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Best well drillers in Fulton County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 62 drilling companies with wells
on record in Fulton County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,081 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.
62companies on record
6active since 2022
1,081wells in county record
| # | Company | In Fulton Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Bassham, Billy | 7 | 33 | 510 |
| 2 | Dryden, Michael | 5 | 64 | 323 |
| 3 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 3 | 20 | 1,411 |
| 4 | Allen, Joseph | 1 | 4 | 772 |
| 5 | Gingerich, Corwin | 1 | 1 | 330 |
| 6 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 211 | 1,135 |
| 7 | Sauder, Steven E. | — | 101 | 2,716 |
| 8 | Kuntz, Peter William | — | 70 | 173 |
| 9 | Logan, James R. | — | 47 | 56 |
| 10 | Reynolds, Joseph R. | — | 40 | 2,477 |
| 11 | Kuntz, John E. | — | 38 | 434 |
| 12 | Cosby, Edward L. Sr. | — | 37 | 173 |
| 13 | Hopson, Seldon C | — | 30 | 974 |
| 14 | Hofstetter, William S. | — | 29 | 656 |
| 15 | Kremer, Jack Lee | — | 25 | 737 |
| 16 | Chadwick, George | — | 25 | 75 |
| 17 | Guarin, Harland | — | 24 | 188 |
| 18 | Mitchell, Francis M. | — | 23 | 40 |
| 19 | Chadwick, George W. | — | 22 | 57 |
| 20 | J & R Well Drlg. | — | 22 | 36 |
| 21 | Kuntz, John | — | 20 | 115 |
| 22 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 18 | 1,657 |
| 23 | Springer, Howard | — | 16 | 67 |
| 24 | Scherf Robert William | — | 15 | 614 |
| 25 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 14 | 1,836 |
| 26 | Adolphson, Robert M. Jr. | — | 10 | 714 |
| 27 | Johnson, James P. | — | 9 | 503 |
| 28 | Scherf, Robert W. | — | 9 | 295 |
| 29 | Roy Thorne | — | 9 | 253 |
| 30 | Cole, Raymond Joseph Jr. | — | 9 | 92 |
| 31 | Cosby, E. L. | — | 8 | 54 |
| 32 | Norton, William H. | — | 8 | 34 |
| 33 | Hopson, Scott | — | 7 | 368 |
| 34 | Hampton, Edward T. | — | 7 | 195 |
| 35 | Chadwick, G. W. | — | 5 | 25 |
| 36 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 4 | 1,442 |
| 37 | Knierim, James | — | 3 | 897 |
| 38 | Wehling, Richard H. | — | 3 | 312 |
| 39 | Barker, Paul A. | — | 3 | 181 |
| 40 | Bjorklund, Lloyd A. | — | 3 | 146 |
| 41 | Ziegler, Bryan C | — | 3 | 34 |
| 42 | Greenfield, Edward K. | — | 2 | 833 |
| 43 | Link, Harold F. | — | 2 | 1,386 |
| 44 | Dirks, Michael | — | 2 | 1,115 |
| 45 | Bergschneider, Richard | — | 2 | 922 |
| 46 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 2 | 693 |
| 47 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 2 | 528 |
| 48 | Hampton, E. T. | — | 2 | 170 |
| 49 | Grosch Irrigation | — | 2 | 166 |
| 50 | Harding, Thomas D. | — | 2 | 77 |
| 51 | Jennings, Charles L. | — | 2 | 68 |
| 52 | IL State Water Survey | — | 2 | 26 |
| 53 | Cole, Steve | — | 1 | 344 |
| 54 | Jet Hall/Lutes H2o Well Drlg. | — | 1 | 971 |
| 55 | NO Company | — | 1 | 508 |
| 56 | Dowell, S.l. | — | 1 | 495 |
| 57 | Erwin, James Ray | — | 1 | 466 |
| 58 | Albrecht, S. D. | — | 1 | 413 |
| 59 | Biggerstaff, James | — | 1 | 406 |
| 60 | Dana, Glen | — | 1 | 218 |
| 61 | Hunter, Dennis | — | 1 | 133 |
| 62 | Baker, Donald K. | — | 1 | 82 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Fulton 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 Fulton County?
Bassham, Billy has drilled the most Fulton County wells in the recent record — 7 since 2016, 33 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Fulton County?
62 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Fulton County; 6 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 Fulton County?
The median drilled depth in Fulton County is 76 ft, based on 1,356 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Fulton County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Fulton County wells page.
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