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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 — 502 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.

43companies on record
8active since 2022
502wells in county record
#CompanyIn Gallatin Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Scates, Thomas L. 20 68 176
2 Scates, Stephen T. 9 13 62
3 Beanland, Glen 7 21 611
4 Stinson, Larry 2 22 57
5 Beanland, Leonard Ralph 2 9 995
6 Kelly, Timothy 2 3 70
7 Speth, James 1 14 1,113
8 Rider, John Bennedict 106 176
9 Richey, Quentin R. 72 276
10 Warth, William 51 130
11 Gobel, Joseph Louis 23 42
12 Beanland, Ronald D. 15 1,343
13 Warth, Bill 15 27
14 Mccord, Daniel 12 35
15 Ruester, John T. 7 166
16 Larkin Drilling Company 7 63
17 Glenn, E. H. 6 193
18 Baker, Earl Jr. 4 1,667
19 Layne & Western Co. 4 110
20 Keen, Bradley E. 3 288
21 Sergent, William E. 3 249
22 Luhr Brothers, Inc. 2 101
23 Sandefur, Donald E. 2 25
24 Huemann, Joseph J. 1 4,619
25 Baker, J. Curtis 1 55
26 Kohnen, Clarence 1 12,561
27 Reynolds Well Drilling 1 1,657
28 Gross, Michael 1 1,107
29 Hepp, Frank D. Jr. 1 684
30 Beanland, John R. 1 570
31 Grosch, Wayne A. 1 528
32 NO Company 1 508
33 Geer, James A. 1 460
34 Abbott, Albert 1 337
35 Henry Boysen Co.,Lichter,John 1 268
36 Speth, David 1 217
37 Glenn, James E. 1 211
38 Luton, C.m. 1 204
39 Keen, George 1 176
40 Bolliger, John & Sons 1 136
41 Lamp, Robert Wayne 1 129
42 Puckett, Arnold 1 59
43 IL State Geological Survey 1 42

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 601 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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