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Best well drillers in Knox County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 57 drilling companies with wells
on record in Knox County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,569 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.
57companies on record
6active since 2022
1,569wells in county record
| # | Company | In Knox Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Allen, Joseph | 41 | 78 | 792 |
| 2 | Dryden, Michael | 14 | 45 | 349 |
| 3 | Gingerich, Corwin | 8 | 12 | 331 |
| 4 | Bassham, Billy | 2 | 17 | 557 |
| 5 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 2 | 7 | 1,489 |
| 6 | Stoll, Austen | 1 | 1 | 156 |
| 7 | Gelement, Val | 1 | 1 | 95 |
| 8 | Hopson, Seldon C | — | 357 | 1,004 |
| 9 | Kremer, Jack Lee | — | 235 | 797 |
| 10 | Hopson, Scott | — | 189 | 395 |
| 11 | Adolphson, Robert M. Jr. | — | 69 | 759 |
| 12 | Blake, Russell | — | 66 | 105 |
| 13 | Blake, Russell K. | — | 57 | 98 |
| 14 | Kuntz, John E. | — | 56 | 503 |
| 15 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 54 | 1,228 |
| 16 | Wakefield, Jerry H | — | 34 | 164 |
| 17 | Springer, Howard | — | 31 | 72 |
| 18 | Glen Dana | — | 30 | 141 |
| 19 | Sauder, Steven E. | — | 25 | 2,983 |
| 20 | Hunter, Dennis | — | 24 | 149 |
| 21 | Roy Thorne | — | 20 | 274 |
| 22 | Adolphson, Bob | — | 18 | 63 |
| 23 | Cosby, Edward L. Sr. | — | 12 | 196 |
| 24 | Hawkins, Howard/Adolphson, Bob | — | 12 | 110 |
| 25 | Hopson, S. C. | — | 11 | 85 |
| 26 | Cosby, E. L. | — | 10 | 65 |
| 27 | Norton, William H. | — | 10 | 35 |
| 28 | Acker, Roger | — | 9 | 413 |
| 29 | Harding, Thomas D. | — | 8 | 85 |
| 30 | Dana, Glen | — | 7 | 225 |
| 31 | Winslow, Edwin F. | — | 7 | 163 |
| 32 | Latta, Kirk Stephen | — | 6 | 1,463 |
| 33 | Guarin, Harland | — | 6 | 196 |
| 34 | Bjorklund, Lloyd A. | — | 6 | 162 |
| 35 | Dana, Steve | — | 5 | 151 |
| 36 | Joseph Allen | — | 4 | 110 |
| 37 | Gingerich, Emery Duane | — | 3 | 94 |
| 38 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 2 | 1,635 |
| 39 | Scherf Robert William | — | 2 | 628 |
| 40 | NO Company | — | 2 | 564 |
| 41 | Scherf, Robert W. | — | 2 | 320 |
| 42 | Kuntz, Peter William | — | 2 | 176 |
| 43 | Kuntz, John | — | 2 | 165 |
| 44 | Michael Dryden | — | 2 | 49 |
| 45 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 1 | 1,880 |
| 46 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 1 | 1,867 |
| 47 | Timmerman, Tom | — | 1 | 1,020 |
| 48 | Hofstetter, William S. | — | 1 | 697 |
| 49 | Williams, Robert | — | 1 | 327 |
| 50 | Hampton, E. T. | — | 1 | 193 |
| 51 | Klint Gingerich | — | 1 | 161 |
| 52 | Latta, Mark Duane | — | 1 | 130 |
| 53 | Carson, James R. | — | 1 | 101 |
| 54 | Logan, James R. | — | 1 | 56 |
| 55 | Mitchell, Francis M. | — | 1 | 44 |
| 56 | J & R Well Drlg. | — | 1 | 36 |
| 57 | Holdorf Donald | — | 1 | 26 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Knox 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 Knox County?
Allen, Joseph has drilled the most Knox County wells in the recent record — 41 since 2016, 78 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Knox County?
57 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Knox County; 6 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 Knox County?
The median drilled depth in Knox County is 180 ft, based on 1,864 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Knox County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Knox County wells page.
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