Best well drillers in Marion County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 33 drilling companies with wells on record in Marion County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,374 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.
| # | Company | In Marion Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haake, Ralph | 5 | 11 | 903 |
| 2 | Greg A. Evans | 2 | 4 | 115 |
| 3 | Kohnen, Clarence | — | 627 | 13,419 |
| 4 | Woodward, Lawrence | — | 276 | 421 |
| 5 | Wilson, Olen L. | — | 65 | 801 |
| 6 | Baker, E. C. & Sons | — | 56 | 255 |
| 7 | Courson, Roger | — | 52 | 1,463 |
| 8 | Brady, C.e. | — | 39 | 83 |
| 9 | Kelley, A.g. | — | 36 | 44 |
| 10 | Abbott, Albert | — | 30 | 344 |
| 11 | Woodward, Larry A. | — | 24 | 62 |
| 12 | Woodward, L. E. | — | 23 | 32 |
| 13 | Wilson, Deneal | — | 22 | 646 |
| 14 | Woodward, Lawrence F. | — | 22 | 28 |
| 15 | Kelly Drilling Co. | — | 21 | 41 |
| 16 | Courson, Richard C. | — | 19 | 144 |
| 17 | Geer, James A. | — | 7 | 498 |
| 18 | Baker, Earl Jr. | — | 6 | 1,933 |
| 19 | Layne North-Central | — | 6 | 44 |
| 20 | Beckett, Donald | — | 5 | 911 |
| 21 | Pittman, Robert Dale | — | 5 | 94 |
| 22 | Duke, Albert | — | 5 | 74 |
| 23 | Durbin, Dominique | — | 2 | 109 |
| 24 | Sloan, Thomas F. | — | 2 | 463 |
| 25 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 1 | 1,635 |
| 26 | Speth, James | — | 1 | 1,212 |
| 27 | Keen, Bradley E. | — | 1 | 426 |
| 28 | Baum, Arron | — | 1 | 270 |
| 29 | Puckett, Arnold L. | — | 1 | 186 |
| 30 | Keen, George | — | 1 | 177 |
| 31 | Kohnen, Clarence E. | — | 1 | 172 |
| 32 | Lowry, John H. | — | 1 | 121 |
| 33 | Green, William Ernest | — | 1 | 38 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Marion 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 Marion County?
Haake, Ralph has drilled the most Marion County wells in the recent record — 5 since 2016, 11 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Marion County?
33 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Marion County; 3 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 Marion County?
The median drilled depth in Marion County is 50 ft, based on 1,432 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Marion County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Marion County wells page.
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