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Best well drillers in Carroll County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 79 drilling companies with wells
on record in Carroll County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,657 logged
wells in the Illinois State Geological Survey water well records (records as of 2026-10-12). Every number links back to
the public record.
79companies on record
12active since 2022
1,657wells in county record
| # | Company | In Carroll Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Thompson, John J. | 11 | 268 | 703 |
| 2 | Lyons, Larry | 9 | 162 | 1,197 |
| 3 | White, Matt | 8 | 18 | 334 |
| 4 | Thompson, John | 8 | 10 | 88 |
| 5 | Bull Well Drilling Inc. | 5 | 5 | 78 |
| 6 | Stoll, Austen | 4 | 4 | 156 |
| 7 | Roop, Randy/Jonas Martin Drlg. | 3 | 8 | 393 |
| 8 | Tracy A Mcconnel | 3 | 3 | 170 |
| 9 | Deppe, Edward M. | 1 | 10 | 188 |
| 10 | Henry, John | 1 | 10 | 876 |
| 11 | Municipal Well & Pump, Inc. | 1 | 3 | 56 |
| 12 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | 1 | 2 | 1,157 |
| 13 | Gingerich, Corwin | 1 | 1 | 331 |
| 14 | Lyons, Glenn L | — | 159 | 1,360 |
| 15 | Bull, Jack D. | — | 131 | 949 |
| 16 | Dresden, Edward L. | — | 118 | 930 |
| 17 | Coad, Floyd M. | — | 99 | 515 |
| 18 | Lyons Glen | — | 73 | 80 |
| 19 | Schuur, Bill | — | 63 | 836 |
| 20 | Martin, Jonas Willard | — | 53 | 2,422 |
| 21 | Lyons Geo | — | 43 | 48 |
| 22 | Heins, Don | — | 36 | 300 |
| 23 | Thompson, Nicholas R. | — | 31 | 139 |
| 24 | John J. Thompson | — | 26 | 27 |
| 25 | Niffeneger, Edward L. | — | 24 | 31 |
| 26 | Dirks, Michael | — | 22 | 1,165 |
| 27 | Forder, James | — | 22 | 610 |
| 28 | Galien, Vander Sam | — | 20 | 61 |
| 29 | Randy Roop/Jonas Martin Drlg. | — | 19 | 367 |
| 30 | Jack Bull Well & Septic | — | 17 | 274 |
| 31 | Miles, Edwin | — | 14 | 83 |
| 32 | Eckel John | — | 14 | 81 |
| 33 | Latta, Kirk Stephen | — | 13 | 1,463 |
| 34 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 13 | 545 |
| 35 | Rosenquist, Gerald Wilbur | — | 10 | 891 |
| 36 | Olson, Robert C | — | 8 | 1,010 |
| 37 | Haskins, D. | — | 8 | 96 |
| 38 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 7 | 1,635 |
| 39 | Albrecht, S. D. | — | 6 | 425 |
| 40 | Hayes & Sims | — | 6 | 124 |
| 41 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 5 | 313 |
| 42 | Dresden, Edward | — | 5 | 105 |
| 43 | Edward M. Deppe | — | 5 | 101 |
| 44 | Allabaugh Well Co. | — | 5 | 78 |
| 45 | Hinkle J | — | 5 | 34 |
| 46 | Varner Well Drilling | — | 5 | 32 |
| 47 | Greenfield, Edward K. | — | 4 | 867 |
| 48 | Niffenegger, ED | — | 4 | 197 |
| 49 | Latta, Mark Duane | — | 4 | 130 |
| 50 | Klassen, Genevieve M. | — | 4 | 97 |
| 51 | Varner C W | — | 4 | 44 |
| 52 | Coad Well & Pump Co. | — | 4 | 37 |
| 53 | Jet Hall/Lutes H2o Well Drlg. | — | 3 | 1,008 |
| 54 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 3 | 703 |
| 55 | Olson Well & Pump Co. | — | 3 | 214 |
| 56 | Faherty, Jeff | — | 2 | 27 |
| 57 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 2 | 1,880 |
| 58 | Acker, Roger | — | 2 | 413 |
| 59 | Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. | — | 2 | 317 |
| 60 | Olson, Alan R. | — | 2 | 241 |
| 61 | Joe Arwood | — | 2 | 236 |
| 62 | Faherty, Francis | — | 2 | 189 |
| 63 | Niffenegger, Edward L. | — | 2 | 168 |
| 64 | Joseph Allen | — | 2 | 110 |
| 65 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 2 | 79 |
| 66 | Martin, Jonas | — | 2 | 27 |
| 67 | Beaman, Jessie J. | — | 1 | 2,289 |
| 68 | Nice, Mark E. | — | 1 | 1,607 |
| 69 | Harold Dean Albrecht | — | 1 | 443 |
| 70 | Liberg, John E. | — | 1 | 346 |
| 71 | Miller, J. P. Art. Well | — | 1 | 299 |
| 72 | Klint Gingerich | — | 1 | 161 |
| 73 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 1 | 114 |
| 74 | Carson, James R. | — | 1 | 101 |
| 75 | Dirks, Michael J. | — | 1 | 87 |
| 76 | Allabaugh, John H. | — | 1 | 79 |
| 77 | Rosenquist, Gerald | — | 1 | 68 |
| 78 | Charles M. Kerry | — | 1 | 41 |
| 79 | Neely Cliff L | — | 1 | 28 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Carroll County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full ISGS
record. A ★ marks a featured sponsor — sponsors must appear in the county record to be listed, and
the ranking below them is never reordered.
Who drills the most wells in Carroll County?
Thompson, John J. has drilled the most Carroll County wells in the recent record — 11 since 2016, 268 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Carroll County?
79 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Carroll County; 12 of them have drilled somewhere in Illinois since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Carroll County?
The median drilled depth in Carroll County is 240 ft, based on 1,902 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Carroll County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Carroll County wells page.
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