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Best well drillers in Clinton County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 59 drilling companies with wells
on record in Clinton County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,333 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.
59companies on record
9active since 2022
2,333wells in county record
| # | Company | In Clinton Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Haake, Ralph | 27 | 48 | 903 |
| 2 | Dowdy, Tony Jr. | 17 | 22 | 40 |
| 3 | Beckett, Donald | 16 | 117 | 911 |
| 4 | Durbin, Kandra M. | 12 | 14 | 149 |
| 5 | Greg A. Evans | 10 | 11 | 115 |
| 6 | Hemmen, Jake | 9 | 12 | 27 |
| 7 | Gebke, Randy | 4 | 7 | 97 |
| 8 | Durbin, Dominique | 2 | 2 | 109 |
| 9 | Kelly, Timothy | 1 | 1 | 78 |
| 10 | Ray Mueller | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| 11 | Kohnen, Clarence | — | 1,626 | 13,419 |
| 12 | Noll, Gary E. | — | 109 | 2,783 |
| 13 | Baker, E. C. & Sons | — | 47 | 255 |
| 14 | Dohrman, Raymond | — | 31 | 224 |
| 15 | Woodward, Lawrence | — | 29 | 421 |
| 16 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 22 | 114 |
| 17 | Dohrman, Dale Raymond | — | 21 | 1,017 |
| 18 | Wilson, Arnold | — | 20 | 74 |
| 19 | Bekemeyer, Gustav F. | — | 20 | 28 |
| 20 | Wilson, Carline | — | 13 | 111 |
| 21 | Kohnen, Clarence E. | — | 12 | 172 |
| 22 | NO Company | — | 11 | 564 |
| 23 | Dohrman, Donald W. | — | 11 | 105 |
| 24 | Layne North-Central | — | 10 | 44 |
| 25 | Arron Baum | — | 9 | 302 |
| 26 | Luhr Brothers, Inc. | — | 9 | 121 |
| 27 | Woodward, L. E. | — | 9 | 32 |
| 28 | Kinman, Otho | — | 6 | 210 |
| 29 | Kelly Drilling Co. | — | 6 | 41 |
| 30 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 5 | 1,635 |
| 31 | Roberts, Charles Wayne | — | 5 | 384 |
| 32 | D & S Drilling | — | 5 | 275 |
| 33 | Ruester, John T. | — | 5 | 179 |
| 34 | Brady, C.e. | — | 5 | 83 |
| 35 | Hayes & Sims | — | 4 | 124 |
| 36 | Texaco, Inc. | — | 4 | 27 |
| 37 | Baker, Earl Jr. | — | 3 | 1,933 |
| 38 | Haudrich, Clyde Jerome | — | 3 | 1,278 |
| 39 | Hepp, Frank D. Jr. | — | 3 | 719 |
| 40 | Baum, Arron | — | 3 | 270 |
| 41 | Keen, George | — | 3 | 177 |
| 42 | Wilson, Carl | — | 3 | 119 |
| 43 | Kelley, A.g. | — | 3 | 44 |
| 44 | Shell Oil Company | — | 3 | 25 |
| 45 | Bush, Henry L. | — | 2 | 649 |
| 46 | St. Charles Drilling Co. | — | 2 | 480 |
| 47 | Haudrich Drlg. | — | 2 | 410 |
| 48 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 2 | 73 |
| 49 | Calhoun Drlg. Co. | — | 2 | 29 |
| 50 | Harriss, Chuck | — | 1 | 72 |
| 51 | Courson, Roger | — | 1 | 1,463 |
| 52 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 1 | 545 |
| 53 | Gwin Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 537 |
| 54 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 1 | 313 |
| 55 | Miller, Alfred Hampton | — | 1 | 267 |
| 56 | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. | — | 1 | 123 |
| 57 | Randy Gebke | — | 1 | 68 |
| 58 | Norman E D | — | 1 | 47 |
| 59 | Woodward, Lawrence F. | — | 1 | 28 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Clinton 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 Clinton County?
Haake, Ralph has drilled the most Clinton County wells in the recent record — 27 since 2016, 48 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Clinton County?
59 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Clinton County; 9 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 Clinton County?
The median drilled depth in Clinton County is 38 ft, based on 2,412 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Clinton County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Clinton County wells page.
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