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Best well drillers in Kankakee County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 82 drilling companies with wells
on record in Kankakee County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 6,584 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.
82companies on record
10active since 2022
6,584wells in county record
| # | Company | In Kankakee Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Stinnett, David | 32 | 99 | 1,830 |
| 2 | Will County Well & Pump | 24 | 115 | 832 |
| 3 | Area Well & Pump | 18 | 105 | 792 |
| 4 | Liberg, Steve Jr. | 13 | 47 | 706 |
| 5 | Reiners, Lynn | 11 | 18 | 680 |
| 6 | Watters, James | 4 | 26 | 46 |
| 7 | Strange, Robert E. | 3 | 17 | 568 |
| 8 | Sharpe, Franklin N. | 2 | 191 | 2,247 |
| 9 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 2 | 20 | 1,489 |
| 10 | Griffy, Cecil | 1 | 1,418 | 1,469 |
| 11 | Wehling, Richard W. | 1 | 59 | 132 |
| 12 | Dirks, Michael | 1 | 3 | 1,165 |
| 13 | Layten, Mark J. | 1 | 1 | 320 |
| 14 | Prairie, Arthur | — | 659 | 720 |
| 15 | Mills, Wayne | — | 457 | 469 |
| 16 | Prairie, Art | — | 384 | 393 |
| 17 | Matherly, Hubert | — | 338 | 1,534 |
| 18 | Lecocq, E. J. | — | 272 | 275 |
| 19 | Wehling, Wendell E. | — | 199 | 590 |
| 20 | Wehling Well Works, Inc. | — | 190 | 797 |
| 21 | Berns, George J. | — | 174 | 189 |
| 22 | Fordonski, Keith | — | 164 | 1,694 |
| 23 | Fykes, Charles N. | — | 156 | 6,006 |
| 24 | Knierim, Phil | — | 146 | 5,399 |
| 25 | Mills,Wayn/Prairie Well Drlg. | — | 144 | 145 |
| 26 | Seibring Well Drilling | — | 141 | 244 |
| 27 | Jensen, Kenneth Lee | — | 118 | 216 |
| 28 | Knierim, Paul L. | — | 92 | 850 |
| 29 | Wehling, Richard H. | — | 92 | 319 |
| 30 | Holleman, H. | — | 65 | 131 |
| 31 | Walters, Larry | — | 59 | 1,525 |
| 32 | Rob, Ronald Gene | — | 53 | 2,082 |
| 33 | Doyle, Gerald | — | 49 | 246 |
| 34 | Holleman, Herbert | — | 47 | 321 |
| 35 | Brenneisen ,Ross S. | — | 47 | 48 |
| 36 | Wehling, E. C. | — | 44 | 271 |
| 37 | Hall, Edward - Web Well & Pump | — | 44 | 96 |
| 38 | Bisping, Calvin | — | 42 | 465 |
| 39 | Tri County Well & Pump | — | 33 | 298 |
| 40 | Wehling, Robert | — | 28 | 78 |
| 41 | Roe, Ronald | — | 25 | 33 |
| 42 | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. OF America | — | 22 | 25 |
| 43 | Wellendorf, Rodney | — | 20 | 2,319 |
| 44 | Holleman, Herbert Jr. | — | 17 | 182 |
| 45 | K & K Well Drilling | — | 14 | 3,047 |
| 46 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 12 | 1,867 |
| 47 | Wills, Elmer | — | 12 | 174 |
| 48 | Wills, William D. | — | 11 | 348 |
| 49 | Matherly, Lonnie | — | 11 | 38 |
| 50 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 10 | 1,635 |
| 51 | Wehling, R. H. | — | 10 | 78 |
| 52 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 7 | 114 |
| 53 | Rob, Peter | — | 6 | 1,154 |
| 54 | Thorne, W. L. Co. | — | 6 | 49 |
| 55 | Leasure, Arthur C. | — | 4 | 26 |
| 56 | Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. | — | 3 | 317 |
| 57 | Well Co. Well & Pump | — | 3 | 26 |
| 58 | White, Chris Alan | — | 2 | 443 |
| 59 | Layne Christensen Co. | — | 2 | 58 |
| 60 | Findlay, Terry A. | — | 2 | 723 |
| 61 | Goodrum, Larry P. | — | 2 | 674 |
| 62 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 2 | 545 |
| 63 | Scherf, Robert W. | — | 2 | 320 |
| 64 | Stinnett, James R. | — | 2 | 314 |
| 65 | Knierum, Paul | — | 2 | 298 |
| 66 | Hart - Will-Dupage Drilling | — | 2 | 128 |
| 67 | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. | — | 2 | 43 |
| 68 | Dietzman, Gerald E. | — | 1 | 1,227 |
| 69 | Henry, John | — | 1 | 876 |
| 70 | Kerry, Charles M. | — | 1 | 538 |
| 71 | Swanson, Jean E. | — | 1 | 355 |
| 72 | Miller, J. P. Art. Well | — | 1 | 299 |
| 73 | Rix, John Richard | — | 1 | 242 |
| 74 | Senffner, Keith | — | 1 | 210 |
| 75 | Buffington, G. | — | 1 | 147 |
| 76 | Ryan, John H. | — | 1 | 116 |
| 77 | Swanson, Randy | — | 1 | 102 |
| 78 | Carson, James R. | — | 1 | 101 |
| 79 | Will-Dupage Drilling | — | 1 | 64 |
| 80 | Milaeger Well Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 63 |
| 81 | Galien, Vander Sam | — | 1 | 61 |
| 82 | Bolliger, William | — | 1 | 41 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Kankakee 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 Kankakee County?
Stinnett, David has drilled the most Kankakee County wells in the recent record — 32 since 2016, 99 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Kankakee County?
82 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Kankakee 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 Kankakee County?
The median drilled depth in Kankakee County is 120 ft, based on 7,166 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Kankakee County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Kankakee County wells page.
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