12-187-00326 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| A-2 | 12-187-00327 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| A-3 | 12-187-00336 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| A-6 | 12-187-00337 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| A-7 | 12-187-00338 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| A-4 | 12-187-00339 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| A-5 | 12-187-00340 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
| A-10 | 12-187-00341 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Illinois Power Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 188 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 Warren County, IL?
Warren County, Illinois has 188 catalogued oil & gas wells: 10 active, 61 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Warren County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Warren County, Illinois.
What share of wells in Warren County are plugged?
61 of Warren County's 188 catalogued wells (32%) 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); Warren County ranks 66th with 188.
How many companies operate wells in Warren County?
44 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Warren 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 Warren County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/warren (data as of October 10, 2026).