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Best well drillers in Jackson County, Illinois

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 41 drilling companies with wells on record in Jackson County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,349 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.

41companies on record
9active since 2022
1,349wells in county record
#CompanyIn Jackson Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Beanland, Glen 26 99 725
2 Beanland, Leonard Ralph 20 87 1,179
3 Greg A. Evans 7 11 115
4 Haake, Ralph 5 6 903
5 Scates, Thomas L. 5 5 245
6 Horman, Paul 4 8 563
7 Gregory Horman 4 4 34
8 Durbin, Kandra M. 3 3 149
9 Beckett, Donald 2 16 911
10 Harriss, Chuck 2 2 72
11 Speth, James 1 8 1,212
12 Durbin, Dominique 1 4 109
13 Geer, James A. — 197 498
14 Hepp, Frank D. Jr. — 187 719
15 Beanland, Ronald D. — 175 1,485
16 Kohnen, Clarence — 154 13,419
17 Gwin Drilling Co. — 154 537
18 Beanland, John R. — 84 605
19 Keen, Bradley E. — 55 426
20 Crawford, H. — 34 46
21 Haverstick Well & Equp — 8 31
22 Layne-Western Co. — 7 1,635
23 Keen, George — 5 177
24 Sergent, William Eli — 5 124
25 Baker, Earl Jr. — 4 1,933
26 Roberts, Charles Wayne — 4 384
27 Luhr Brothers, Inc. — 4 121
28 Haudrich, Clyde Jerome — 2 1,278
29 IL State Geological Survey — 2 46
30 Varner C W — 2 44
31 IL State Water Survey — 2 33
32 Keen, George E. — 2 29
33 NO Company — 1 564
34 Richey, Quentin R. — 1 330
35 Sergent, William E. — 1 261
36 Jacobs, Ray E. — 1 222
37 Luton, C.m. — 1 220
38 Ruester, John T. — 1 179
39 Layne-Western Drlg — 1 73
40 Norman E D — 1 47
41 Dowdy, Tony Jr. — 1 40

Ranked by wells drilled in Jackson 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 Jackson County?

Beanland, Glen has drilled the most Jackson County wells in the recent record — 26 since 2016, 99 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Jackson County?

41 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Jackson 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 Jackson County?

The median drilled depth in Jackson County is 180 ft, based on 1,451 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Jackson County wells page.

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

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