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Best well drillers in Coles County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 56 drilling companies with wells
on record in Coles County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,149 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.
56companies on record
9active since 2022
1,149wells in county record
| # | Company | In Coles Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Skinner, Todd | 11 | 37 | 572 |
| 2 | Durbin, Kandra M. | 7 | 7 | 149 |
| 3 | Gaza, John Edward | 2 | 2 | 102 |
| 4 | Baker, J. Curtis | 1 | 9 | 59 |
| 5 | Harriss, Chuck | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| 6 | Tri County Irrigation & | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| 7 | Hemmen, Jake | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Baker, Earl Jr. | — | 367 | 1,933 |
| 9 | Kohnen, Clarence | — | 229 | 13,419 |
| 10 | Luttrell, Gerald Dean | — | 66 | 553 |
| 11 | Luttrell, James | — | 50 | 459 |
| 12 | Sloan, Thomas F. | — | 45 | 463 |
| 13 | Fleming, Rodney K. | — | 34 | 317 |
| 14 | Jeff Crank % Harriss Drilling | — | 34 | 35 |
| 15 | Toops, Floyd | — | 32 | 33 |
| 16 | Fleming, Daniel D. | — | 26 | 149 |
| 17 | Fleming, D. D. | — | 25 | 122 |
| 18 | Courson, Roger | — | 22 | 1,463 |
| 19 | Erwin, Harold E. | — | 21 | 559 |
| 20 | Jacobs, Ray E. | — | 19 | 222 |
| 21 | Ryan, John H. | — | 11 | 116 |
| 22 | Reynolds, Joseph R. | — | 10 | 2,516 |
| 23 | Baker, Donald K. | — | 9 | 91 |
| 24 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 8 | 1,867 |
| 25 | Luttrel, James | — | 7 | 56 |
| 26 | Sims, Ronald M. Sr. | — | 6 | 602 |
| 27 | S & J Well Drilling | — | 5 | 511 |
| 28 | Miller, Claude W. | — | 5 | 208 |
| 29 | Haake, Ralph | — | 4 | 903 |
| 30 | Arron Baum | — | 4 | 302 |
| 31 | Baker, E. C. & Sons | — | 4 | 255 |
| 32 | Green, William Ernest | — | 4 | 38 |
| 33 | Tegeler, Brian J. | — | 4 | 27 |
| 34 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | — | 3 | 1,489 |
| 35 | Knierim, James | — | 3 | 900 |
| 36 | Sims, R. Marc Jr. | — | 3 | 867 |
| 37 | Cook, George | — | 3 | 330 |
| 38 | Van Gilder, Richard E. | — | 3 | 136 |
| 39 | Link, Harold F. | — | 2 | 1,395 |
| 40 | Beckett, Donald | — | 2 | 911 |
| 41 | Charles Hollinshead | — | 2 | 224 |
| 42 | Hollinshead, Charles | — | 2 | 185 |
| 43 | Kohnen, Clarence E. | — | 2 | 172 |
| 44 | Sims Drilling Co. | — | 2 | 137 |
| 45 | Sims, Ronald M. Jr. | — | 2 | 95 |
| 46 | Greg A. Evans | — | 1 | 115 |
| 47 | Walters, Steven | — | 1 | 1,494 |
| 48 | Hopson, Seldon C | — | 1 | 1,004 |
| 49 | Erwin, James Ray | — | 1 | 466 |
| 50 | Jones, Gerald K. | — | 1 | 393 |
| 51 | Miles & Sons | — | 1 | 230 |
| 52 | Ruester, John T. | — | 1 | 179 |
| 53 | Randy Gebke | — | 1 | 68 |
| 54 | Woodward, Larry A. | — | 1 | 62 |
| 55 | Smith Well Drilling | — | 1 | 60 |
| 56 | Gobel, Joseph Louis | — | 1 | 47 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Coles 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 Coles County?
Skinner, Todd has drilled the most Coles County wells in the recent record — 11 since 2016, 37 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Coles County?
56 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Coles 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 Coles County?
The median drilled depth in Coles County is 65 ft, based on 1,540 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Coles County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Coles County wells page.
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