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Best well drillers in Champaign County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 93 drilling companies with wells
on record in Champaign County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 4,638 logged
wells in the Illinois State Geological Survey water well records (records as of 2026-08-20). Every number links back to
the public record.
93companies on record
18active since 2022
4,638wells in county record
| # | Company | In Champaign Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Findlay Bros. Well Drilling | 113 | 114 | 305 |
| 2 | Beck, Harold F. Jr. | 49 | 365 | 1,185 |
| 3 | Crowe, Daniel J. | 40 | 44 | 76 |
| 4 | Layten, James | 38 | 107 | 2,582 |
| 5 | Layten, Mark J. | 32 | 35 | 312 |
| 6 | S & J Well Drilling | 24 | 58 | 478 |
| 7 | Skinner, Todd | 20 | 66 | 562 |
| 8 | Durbin, Dominique | 14 | 23 | 102 |
| 9 | Tri County Irrigation & | 10 | 16 | 39 |
| 10 | Parrott, Cody | 9 | 9 | 160 |
| 11 | Henry, John | 5 | 31 | 868 |
| 12 | Kickapoo Drilling Co. | 5 | 8 | 55 |
| 13 | Tracy A Mcconnel | 4 | 4 | 140 |
| 14 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 3 | 40 | 1,411 |
| 15 | Harper, David | 3 | 25 | 317 |
| 16 | Reiners, Lynn | 3 | 5 | 670 |
| 17 | Greg A. Evans | 3 | 4 | 102 |
| 18 | Kelly, Timothy | 3 | 3 | 70 |
| 19 | Durbin, Kandra M. | 3 | 3 | 143 |
| 20 | Mashburn, Robert | 2 | 13 | 1,041 |
| 21 | Balding, Shane | 2 | 3 | 55 |
| 22 | Greenfield, Edward K. | 1 | 4 | 833 |
| 23 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | 1 | 2 | 1,132 |
| 24 | Harry T Waters | 1 | 1 | 89 |
| 25 | Kingsley, Arthur W. | — | 876 | 2,249 |
| 26 | Sims, R. Marc Jr. | — | 459 | 840 |
| 27 | Sims, Ronald M. Sr. | — | 348 | 590 |
| 28 | Vaughn, Kenneth G. | — | 344 | 492 |
| 29 | York, Warren Thomas | — | 298 | 317 |
| 30 | Eaton, Zane C. | — | 168 | 276 |
| 31 | Weburg, E. Marvin | — | 146 | 290 |
| 32 | Eaton Well Drlg.(Zane Eaton) | — | 132 | 179 |
| 33 | Swanson, Jean E. | — | 131 | 349 |
| 34 | Reynolds, Joseph R. | — | 98 | 2,477 |
| 35 | Luttrell, James | — | 62 | 406 |
| 36 | Findlay, Terry A. | — | 57 | 671 |
| 37 | Sims, Ronald M. Jr. | — | 52 | 87 |
| 38 | Luttrell, Gerald Dean | — | 41 | 545 |
| 39 | Swanson, L. F. | — | 40 | 73 |
| 40 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 39 | 1,657 |
| 41 | Sims Drilling Co. | — | 37 | 133 |
| 42 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 30 | 1,442 |
| 43 | York, Warren T. | — | 28 | 28 |
| 44 | Swanson, Randy | — | 24 | 98 |
| 45 | David Harper | — | 22 | 200 |
| 46 | IL State Geological Survey | — | 22 | 42 |
| 47 | Baker, Earl Jr. | — | 21 | 1,667 |
| 48 | Goodrum, Larry P. | — | 17 | 640 |
| 49 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 14 | 1,836 |
| 50 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 14 | 528 |
| 51 | Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. | — | 14 | 300 |
| 52 | Dirks, Michael | — | 12 | 1,115 |
| 53 | Hayes, Charles M. | — | 9 | 67 |
| 54 | Hayes & Sims Drlg | — | 9 | 54 |
| 55 | Grosch Irrigation | — | 6 | 166 |
| 56 | Erwin, Harold E. | — | 5 | 545 |
| 57 | French, Loren K. | — | 5 | 147 |
| 58 | Kohnen, Clarence | — | 4 | 12,561 |
| 59 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 4 | 693 |
| 60 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 4 | 310 |
| 61 | Hayes & Sims | — | 4 | 115 |
| 62 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 4 | 110 |
| 63 | Luttrel, James | — | 4 | 55 |
| 64 | Lutes, George W. | — | 3 | 650 |
| 65 | Sloan, Thomas F. | — | 3 | 448 |
| 66 | Harold Dean Albrecht | — | 3 | 433 |
| 67 | Dirks, Michael J. | — | 3 | 77 |
| 68 | Wise, W. P. | — | 3 | 73 |
| 69 | Swanson Well & Pump Serv | — | 3 | 34 |
| 70 | Albrecht Well Drilling Inc. | — | 2 | 56 |
| 71 | NO Company | — | 2 | 508 |
| 72 | Mashburn, Grover C. Jr. | — | 2 | 334 |
| 73 | Fleming, Rodney K. | — | 2 | 314 |
| 74 | Fleming, Daniel D. | — | 2 | 146 |
| 75 | Bolliger, John & Sons | — | 2 | 136 |
| 76 | Ryan, John H. | — | 2 | 116 |
| 77 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 2 | 66 |
| 78 | IL State Water Survey | — | 2 | 26 |
| 79 | Fykes, Charles N. | — | 1 | 5,947 |
| 80 | Neely, Harry C. | — | 1 | 532 |
| 81 | Wehling, Richard H. | — | 1 | 312 |
| 82 | Cook, George | — | 1 | 305 |
| 83 | Miller, J. P. Art. Well | — | 1 | 291 |
| 84 | Baker, E. C. & Sons | — | 1 | 232 |
| 85 | Baker, Donald | — | 1 | 133 |
| 86 | Buffington, G. | — | 1 | 130 |
| 87 | Carson, James R. | — | 1 | 101 |
| 88 | Klassen, Genevieve M. | — | 1 | 96 |
| 89 | Baker, Donald K. | — | 1 | 82 |
| 90 | Klassen, Genevieve Sue | — | 1 | 67 |
| 91 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 1 | 61 |
| 92 | Ebert M & Co. | — | 1 | 60 |
| 93 | Dudley Drillers | — | 1 | 29 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Champaign 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 Champaign County?
Findlay Bros. Well Drilling has drilled the most Champaign County wells in the recent record — 113 since 2016, 114 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Champaign County?
93 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Champaign County; 18 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 Champaign County?
The median drilled depth in Champaign County is 135 ft, based on 5,388 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Champaign County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Champaign County wells page.
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