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Best well drillers in Putnam County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 55 drilling companies with wells
on record in Putnam County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 745 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.
55companies on record
10active since 2022
745wells in county record
| # | Company | In Putnam Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | 22 | 60 | 1,157 |
| 2 | Thierry, Keith | 11 | 11 | 212 |
| 3 | Zhieriy, Keith | 7 | 16 | 103 |
| 4 | Schmalfeldt, Todd | 5 | 5 | 200 |
| 5 | Albrecht Well Drilling Inc. | 4 | 6 | 58 |
| 6 | Jet Hall/Lutes H2o Well Drlg. | 1 | 123 | 1,008 |
| 7 | Harry T Waters | 1 | 2 | 91 |
| 8 | Wagenbach, Mark | 1 | 1 | 304 |
| 9 | Liberg, Steve Jr. | 1 | 1 | 706 |
| 10 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 168 | 1,880 |
| 11 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 40 | 703 |
| 12 | Lutes, George W. | — | 37 | 652 |
| 13 | Hageman, Alvin B. | — | 34 | 179 |
| 14 | Harold Dean Albrecht | — | 31 | 443 |
| 15 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 27 | 1,635 |
| 16 | Hayes | — | 21 | 25 |
| 17 | Knierim, James | — | 18 | 900 |
| 18 | Dober, Darrel | — | 17 | 481 |
| 19 | Aneffco Well Drilling | — | 13 | 177 |
| 20 | Wiesenhofer, Donald E. | — | 9 | 300 |
| 21 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | — | 8 | 1,489 |
| 22 | Scherf Robert William | — | 8 | 628 |
| 23 | Hampton, Edward T. | — | 8 | 211 |
| 24 | O. Lutes & Son | — | 8 | 152 |
| 25 | Roy Thorne | — | 7 | 274 |
| 26 | Strange, Michael | — | 6 | 1,024 |
| 27 | Knierim, Phil | — | 6 | 5,399 |
| 28 | Dirks, Michael | — | 5 | 1,165 |
| 29 | Scherf, Robert W. | — | 5 | 320 |
| 30 | Woodruff, Charles E. Co. | — | 5 | 140 |
| 31 | Latta, Kirk Stephen | — | 3 | 1,463 |
| 32 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 3 | 79 |
| 33 | Sauder, Steven E. | — | 2 | 2,983 |
| 34 | Henry, John | — | 2 | 876 |
| 35 | Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. | — | 2 | 317 |
| 36 | Miller, J. P. Art. Well | — | 2 | 299 |
| 37 | Hampton, E. T. | — | 2 | 193 |
| 38 | Dana, Steve | — | 2 | 151 |
| 39 | Buffington, G. | — | 2 | 147 |
| 40 | Carson, James R. | — | 2 | 101 |
| 41 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 2 | 73 |
| 42 | Hayes, Charles M. | — | 2 | 72 |
| 43 | Dryden, Michael | — | 1 | 349 |
| 44 | Rob, Ronald Gene | — | 1 | 2,082 |
| 45 | Nice, Mark E. | — | 1 | 1,607 |
| 46 | Strange, Robert E. | — | 1 | 568 |
| 47 | Dowell, S.l. | — | 1 | 504 |
| 48 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 1 | 313 |
| 49 | Grosch Irrigation | — | 1 | 185 |
| 50 | Dober, Darrel R. | — | 1 | 174 |
| 51 | Miller, J.p. Co. | — | 1 | 146 |
| 52 | Crowe, Daniel J. | — | 1 | 78 |
| 53 | Allabaugh Well Co. | — | 1 | 78 |
| 54 | Matherly, Lonnie | — | 1 | 38 |
| 55 | Lutes Orville & Sons | — | 1 | 29 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Putnam 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 Putnam County?
Albrecht, Harold Dean has drilled the most Putnam County wells in the recent record — 22 since 2016, 60 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Putnam County?
55 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Putnam 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 Putnam County?
The median drilled depth in Putnam County is 159 ft, based on 832 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Putnam County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Putnam County wells page.
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