Hancock County, IL oil and gas wells
233 wells: 0 active, 163 plugged, run by 119 operators.
Figures from the Illinois State Geological Survey, updated 2026-10-17.
Top operators in Hancock
Wells
Not plugged · All wells · Plugged · Orphaned
| Well | API / ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleshire 9 | 12-067-00185 | Plugged | Dry hole | Faulkner, C. M. |
| Aleshire #1 1 | 12-067-00195 | Plugged | Dry hole | Snowden Bros. & Co |
| Aleshire Farm 1 | 12-067-20972 | Plugged | Dry hole | Two Rivers Petroleum Co., Inc. |
| Aleshire Heirs 3 | 12-067-00034 | Plugged | Dry hole | Aleshire & Groves |
| Aleshire, Chas. 3 | 12-067-21241 | Plugged | Dry hole | Snowden Bros. & Co. |
| Aleshire, Edgar 1 | 12-067-00181 | Plugged | Dry hole | Hopkins, Dale |
| Aleshire, William 1 | 12-067-00194 | Plugged | Dry hole | M. & N. Oil Company |
| Alexander 1 | 12-067-00052 | Plugged | Dry hole | Hickey, H. J. |
| Alexander, M. 1 | 12-067-00054 | Plugged | Dry hole | Perardi, Clifford |
| Allen 1 | 12-067-00036 | Plugged | Dry hole | Shaw & Huff |
| Allen 1 | 12-067-20963 | Plugged | Dry hole | V & R Oil & Gas Co. |
| Anderson 1 | 12-067-00053 | Plugged | Dry hole | Spickler, M. M. |
| Augusta 1 | 12-067-21300 | Plugged | Dry hole | Scope Operating Company |
| Banks 1 | 12-067-00071 | Plugged | Dry hole | Swanson & Hanson |
| Barr 1 | 12-067-20611 | Plugged | Dry hole | Stephenson, Ted |
| Bartlow 1 | 12-067-00051 | Plugged | Dry hole | Carroll Frank M |
| Bartlow 1 | 12-067-00082 | Plugged | Dry hole | J E C Company |
| Bell 1 | 12-067-20961 | Plugged | Dry hole | Armantrout, Charles |
| Bell, Jon 1 | 12-067-00465 | Plugged | Dry hole | Groves, Forest E. |
| Bloyd 1 | 12-067-20952 | Plugged | Dry hole | Bumber, Tom |
| Bloyd 1-A | 12-067-20957 | Plugged | Dry hole | Van Dyke Oil, Inc. |
| Boeddeker, Delmer 1 | 12-067-00337 | Plugged | Dry hole | Lambert Dale E |
| Boeddeker, Leo 1 | 12-067-00024 | Plugged | Dry hole | Geneseo Develop Co |
| Bott, Minor #1 0001 | 12-067-00171 | Plugged | Dry hole | Bott Minor |
| Brooker, Van 1 | 12-067-00075 | Plugged | Dry hole | Hudson & Mansfield |
| Brooks 1 | 12-067-20960 | Plugged | Unknown | Circle D Drlg. Co. |
| Butler, M. G. 1 | 12-067-20935 | Plugged | Dry hole | Associated Major Explor. |
| Carroll, T. M. 34-1 | 12-067-21210 | Plugged | Dry hole | Nyvatex Oil Corp., The |
| Castlebury, Glenn #1 1 | 12-067-00199 | Plugged | Dry hole | Brown, Etal |
| Cravens, H. 1 | 12-067-00399 | Plugged | Dry hole | Johnson, J. P. |
| Curry 1 | 12-067-20838 | Plugged | Dry hole | Brown, James D. |
| Deitrich 2 | 12-067-20959 | Plugged | Unknown | Stutzman Energies |
| Deyong 1 | 12-067-20836 | Plugged | Dry hole | Jacobs, Gary |
| Duffy, Cliffton 1-A | 12-067-00520 | Plugged | Water supply | Western Enterprises |
| Duncan, Esther 1 | 12-067-21142 | Plugged | Dry hole | Jay-Dee Oilfield Service & Supply |
| Dunham 1 | 12-067-21152 | Plugged | Dry hole | Dodge, J. U. |
| Dunham, Robert E. 2 | 12-067-21036 | Plugged | Dry hole | Ozee, Jim |
| Evans 1 | 12-067-00042 | Plugged | Dry hole | Cleary Petroleum Inc |
| Evans 1 | 12-067-00196 | Plugged | Dry hole | White Edgar |
| Fairchild 1 | 12-067-20984 | Plugged | Dry hole | Gedco Oil & Gas |
| Foley 1 | 12-067-00029 | Plugged | Other | Cities Service Oil Company |
| Garnett, R.K. #1 1 | 12-067-00174 | Plugged | Dry hole | Groves, Forest E. |
| Giller 1 | 12-067-00293 | Plugged | Dry hole | Walker Jas P |
| Gochenour 1 | 12-067-00295 | Plugged | Dry hole | Laharpe Oil&Gas Co |
| Gordon 001 | 12-067-00072 | Plugged | Dry hole | Emery, Ralph V. |
| Grauf 1 | 12-067-00058 | Plugged | Dry hole | Heagy Jack |
| Gray, Britton 1 | 12-067-00262 | Plugged | Dry hole | Bushnell, Jesse B. |
| Griffith 1 | 12-067-00073 | Plugged | Dry hole | Faulkner, C. M. |
| Griffith, Walter 1 | 12-067-00338 | Plugged | Dry hole | Lambert Dale E |
