Best well drillers in Saline County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 22 drilling companies with wells on record in Saline County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 477 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 Saline Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beanland, Glen | 14 | 30 | 725 |
| 2 | Greg A. Evans | 6 | 9 | 115 |
| 3 | Beanland, Leonard Ralph | 2 | 29 | 1,179 |
| 4 | Durbin, Kandra M. | 2 | 2 | 149 |
| 5 | Richey, Quentin R. | — | 130 | 330 |
| 6 | Keen, Bradley E. | — | 95 | 426 |
| 7 | Rider, John Bennedict | — | 84 | 214 |
| 8 | Beanland, Ronald D. | — | 16 | 1,485 |
| 9 | Kohnen, Clarence | — | 15 | 13,419 |
| 10 | Geer, James A. | — | 14 | 498 |
| 11 | Larkin Drilling Company | — | 9 | 65 |
| 12 | Sandefur, Donald E. | — | 8 | 25 |
| 13 | Keen, George | — | 6 | 177 |
| 14 | Speth, James | — | 5 | 1,212 |
| 15 | Gwin Drilling Co. | — | 5 | 537 |
| 16 | Beanland, John R. | — | 4 | 605 |
| 17 | Buchanan, Ruben C. | — | 4 | 32 |
| 18 | Sergent, William E. | — | 3 | 261 |
| 19 | Keen, George E. | — | 3 | 29 |
| 20 | Geer, Alonzo W. | — | 3 | 29 |
| 21 | Sutton, Kellie R. | — | 2 | 49 |
| 22 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 1 | 1,635 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Saline 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 Saline County?
Beanland, Glen has drilled the most Saline County wells in the recent record — 14 since 2016, 30 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Saline County?
22 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Saline County; 4 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 Saline County?
The median drilled depth in Saline County is 145 ft, based on 520 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Saline County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Saline County wells page.
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