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Madison County, IL oil and gas wells
1,937 wells: 0 active, 1,241 plugged, run by 492 operators.
Figures from the Illinois State Geological Survey, updated 2026-10-17.
Top operators in Madison
| Operator | Active | Wells here |
| Obering, Earnest A. | 0 | 93 |
| IL State Geological Survey | 0 | 91 |
| Kesl, Joe Jr. etal | 0 | 76 |
| Schenk, S. B. | 0 | 62 |
| Kiec, Inc. | 0 | 47 |
| Cassens George | 0 | 44 |
| Howell, Dr. Ray E. | 0 | 43 |
| Neary & Cahill | 0 | 39 |
| owner | 0 | 38 |
| Zicos, George | 0 | 33 |
| Sohio Petroleum Company | 0 | 31 |
| Foucek, Joseph | 0 | 30 |
| Luttrell, Homer | 0 | 28 |
| Rock Hill & Pure Oil | 0 | 25 |
| Mitchell, John T. | 0 | 22 |
| Williams, M. J. | 0 | 22 |
| Suhre, Ferinand | 0 | 21 |
| Krohn, William H. | 0 | 20 |
| Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas | 0 | 19 |
| Reef Development, Inc. | 0 | 18 |
| Illinois State Geological Survey | 0 | 16 |
| MB Oil Production, Inc. | 0 | 16 |
| Ego Oil Company | 0 | 15 |
| Mazzarino, M. | 0 | 15 |
| Wilson, Carline | 0 | 15 |
Wells
Not plugged · All wells · Plugged · Orphaned
| Well | API / ID | Status | Type | Operator |
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| Brase 5 |
12-119-24217 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Foucek, Joseph |
| Brase 6 |
12-119-24225 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Foucek, Joseph |
| Brase (Twin) 8 |
12-119-24435 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Foucek, Joseph |
| Brase, Herbert etal 1 |
12-119-00779 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Stocker, F. R. |
| Brase, Herman 7 |
12-119-00566 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Kesl, Joe Jr. etal |
| Brase, Herman 6 |
12-119-00706 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Kesl, Joe Jr. etal |
| Brase, Herman 2 |
12-119-01766 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Kesl, Joe Jr. etal |
| Brase, Herman 1 |
12-119-01770 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Mazzarino, M. |
| Brase, Herman 2 |
12-119-01771 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Mazzarino, M. |
| Brase, Herman 3 |
12-119-01772 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Mazzarino, M. |
| Brase, Herman 4 |
12-119-01773 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Mazzarino, M. |
| Brase, Herman H. 1 |
12-119-01765 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Kesl, Joe Jr. etal |
| Brase, Herman H. 3 |
12-119-01767 | Plugged |
Oil | Kesl, Joe Jr. etal |
| Brase, Herman H. 4 |
12-119-01768 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Kesl, Joe Jr. etal |
| Brase, Herman H. 5 |
12-119-01769 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Kesl, Joe Jr. etal |
| Brewe 1 |
12-119-01374 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Kapp, Louis H., Jr. |
| Brookmeyer |
12-119-00350 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Lambert, Etal |
| Brooks 1 |
12-119-01409 | Plugged |
Disposal | Aetna Oil Co. |
| Brooks Heirs 3 |
12-119-01334 | Plugged |
Oil | Rock Hill & Pure Oil |
| Brooks, Don 3 |
12-119-01413-0100 | Plugged |
Injection | Karchmer Pipe & Supply |
| Brooks, Don A. 1-A |
12-119-01410 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Ginsburg J W |
| Brooks, Donley 1-B |
12-119-01411 | Plugged |
Oil | Luttrell, Homer |
| Brooks, Donley A. 2-W |
12-119-01415 | Plugged |
Disposal | Ashland Oil & Refining Company |
| Brose 5 |
12-119-01774 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Mazzarino, M. |
| Brown,Eva May 1 |
12-119-00715 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Spade Drilling Co |
| Buehler, George 1 |
12-119-01142 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Luttrell & DePoister |
| Buehler, George "A" 1 |
12-119-02135 | Plugged |
Oil | Potsch, John P. Sr. |
| Buesser, Jacob 1 |
12-119-00956 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Livermore, H. E. |
| Buske, Vernon & Delores 1 |
12-119-24388 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Louisiana Land & Expl |
| Bussong, Eugene T. 1 |
12-119-00664 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Obering, Earnest A. |
| CF 1-10 |
12-119-02322 | Plugged |
Other | Calvert Funds, Inc. |
| Caldwell 2 |
12-119-02066 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Wilson Carl & Arnold |
| Caldwell 3 |
12-119-02067 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Kleeman, John |
| Caldwell et al 1 |
12-119-01057 | Plugged |
Dry hole | M & M Oil Company |
| Carl Engelke Comm. 1 |
12-119-00929 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Cassens George |
| Carroll, L. C. 1 |
12-119-00690 | Plugged |
Dry hole | The Texas Company |
| Cassens 1 |
12-119-00802 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Cassens George |
| Cassens 2 |
12-119-01041 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Cassens George |
| Cassens 2-A |
12-119-01070 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Cassens George |
| Cassens, George 1 |
12-119-00736 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Fox W G & F G |
| Cassens, George 1 |
12-119-00932 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Cassens George |
| Cassens, Louise 1 |
12-119-01573 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Cassens George |
| Castor, C. H. 1 |
12-119-00939 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Kingwood Oil Co. |
| Charles and Otto Henke 19-w |
12-119-01019-0100 | Plugged |
Injection | Howell, Dr. Ray E. |
| Cherokee 1 |
12-119-01056 | Plugged |
