CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Subsequent Events (Details)

Subsequent Events (Details)					12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details)	Jan. 28, 2016 mi	Jan. 26, 2016 $ / shares	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 28, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2013 $ / shares	Feb. 29, 2016	Feb. 18, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 27, 2015	Jan. 23, 2015 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)					$ 2.75	$ 2.57	$ 1.875
Shelf Registration Statement Aggregate Offering Price \| $					$ 106,600,000						$ 300,000,000.0
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Shelf Registration Statement Aggregate Offering Price \| $									$ 600,000,000
Common Stock [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.750
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member] \| Depositary Shares [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Depositary stock, dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.460937500
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member] \| Preferred Stock [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Coupon rate					7.375%					7.375%
Department of Defense [Member] \| Omega [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Natural gas distribution agreement			10 years	6 months
Department of Defense [Member] \| Omega [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Natural gas distribution agreement	10 years
Length of pipeline, in miles \| mi	70
BB Intermediate [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Equity interest percentage								100.00%