Best well drillers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 60 drilling companies with wells on record in Jo Daviess County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,343 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.

60companies on record

10active since 2022

2,343wells in county record

#	Company	In Jo Daviess Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Thompson, John J.	73	294	697
2	Thompson, John	44	65	87
3	Lyons, Larry	23	479	1,163
4	Faherty, Jeff	2	24	26
5	Schuur, Bill	1	14	797
6	Liberg, John E.	1	3	346
7	Stoll, Austen	1	1	155
8	Bull Well Drilling Inc.	1	1	56
9	Lyons, Glenn L	—	350	1,342
10	Coad, Floyd M.	—	296	509
11	Faherty, Francis	—	185	187
12	Webber, Robert Lee	—	94	100
13	Bautsch, Thomas E.	—	91	91
14	Thompson, Nicholas R.	—	74	139
15	Miles, Edwin	—	67	82
16	Martin, Jonas Willard	—	56	2,393
17	Miles, Randolph S.	—	32	32
18	Lyons G A	—	31	33
19	Randy Roop/Jonas Martin Drlg.	—	29	352
20	Galien, Vander Sam	—	22	61
21	Bull, Jack D.	—	21	908
22	Coad Well & Pump Co.	—	19	34
23	Olson, Robert C	—	11	1,003
24	Dresden, Edward L.	—	7	913
25	Klint Gingerich	—	7	141
26	Dirks, Michael	—	5	1,115
27	Jack Bull Well & Septic	—	5	271
28	Deppe, Edward M.	—	4	182
29	Albrecht, S. Dean	—	4	1,836
30	Smith, Allen E.	—	3	271
31	Liberg, Patrick A.	—	3	779
32	Olson, Alan R.	—	3	220
33	Edward M. Deppe	—	3	96
34	Lyons Glen	—	3	80
35	Coad Stanley M	—	3	43
36	Varner C W	—	3	42
37	Roop, Randy/Jonas Martin Drlg.	—	2	383
38	Wehling Well Works, Inc.	—	2	755
39	Sisson, Edward	—	2	499
40	Niffenegger, Edward L.	—	2	161
41	Winslow, Edwin F.	—	2	161
42	Martin, Charles Leroy	—	2	128
43	John E. Liberg	—	2	34
44	Knierim, Ken/K & K Well Drlg.	—	1	831
45	Matt Liberg	—	1	180
46	Layne Western Co., Inc.	—	1	1,442
47	Nice, Marvin R.	—	1	1,120
48	Rosenquist, Gerald Wilbur	—	1	883
49	Henry, John	—	1	868
50	Wehling, Wendell E.	—	1	583
51	Kerry, Charles M.	—	1	535
52	Grosch, Wayne A.	—	1	528
53	Liberg, Steven Scott	—	1	377
54	Olson Well & Pump Co.	—	1	210
55	Alco Oil & Gas Corp.	—	1	107
56	Joseph Allen	—	1	107
57	Gingerich, Emery Duane	—	1	79
58	Allen E. Smith	—	1	68
59	Knierin Paul	—	1	61
60	John J. Thompson	—	1	27

Ranked by wells drilled in Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess County?

Thompson, John J. has drilled the most Jo Daviess County wells in the recent record — 73 since 2016, 294 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Jo Daviess County?

60 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Jo Daviess County; 10 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 Jo Daviess County?

The median drilled depth in Jo Daviess County is 220 ft, based on 2,914 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Jo Daviess County wells page.

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

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