← All Illinois drillers
Best well drillers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 61 drilling companies with wells
on record in Jo Daviess County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,376 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.
61companies on record
10active since 2022
2,376wells in county record
| # | Company | In Jo Daviess Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Thompson, John J. | 73 | 295 | 703 |
| 2 | Thompson, John | 45 | 66 | 88 |
| 3 | Lyons, Larry | 23 | 484 | 1,197 |
| 4 | Faherty, Jeff | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| 5 | Stoll, Austen | 2 | 2 | 156 |
| 6 | Schuur, Bill | 1 | 15 | 836 |
| 7 | Liberg, John E. | 1 | 3 | 346 |
| 8 | Bull Well Drilling Inc. | 1 | 1 | 78 |
| 9 | Lyons, Glenn L | — | 353 | 1,360 |
| 10 | Coad, Floyd M. | — | 299 | 515 |
| 11 | Faherty, Francis | — | 187 | 189 |
| 12 | Webber, Robert Lee | — | 94 | 101 |
| 13 | Bautsch, Thomas E. | — | 91 | 91 |
| 14 | Thompson, Nicholas R. | — | 74 | 139 |
| 15 | Miles, Edwin | — | 68 | 83 |
| 16 | Martin, Jonas Willard | — | 58 | 2,422 |
| 17 | Lyons G A | — | 33 | 35 |
| 18 | Miles, Randolph S. | — | 32 | 32 |
| 19 | Randy Roop/Jonas Martin Drlg. | — | 29 | 367 |
| 20 | Galien, Vander Sam | — | 22 | 61 |
| 21 | Coad Well & Pump Co. | — | 22 | 37 |
| 22 | Bull, Jack D. | — | 21 | 949 |
| 23 | Olson, Robert C | — | 11 | 1,010 |
| 24 | Dresden, Edward L. | — | 7 | 930 |
| 25 | Klint Gingerich | — | 7 | 161 |
| 26 | Dirks, Michael | — | 5 | 1,165 |
| 27 | Jack Bull Well & Septic | — | 5 | 274 |
| 28 | Varner C W | — | 5 | 44 |
| 29 | Deppe, Edward M. | — | 4 | 188 |
| 30 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 4 | 1,880 |
| 31 | Olson, Alan R. | — | 4 | 241 |
| 32 | Roop, Randy/Jonas Martin Drlg. | — | 3 | 393 |
| 33 | Smith, Allen E. | — | 3 | 310 |
| 34 | Liberg, Patrick A. | — | 3 | 780 |
| 35 | Sisson, Edward | — | 3 | 502 |
| 36 | Edward M. Deppe | — | 3 | 101 |
| 37 | Lyons Glen | — | 3 | 80 |
| 38 | Coad Stanley M | — | 3 | 43 |
| 39 | Wehling Well Works, Inc. | — | 2 | 797 |
| 40 | Niffenegger, Edward L. | — | 2 | 168 |
| 41 | Winslow, Edwin F. | — | 2 | 163 |
| 42 | Martin, Charles Leroy | — | 2 | 134 |
| 43 | John E. Liberg | — | 2 | 34 |
| 44 | List, Todd | — | 2 | 29 |
| 45 | Knierim, Ken/K & K Well Drlg. | — | 1 | 891 |
| 46 | Matt Liberg | — | 1 | 182 |
| 47 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 1 | 1,635 |
| 48 | Nice, Marvin R. | — | 1 | 1,124 |
| 49 | Rosenquist, Gerald Wilbur | — | 1 | 891 |
| 50 | Henry, John | — | 1 | 876 |
| 51 | Wehling, Wendell E. | — | 1 | 590 |
| 52 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 1 | 545 |
| 53 | Kerry, Charles M. | — | 1 | 538 |
| 54 | Liberg, Steven Scott | — | 1 | 378 |
| 55 | Olson Well & Pump Co. | — | 1 | 214 |
| 56 | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. | — | 1 | 123 |
| 57 | Joseph Allen | — | 1 | 110 |
| 58 | Gingerich, Emery Duane | — | 1 | 94 |
| 59 | Allen E. Smith | — | 1 | 75 |
| 60 | Knierin Paul | — | 1 | 63 |
| 61 | John J. Thompson | — | 1 | 27 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess County?
Thompson, John J. has drilled the most Jo Daviess County wells in the recent record — 73 since 2016, 295 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Jo Daviess County?
61 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Jo Daviess County; 10 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 Jo Daviess County?
The median drilled depth in Jo Daviess County is 220 ft, based on 2,994 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Jo Daviess County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Jo Daviess County wells page.
Drill in Jo Daviess County?
If your company is on this list, your profile is free to claim — confirm your details and add your
contact information so Jo Daviess County property owners reach you directly.
Claim your profile Free to claim · built from ISGS public well-log records.