Other | Fenix & Scisson, Inc. |
| Cherokee 3 |
12-119-01060 | Plugged |
Other | Fenix & Scisson, Inc. |
| Cockrum-Hill Community 1 |
12-119-01000 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Winn, C. R. |
| Collman 1 |
12-119-00591 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Allen, Nelson |
| Conrad, Edward 1 |
12-119-01566 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Mazzarino, M. |
| Conrad, John F. 1 |
12-119-01565 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Conrad, Melvin 1 |
12-119-00689 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Eisenstein, Etal |
| Conrad, William 1 |
12-119-01484 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Luttrell, Homer |
| Conrad, William 2 |
12-119-01514 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Luttrell Homer T R |
| Crawford 1 |
12-119-26060 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Wilson, Carl |
| Creane, Francis 1 |
12-119-00604 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Wilson, Arnold |
| Creane, Francis 2 |
12-119-02452 | Plugged |
Other | Sohio Petroleum Company |
| Cruthis, Charles 1 |
12-119-01506 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Insalaco Frank |
| Culp, F. 1 |
12-119-02121-0100 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Dickerson O W |
| Cusic, Henry 1 |
12-119-00627 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Frisk Frank O |
| Daeber, J. G. 1 |
12-119-00427 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Baldwin, Eli S. |
| Daiber 1 |
12-119-00683 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Doran, Thomas S. |
| Daiber 1 |
12-119-00683-0100 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Collins, Walter H. |
| Daiber, Andrew 1 |
12-119-00808 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Howard, Ellis M. |
| Dauderman 1 |
12-119-00688 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Campbell & Delee |
| Dauderman 1 |
12-119-00717 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Everhart, J. William |
| Dauderman 1 |
12-119-01073 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Faulkner, C. M. |
| Dauderman 1 |
12-119-02100 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Clark A M |
| Dauderman 2 |
12-119-02101 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Clark A M |
| Dauderman, Robert 1 |
12-119-00375 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Wilson Jesse R |
| Deisselhorst 1 |
12-119-01542 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Smith Sherman |
| Dewerff 1 |
12-119-02117 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Birkheimer, L. T. |
| Diesselhorst 2 |
12-119-00552 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Smith Sherman |
| Dietz, F. H. 1-D SWD |
12-119-01463 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Obering, Earnest A. |
| Dorsey, H. E. 1 |
12-119-02115 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Birkheimer, L. T. |
| Dorsey,H. E. 1(Scouts-A |
12-119-02116 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Borden, O. O. |
| DuBree, Wilber T. 1 |
12-119-01696 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Shull, O. R. |
| Dubbelde 1 |
12-119-00911 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Cassens George |
| Dustman, Emilia 1 |
12-119-00954 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Loper Garrett T |
| Early 1 |
12-119-00713 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Jones R E |
| Eilers 1 |
12-119-01576 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Faulkner, C. M. |
| Eilert, Herman 1 |
12-119-01703 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Mazzarino, M. |
| Eilert, Herman 2 |
12-119-01704 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Mazzarino, M. |
| Ellis, E.W. 1 |
12-119-00844 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Calvert Drilling, Inc. |
| Ellis, Earl H. 1 |
12-119-00666 | Plugged |
Oil | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
| Ellis, Earl H. 1-D |
12-119-01277 | Plugged |
Disposal | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
| Ellis, Earl H. 2 |
12-119-01278 | Plugged |
Oil | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
| Ellis, Earl H. 4 |
12-119-01280 | Plugged |
Oil | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
| Ellis, Edmond W. 7 |
12-119-01199-0100 | Plugged |
Injection | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
| Ellis, Edmond W. 6 |
12-119-01227-0200 | Plugged |
Oil | Glover Oilfield Service |
| Ellis, Edmond W. 5 |
12-119-01285 | Plugged |
Oil | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
| Ellis, Edmund W. 9 |
12-119-01223 | Plugged |
Injection | Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. |
| Ellis, Edmund W. 1 |
12-119-01281 | Plugged |
Oil | Sinclair Wyoming Oil & Gas |
| Ellis, Edmund W. 1 |
12-119-01281-0100 | Plugged |
Water supply | Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. |
| Ellis, Leslie 1 |
12-119-00784 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Kuzmich, R. W. |
| Engelke 2 |
12-119-01051 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Brady, Jack J. |
| Engelke 1 |
12-119-01078 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Brady, Jack J. |
| Engelke 1 |
12-119-01572 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Jahn, E. Homer |
| Engelke 1 |
12-119-01789 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Neihls & Wills |
| Engelke 2 |
12-119-02003 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Wilson, Carline |
| Engelke 1 |
12-119-02114 | Plugged |
Dry hole | Cassens George |