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Best well drillers in Clay County, Illinois

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 39 drilling companies with wells on record in Clay County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,197 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.

39companies on record
4active since 2022
1,197wells in county record
#CompanyIn Clay Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Beckett, Donald 3 5 655
2 Hemmen, Jake 2 3 27
3 Haake, Ralph 1 2 798
4 Harriss, Chuck 1 1 61
5 Kohnen, Clarence 319 12,561
6 Courson, Roger 196 1,443
7 Wilson, Olen L. 136 785
8 Wilson, Deneal 132 600
9 Abbott, Albert 76 337
10 Duke, Albert 59 73
11 Pittman, Robert Dale 55 92
12 Abbott, Albert G. 39 162
13 Sloan, Thomas F. 32 448
14 Jones, Gerald K. 28 388
15 Woodward, Lawrence 17 388
16 Courson, Richard C. 16 143
17 Pittman, Dale 13 38
18 Jones, Gerald B. 10 313
19 Hollinshead, Charles 10 183
20 Charles Hollinshead 6 219
21 Baker, E. C. & Sons 5 232
22 Hacker, Delbert 4 644
23 Lowry, John H. 4 118
24 Hacker, Tim 3 364
25 Baker, Earl Jr. 3 1,667
26 Speth, James 3 1,113
27 Puckett, Arnold L. 3 184
28 Texaco, Inc. 3 25
29 Baker, Donald K. 2 82
30 Brady, C.e. 2 75
31 Ready, Dale 2 42
32 Griffy, Cecil 1 1,460
33 Roberts, Charles Wayne 1 258
34 Arron Baum 1 223
35 Hacker, Marvin 1 223
36 Hayes & Sims 1 115
37 Woodward, Larry A. 1 60
38 Green, William Ernest 1 38
39 Tim Hacker 1 36

Ranked by wells drilled in Clay 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 Clay County?

Beckett, Donald has drilled the most Clay County wells in the recent record — 3 since 2016, 5 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Clay County?

39 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Clay 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 Clay County?

The median drilled depth in Clay County is 91 ft, based on 1,260 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Clay County wells page.

Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Clay County wells page.

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