Oil & gas wells in Washington County, IL
2,916 catalogued wells in Washington County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Washington County, Illinois has 2,916 catalogued oil & gas wells: 674 active (23%), 1,995 plugged & abandoned (68%) and 9 documented orphans. It ranks 18th of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,916
Active
674
Plugged
1,995
Documented orphans
9
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Washington County?
23% of Washington County's wells are active, 4 percentage points above the Illinois share of 19%. 68% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 9 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 9 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 229 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Washington County?
By product class, 861 of the county's wells (30%) are oil wells, 10 (0.3%) gas wells and 236 (8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 1%. The deepest total depth published for a Washington County well is 9,222 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 Washington County compare with other Illinois counties?
Washington County has the 18th-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 37th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Washington County?
636 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Washington 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 Washington County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kampe Fred O 1 | 12-189-02409 | Orphaned | Oil | Ego Enterprises, Inc. |
| Kitowski, Rose 2 | 12-189-01117 | Other status | Injection | Obering, Earnest A. |
| Rahn Otto 10 | 12-189-01392 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Stanton A C 2 | 12-189-01421 | Other status | Oil | Gulf Refining Company |
| Stanton A C 4 | 12-189-01423 | Other status | Oil | E. H. & K. Oil Co. |
| Johnson 2 | 12-189-24357 | Other status | Other type | Shamrock Drilling Corp. |
| Hasemeier 8 | 12-189-24800 | Other status | Oil | Oelze Equipment Co., L.L.C. |
| Pedtke 2 | 12-189-00203 | Orphaned | Other type | Thor Petroleum, Inc. |
| Dennis 1 | 12-189-00232 | Orphaned | Oil | Cumberland Oil Prod. |
| Klaybor 1 | 12-189-00633 | Orphaned | Oil | Kapp, L. H. Jr. |
| Baehr, Henry Comm. 1 | 12-189-02464 | Orphaned | Other type | Ego Oil Company |
| Erbar 1 | 12-189-23739 | Orphaned | Other type | Sherman, Ernest |
| Pedike 1 | 12-189-24178 | Orphaned | Other type | Thor Petroleum, Inc. |
| McClay 1 | 12-189-24181 | Orphaned | Oil | Beaver Oil Company, Inc. |
| Washington 1 | 12-189-24775 | Orphaned | Other type | BPI Energy, Inc. |
| Buhl Chas 3 | 12-189-00062 | Other status | Oil | Gulf Refining Company |
| Buhl Chas 1 | 12-189-00065 | Other status | Oil | Gulf Refining Company |
| Tiemann, C. 5 | 12-189-00102 | Other status | Oil | Magnolia Petroleum Company |
| Lamczyk, Andrew 1-WS | 12-189-00304 | Other status | Other type | Lamczyk, Elmer |
| Stanton A C 1 | 12-189-00321 | Other status | Oil | Gulf Refining Company |
| Stanton, A.C. 7 | 12-189-00323 | Other status | Injection | Gulf Refining Company |
| Brink C H 8 | 12-189-00335 | Other status | Oil | Kingwood Oil Co. |
| Stanton, A.C. 8 | 12-189-00352 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Maschoff Martin 1 | 12-189-00398 | Other status | Oil | Reward & Ashland Oil |
| Thompson 8 | 12-189-00487 | Other status | Oil | Evans, C. T. & Evans Trust |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,916 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 Washington County, IL?
Washington County, Illinois has 2,916 catalogued oil & gas wells: 674 active, 1,995 plugged and 9 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Washington County?
9 wells in Washington County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 37th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Washington County are plugged?
1,995 of Washington County's 2,916 catalogued wells (68%) 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); Washington County ranks 18th with 2,916.
How many companies operate wells in Washington County?
636 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Washington 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 Washington County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/washington (data as of October 10, 2026).