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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 2026-10-12). 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 5 911
2 Hemmen, Jake 2 3 27
3 Haake, Ralph 1 2 903
4 Harriss, Chuck 1 1 72
5 Kohnen, Clarence — 319 13,419
6 Courson, Roger — 196 1,463
7 Wilson, Olen L. — 136 801
8 Wilson, Deneal — 132 646
9 Abbott, Albert — 76 344
10 Duke, Albert — 59 74
11 Pittman, Robert Dale — 55 94
12 Abbott, Albert G. — 39 162
13 Sloan, Thomas F. — 32 463
14 Jones, Gerald K. — 28 393
15 Woodward, Lawrence — 17 421
16 Courson, Richard C. — 16 144
17 Pittman, Dale — 13 38
18 Jones, Gerald B. — 10 315
19 Hollinshead, Charles — 10 185
20 Charles Hollinshead — 6 224
21 Baker, E. C. & Sons — 5 255
22 Hacker, Delbert — 4 646
23 Lowry, John H. — 4 121
24 Hacker, Tim — 3 388
25 Baker, Earl Jr. — 3 1,933
26 Speth, James — 3 1,212
27 Puckett, Arnold L. — 3 186
28 Texaco, Inc. — 3 27
29 Baker, Donald K. — 2 91
30 Brady, C.e. — 2 83
31 Ready, Dale — 2 42
32 Griffy, Cecil — 1 1,469
33 Roberts, Charles Wayne — 1 384
34 Arron Baum — 1 302
35 Hacker, Marvin — 1 227
36 Hayes & Sims — 1 124
37 Woodward, Larry A. — 1 62
38 Green, William Ernest — 1 38
39 Tim Hacker — 1 37

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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