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Best well drillers in Knox County, Illinois

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 57 drilling companies with wells on record in Knox County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,551 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.

57companies on record
6active since 2022
1,551wells in county record
#CompanyIn Knox Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Allen, Joseph 41 78 772
2 Dryden, Michael 14 45 323
3 Gingerich, Corwin 8 12 330
4 Bassham, Billy 2 17 510
5 Wiesenhofer, Andrew 2 7 1,411
6 Stoll, Austen 1 1 155
7 Gelement, Val 1 1 95
8 Hopson, Seldon C 354 974
9 Kremer, Jack Lee 235 737
10 Hopson, Scott 187 368
11 Adolphson, Robert M. Jr. 68 714
12 Blake, Russell 66 101
13 Blake, Russell K. 57 98
14 Kuntz, John E. 56 434
15 Cole, Raymond J. 50 1,135
16 Wakefield, Jerry H 34 162
17 Springer, Howard 31 67
18 Glen Dana 28 136
19 Sauder, Steven E. 24 2,716
20 Hunter, Dennis 24 133
21 Roy Thorne 20 253
22 Adolphson, Bob 17 59
23 Hawkins, Howard/Adolphson, Bob 12 104
24 Cosby, Edward L. Sr. 11 173
25 Hopson, S. C. 11 84
26 Cosby, E. L. 10 54
27 Norton, William H. 10 34
28 Acker, Roger 9 373
29 Harding, Thomas D. 8 77
30 Dana, Glen 7 218
31 Latta, Kirk Stephen 6 1,317
32 Guarin, Harland 6 188
33 Winslow, Edwin F. 6 161
34 Bjorklund, Lloyd A. 6 146
35 Dana, Steve 4 143
36 Joseph Allen 4 107
37 Gingerich, Emery Duane 3 79
38 Layne Western Co., Inc. 2 1,442
39 Scherf Robert William 2 614
40 NO Company 2 508
41 Scherf, Robert W. 2 295
42 Kuntz, Peter William 2 173
43 Michael Dryden 2 48
44 Albrecht, S. Dean 1 1,836
45 Reynolds Well Drilling 1 1,657
46 Timmerman, Tom 1 968
47 Hofstetter, William S. 1 656
48 Williams, Robert 1 300
49 Hampton, E. T. 1 170
50 Klint Gingerich 1 141
51 Latta, Mark Duane 1 124
52 Kuntz, John 1 115
53 Carson, James R. 1 101
54 Logan, James R. 1 56
55 Mitchell, Francis M. 1 40
56 J & R Well Drlg. 1 36
57 Holdorf Donald 1 26

Ranked by wells drilled in Knox 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 Knox County?

Allen, Joseph has drilled the most Knox County wells in the recent record — 41 since 2016, 78 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Knox County?

57 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Knox County; 6 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 Knox County?

The median drilled depth in Knox County is 180 ft, based on 1,827 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Knox County wells page.

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

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