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Best well drillers in Ford County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 59 drilling companies with wells
on record in Ford County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,013 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.
59companies on record
9active since 2022
1,013wells in county record
| # | Company | In Ford Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Beck, Harold F. Jr. | 33 | 172 | 1,185 |
| 2 | Layten, Mark J. | 21 | 23 | 312 |
| 3 | Reiners, Lynn | 11 | 16 | 670 |
| 4 | Layten, James | 5 | 21 | 2,582 |
| 5 | Findlay Bros. Well Drilling | 4 | 4 | 305 |
| 6 | Will County Well & Pump | 3 | 3 | 724 |
| 7 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | 2 | 2 | 1,132 |
| 8 | Kickapoo Drilling Co. | 1 | 2 | 55 |
| 9 | Reynolds Well Drilling | 1 | 1 | 1,657 |
| 10 | Kingsley, Arthur W. | — | 433 | 2,249 |
| 11 | Weburg, E. Marvin | — | 94 | 290 |
| 12 | Swanson, Jean E. | — | 57 | 349 |
| 13 | Swanson Well & Pump Serv | — | 18 | 34 |
| 14 | Goodrum, Larry P. | — | 16 | 640 |
| 15 | Swanson, Randy | — | 14 | 98 |
| 16 | Findlay, Terry A. | — | 13 | 671 |
| 17 | Matherly, Hubert | — | 11 | 1,477 |
| 18 | Hayes, Charles M. | — | 9 | 67 |
| 19 | Donald E. Stoneberger | — | 7 | 277 |
| 20 | Bolliger, John & Sons | — | 5 | 136 |
| 21 | Hayes & Sims | — | 5 | 115 |
| 22 | Swanson, L. F. | — | 5 | 73 |
| 23 | Bolliger, William | — | 5 | 39 |
| 24 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 4 | 1,442 |
| 25 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | — | 4 | 1,411 |
| 26 | Henry, John | — | 4 | 868 |
| 27 | Sims, Ronald M. Sr. | — | 4 | 590 |
| 28 | NO Company | — | 4 | 508 |
| 29 | Miller, J. P. Art. Well | — | 4 | 291 |
| 30 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 4 | 61 |
| 31 | Fykes, Charles N. | — | 3 | 5,947 |
| 32 | Sims, R. Marc Jr. | — | 3 | 840 |
| 33 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 3 | 693 |
| 34 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 3 | 528 |
| 35 | Seibring Well Drilling | — | 3 | 242 |
| 36 | Buffington, G. | — | 3 | 130 |
| 37 | Larson & Swanson | — | 3 | 60 |
| 38 | Hayes & Sims Drlg | — | 3 | 54 |
| 39 | Jensen, Kenneth Lee | — | 2 | 216 |
| 40 | Sims Drilling Co. | — | 2 | 133 |
| 41 | Stoneberger, Donald | — | 2 | 47 |
| 42 | Steve Liberg, Jr. | — | 2 | 43 |
| 43 | Knierim, Ken/K & K Well Drlg. | — | 1 | 831 |
| 44 | K & K Well Drilling | — | 1 | 3,028 |
| 45 | Knierim, Phil | — | 1 | 5,361 |
| 46 | Wellendorf, Rodney | — | 1 | 2,313 |
| 47 | Fordonski, Keith | — | 1 | 1,622 |
| 48 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 1 | 1,135 |
| 49 | Dirks, Michael | — | 1 | 1,115 |
| 50 | Wehling Well Works, Inc. | — | 1 | 755 |
| 51 | Strange, Robert E. | — | 1 | 558 |
| 52 | Liberg, Steven Scott | — | 1 | 377 |
| 53 | Doyle, Gerald | — | 1 | 242 |
| 54 | Klassen, Genevieve M. | — | 1 | 96 |
| 55 | Grosch, Gottlieb W. | — | 1 | 89 |
| 56 | Griffy, Cecil D. | — | 1 | 68 |
| 57 | Knierin Paul | — | 1 | 61 |
| 58 | Ebert M & Co. | — | 1 | 60 |
| 59 | Knierim James Muelle | — | 1 | 32 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Ford 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 Ford County?
Beck, Harold F. Jr. has drilled the most Ford County wells in the recent record — 33 since 2016, 172 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Ford County?
59 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Ford 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 Ford County?
The median drilled depth in Ford County is 130 ft, based on 1,202 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Ford County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Ford County wells page.
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