Oil & gas wells in Woodford County, IL
167 catalogued wells in Woodford County, Illinois, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Woodford County, Illinois has 167 catalogued oil & gas wells: 15 active (9%), 13 plugged & abandoned (8%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 72nd of the 98 Illinois counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 174,478 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
167
Active
15
Plugged
13
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Woodford County?
9% of Woodford County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Illinois share of 19%. 8% are plugged & abandoned, against 61% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Illinois and 4% nationally. The remaining 136 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Woodford County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (0.6%) are oil wells, 16 (10%) 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 Woodford County well is 2,175 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 Woodford County compare with other Illinois counties?
Woodford County has the 72nd-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 49th in Illinois.
Who operates wells in Woodford County?
48 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Woodford County. 93% 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 Woodford County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocke, J.E. 1 | 12-203-00025 | Orphaned | Other type | Morton Oil & Gas |
| Rocke, J. E. | 12-203-00026 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Rocke, J.E. | 12-203-00027 | Active | Gas | Bolliger & Sons |
| Mackinaw Dells Damsite TH-3 | 12-203-00028 | Other status | Other type | U S Engineering Dept |
| Mackinaw Dells Damsite TH-2 | 12-203-00030 | Other status | Other type | U S Engineering Dept |
| Mackinaw Dells Damsite TH-1 | 12-203-00031 | Other status | Other type | U S Engineering Dept |
| Stahl, Emil | 12-203-00035 | Active | Gas | Rush R |
| C.C.C. Camp Eureka 1 | 12-203-00038 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Crossman, Harry | 12-203-00043 | Other status | Other type | Ebert M & Co |
| Reed, Al | 12-203-00044 | Other status | Other type | Ebert M & Co |
| White, R. | 12-203-00045 | Other status | Other type | Ebert M & Co |
| Goetzinger, Sam | 12-203-00047 | Active | Gas | Schuler C L |
| Hangartner & Bittener | 12-203-00051 | Active | Gas | Bratt |
| Knapp, M. | 12-203-00052 | Orphaned | Gas | Schuler C L |
| Leach, Ray | 12-203-00054 | Active | Gas | Schuler C L |
| Secor City | 12-203-00055 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Mensson, Karl | 12-203-00056 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Moreland 1 | 12-203-00060 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morton Oil & Gas |
| El Paso, City Of | 12-203-00062 | Other status | Other type | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Runbles, Chas M. | 12-203-00064 | Active | Gas | Ebert C & Sons |
| City Well East 1 | 12-203-00068 | Other status | Other type | Johnson, E. H. & Sons |
| Major, Joe | 12-203-00071 | Other status | Other type | Burton |
| Garber, Henry 1 | 12-203-00072 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bratt, W. R. |
| (Private Well) | 12-203-00080 | Other status | Other type | Ebert M & Co |
| Cary, Mrs. A. A. | 12-203-00082 | Active | Gas | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 167 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 Woodford County, IL?
Woodford County, Illinois has 167 catalogued oil & gas wells: 15 active, 13 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Woodford County?
2 wells in Woodford County, Illinois are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 49th-highest count among Illinois counties.
What share of wells in Woodford County are plugged?
13 of Woodford County's 167 catalogued wells (8%) 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); Woodford County ranks 72nd with 167.
How many companies operate wells in Woodford County?
48 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Woodford 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 Woodford County, Illinois”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/illinois/woodford (data as of October 10, 2026).