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Best well drillers in Gallatin County, Illinois

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 43 drilling companies with wells on record in Gallatin County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 509 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.

43companies on record
8active since 2022
509wells in county record
#CompanyIn Gallatin Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Scates, Thomas L. 20 68 245
2 Scates, Stephen T. 9 13 75
3 Beanland, Glen 7 21 725
4 Stinson, Larry 2 22 73
5 Beanland, Leonard Ralph 2 9 1,179
6 Kelly, Timothy 2 3 78
7 Speth, James 1 14 1,212
8 Rider, John Bennedict — 106 214
9 Richey, Quentin R. — 72 330
10 Warth, William — 51 151
11 Gobel, Joseph Louis — 23 47
12 Beanland, Ronald D. — 15 1,485
13 Warth, Bill — 15 27
14 Mccord, Daniel — 12 38
15 Glenn, E. H. — 11 198
16 Ruester, John T. — 7 179
17 Larkin Drilling Company — 7 65
18 Baker, Earl Jr. — 4 1,933
19 Layne & Western Co. — 4 114
20 Keen, Bradley E. — 3 426
21 Sergent, William E. — 3 261
22 Huemann, Joseph J. — 2 4,656
23 Henry Boysen Co.,Lichter,John — 2 272
24 Luhr Brothers, Inc. — 2 121
25 Sandefur, Donald E. — 2 25
26 Baker, J. Curtis — 1 59
27 Kohnen, Clarence — 1 13,419
28 Reynolds Well Drilling — 1 1,867
29 Gross, Michael — 1 1,119
30 Hepp, Frank D. Jr. — 1 719
31 Beanland, John R. — 1 605
32 NO Company — 1 564
33 Grosch, Wayne A. — 1 545
34 Geer, James A. — 1 498
35 Abbott, Albert — 1 344
36 Speth, David — 1 228
37 Luton, C.m. — 1 220
38 Glenn, James E. — 1 214
39 Keen, George — 1 177
40 Bolliger, John & Sons — 1 142
41 Lamp, Robert Wayne — 1 141
42 Puckett, Arnold — 1 60
43 IL State Geological Survey — 1 46

Ranked by wells drilled in Gallatin 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 Gallatin County?

Scates, Thomas L. has drilled the most Gallatin County wells in the recent record — 20 since 2016, 68 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Gallatin County?

43 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Gallatin County; 8 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 Gallatin County?

The median drilled depth in Gallatin County is 90 ft, based on 612 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Gallatin County wells page.

Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Gallatin County wells page.

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