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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 — 1,318 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.

41companies on record
9active since 2022
1,318wells in county record
#CompanyIn Jackson Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Beanland, Glen 26 97 611
2 Beanland, Leonard Ralph 19 83 995
3 Greg A. Evans 7 11 102
4 Haake, Ralph 5 6 798
5 Scates, Thomas L. 5 5 176
6 Horman, Paul 4 8 439
7 Gregory Horman 4 4 27
8 Durbin, Kandra M. 3 3 143
9 Beckett, Donald 2 15 655
10 Harriss, Chuck 2 2 61
11 Speth, James 1 8 1,113
12 Durbin, Dominique 1 4 102
13 Geer, James A. 195 460
14 Hepp, Frank D. Jr. 182 684
15 Beanland, Ronald D. 171 1,343
16 Gwin Drilling Co. 151 477
17 Kohnen, Clarence 150 12,561
18 Beanland, John R. 84 570
19 Keen, Bradley E. 55 288
20 Crawford, H. 33 43
21 Haverstick Well & Equp 8 26
22 Layne Western Co., Inc. 7 1,442
23 Keen, George 5 176
24 Roberts, Charles Wayne 4 258
25 Sergent, William Eli 4 112
26 Luhr Brothers, Inc. 4 101
27 Baker, Earl Jr. 2 1,667
28 Haudrich, Clyde Jerome 2 1,121
29 Varner C W 2 42
30 Keen, George E. 2 27
31 NO Company 1 508
32 Richey, Quentin R. 1 276
33 Sergent, William E. 1 249
34 Jacobs, Ray E. 1 221
35 Luton, C.m. 1 204
36 Ruester, John T. 1 166
37 Layne-Western Drlg 1 61
38 IL State Geological Survey 1 42
39 Dowdy, Tony Jr. 1 39
40 Norman E D 1 37
41 IL State Water Survey 1 26

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, 97 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 1,413 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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