| Gronewald 1 | 12-067-20981 | Plugged | Dry hole | Charlestown Corp. |
| Grose 1 | 12-067-00127 | Plugged | Dry hole | Groves, Forest E. |
| Grose 1 | 12-067-20938 | Plugged | Oil | Missouri Energy Dev. |
| Hall, J. D 1 | 12-067-00241 | Plugged | Dry hole | Callihan, Etal |
| Harrison 1 | 12-067-20936 | Plugged | Dry hole | Brown, Rodney |
| Hartman 1 | 12-067-00231 | Plugged | Dry hole | Walker Jas P |
| Hayden 1 | 12-067-20979 | Plugged | Dry hole | Douglas Energy Co. |
| Hayden 5-W | 12-067-20979-0100 | Plugged | Water supply | Whited Corporation |
| Hayden 1-W | 12-067-21046 | Plugged | Oil | Whited Corporation |
| Hayden 2-W | 12-067-21047-0100 | Plugged | Injection | Whited Corporation |
| Hayden 3-W | 12-067-21050 | Plugged | Oil | Whited Corporation |
| Hayden 4-W | 12-067-21051 | Plugged | Oil | Whited Corporation |
| Hayden #2-W 2-W | 12-067-21047 | Plugged | Dry hole | Whited Corporation |
| Hayden, Gale B. 1 | 12-067-00198 | Plugged | Dry hole | Stribling, W. C. |
| Herberer 1 | 12-067-00059 | Plugged | Dry hole | Cahill & Smith |
| Hoelscher, Fred 1 | 12-067-00020 | Plugged | Dry hole | Geneseo Develop Co |
| Holmes, Lloyd 1 | 12-067-00407 | Plugged | Dry hole | Spence, George W. |
| Holmes, Lloyd 1 | 12-067-21272 | Plugged | Dry hole | Grizzly Prod. & Drilling |
| Howe 1 | 12-067-00023 | Plugged | Dry hole | Stribling, W. C. |
| Huddleston 1 | 12-067-20978 | Plugged | Dry hole | Douglas Energy Co. |
| Jacobs 1 | 12-067-20955 | Plugged | Dry hole | Jacobs, Gary |
| Jacquot, Paul 1 | 12-067-00028 | Plugged | Dry hole | Shaw & Huff |
| Janssen 1 | 12-067-00131 | Plugged | Dry hole | Smith & Coyle |
| Jefferson, Irvin J. 1 | 12-067-20837 | Plugged | Dry hole | Brown, James D. |
| Jennings, Earl and Lora #1 1 | 12-067-20681 | Plugged | Dry hole | Carlson, John E. |
| Johnson 1-A | 12-067-00130 | Plugged | Dry hole | Smith & Coyle |
| Jones 2-1 | 12-067-21148 | Plugged | Oil | Great Northern Oil Co., Ltd. |
| Jones 2-2 | 12-067-21153-0100 | Plugged | Oil | Grizzly Prod. & Drilling |
| Kircher-Dodge-Phillips 1 | 12-067-00238 | Plugged | Dry hole | Walker & Newland, Etal |
| Kraft 1 | 12-067-00099 | Plugged | Dry hole | Mensendick & Long |
| Laffey, M.D. 1 | 12-067-00157 | Plugged | Dry hole | Herndon Drilling Company |
| Lansdown 1 | 12-067-00077 | Plugged | Dry hole | Hudson & Mansfield |
| Larson, O. 1 | 12-067-00402-0100 | Plugged | Dry hole | Van Dyke Oil, Inc. |
| Larson, O. R. 1 | 12-067-00402 | Plugged | Dry hole | Kingston, Otis & Robert |
| Lawton 1 | 12-067-20975 | Plugged | Dry hole | Charlestown Corp. |
| Leach, R. 1 | 12-067-20956 | Plugged | Dry hole | Van Dyke Oil Co., Inc. |
| Lucy, Harold #1 1 | 12-067-00490 | Plugged | Dry hole | Carlson, John E. |
| Mackey, John | 12-067-00180 | Plugged | Dry hole | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Mauck, J. 1 | 12-067-00182 | Plugged | Dry hole | Carthage Oil & Gas |
| McClure, Leroy 1 | 12-067-20939 | Plugged | Dry hole | Pleasure Oil Co., Inc. |
| McClure, Neal 1 | 12-067-20951 | Plugged | Dry hole | Pleasure Oil Co., Inc. |
| McCormick #1 1 | 12-067-00533 | Plugged | Dry hole | Wireback & Co Drlrs |
| McCune #2 0002 | 12-067-00156 | Plugged | Dry hole | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. |
| McPherson 1 | 12-067-20937 | Plugged | Dry hole | Longhorn Resources |
| Metzger 1 | 12-067-00408 | Plugged | Dry hole | Groves, Forest E. |
| Michaelis, Mary 1 | 12-067-00004 | Plugged | Dry hole | Lambert Dale E |
| Miller 2 | 12-067-00044 | Plugged | Dry hole | Stewart Chester |
| Miller, B. 1 | 12-067-00165 | Plugged | Dry hole | Walmar Oil Co |
| Miller, C. 1 | 12-067-00043 | Plugged | Dry hole | Stewart Chester |
| Mitze 1 | 12-067-00235 | Plugged | Dry hole | Walmar Oil Co |
| Moore 1 | 12-067-00258 | Plugged | Dry hole | Carthage Oil & Gas |