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Best well drillers in Woodford County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 82 drilling companies with wells
on record in Woodford County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 3,179 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
17active since 2022
3,179wells in county record
| # | Company | In Woodford Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Wagenbach, Mark | 100 | 108 | 304 |
| 2 | Tyler J. Gee | 58 | 68 | 146 |
| 3 | Layten, Mark J. | 41 | 47 | 320 |
| 4 | White, Chris Alan | 21 | 101 | 443 |
| 5 | Layten, James | 17 | 408 | 2,660 |
| 6 | Williams, Robert | 17 | 107 | 327 |
| 7 | Sauder Well Drilling | 7 | 35 | 66 |
| 8 | Zhieriy, Keith | 5 | 16 | 103 |
| 9 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 4 | 62 | 1,489 |
| 10 | Bassham, Billy | 4 | 43 | 557 |
| 11 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | 4 | 8 | 1,157 |
| 12 | Tracy A Mcconnel | 4 | 4 | 170 |
| 13 | Harry T Waters | 4 | 4 | 91 |
| 14 | Parrott, Cody | 2 | 3 | 174 |
| 15 | Thierry, Keith | 2 | 3 | 212 |
| 16 | Gingerich, Corwin | 2 | 2 | 331 |
| 17 | K & K Well Drilling | 1 | 31 | 3,047 |
| 18 | Reynolds Well Drilling | 1 | 10 | 1,867 |
| 19 | Smith, David M. | 1 | 5 | 73 |
| 20 | Liberg, Steve Jr. | 1 | 2 | 706 |
| 21 | Wills, William D. | 1 | 1 | 348 |
| 22 | Sauder, Steven E. | — | 389 | 2,983 |
| 23 | Ebert, Robert H | — | 267 | 654 |
| 24 | Ebert, William M. | — | 183 | 438 |
| 25 | Wiesenhofer, Donald E. | — | 180 | 300 |
| 26 | Hofstetter, William S. | — | 142 | 697 |
| 27 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 131 | 1,228 |
| 28 | Hofstetter, Ralph W. | — | 68 | 248 |
| 29 | Dingledine, David | — | 67 | 155 |
| 30 | French, Loren K. | — | 63 | 154 |
| 31 | Scherf Robert William | — | 59 | 628 |
| 32 | Scherf, Robert W. | — | 45 | 320 |
| 33 | Knierim, James | — | 44 | 900 |
| 34 | Biggerstaff, James | — | 43 | 432 |
| 35 | Dietzman, Gerald E. | — | 37 | 1,227 |
| 36 | Meyer, George J. | — | 35 | 71 |
| 37 | Cole, Steve | — | 34 | 362 |
| 38 | Jet Hall/Lutes H2o Well Drlg. | — | 31 | 1,008 |
| 39 | Harold Dean Albrecht | — | 28 | 443 |
| 40 | Meyer, George | — | 25 | 93 |
| 41 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 24 | 703 |
| 42 | Bolliger, William | — | 23 | 41 |
| 43 | Donald E. Stoneberger | — | 22 | 281 |
| 44 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 19 | 1,880 |
| 45 | Stoneberger, Donald | — | 18 | 47 |
| 46 | Albrecht, S. D. | — | 14 | 425 |
| 47 | Hampton, E. T. | — | 13 | 193 |
| 48 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 11 | 1,635 |
| 49 | Hageman, Alvin B. | — | 9 | 179 |
| 50 | David M. Smith | — | 8 | 144 |
| 51 | Hofstetter Drilling | — | 7 | 59 |
| 52 | Knierim, Phil | — | 6 | 5,399 |
| 53 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 6 | 79 |
| 54 | James Layten | — | 6 | 31 |
| 55 | Roy Thorne | — | 5 | 274 |
| 56 | Dirks, Michael | — | 4 | 1,165 |
| 57 | Dowell, S.l. | — | 4 | 504 |
| 58 | Woollen Earl D | — | 4 | 43 |
| 59 | Lutes, George W. | — | 3 | 652 |
| 60 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 3 | 545 |
| 61 | Woollen Brothers | — | 3 | 165 |
| 62 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 3 | 114 |
| 63 | Springer, Howard | — | 3 | 72 |
| 64 | Logan, James R. | — | 3 | 56 |
| 65 | Wakefield, Jerry H | — | 2 | 164 |
| 66 | Kelly, Timothy | — | 1 | 78 |
| 67 | Layne Christensen Co. | — | 1 | 58 |
| 68 | Albrecht Well Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 58 |
| 69 | Sims, Ronald M. Sr. | — | 1 | 602 |
| 70 | NO Company | — | 1 | 564 |
| 71 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 1 | 313 |
| 72 | Doyle, Gerald | — | 1 | 246 |
| 73 | Hampton, Edward T. | — | 1 | 211 |
| 74 | Eaton Well Drlg.(Zane Eaton) | — | 1 | 182 |
| 75 | Tolley, David F. | — | 1 | 126 |
| 76 | Harding, Thomas D. | — | 1 | 85 |
| 77 | Coppenbarger, Floyd Lyle | — | 1 | 74 |
| 78 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 1 | 73 |
| 79 | Hayes, Charles M. | — | 1 | 72 |
| 80 | Klassen, Genevieve Sue | — | 1 | 67 |
| 81 | Stoneberger, Donald E. | — | 1 | 59 |
| 82 | Santelman, Doyle D. | — | 1 | 49 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Woodford 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 Woodford County?
Wagenbach, Mark has drilled the most Woodford County wells in the recent record — 100 since 2016, 108 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Woodford County?
82 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Woodford County; 17 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 Woodford County?
The median drilled depth in Woodford County is 142 ft, based on 3,403 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Woodford County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Woodford County wells page.
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