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Best well drillers in Lee County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 113 drilling companies with wells
on record in Lee County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 3,266 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.
113companies on record
21active since 2022
3,266wells in county record
| # | Company | In Lee Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | 140 | 338 | 1,132 |
| 2 | Roop, Randy/Jonas Martin Drlg. | 42 | 95 | 383 |
| 3 | Thierry, Keith | 12 | 13 | 207 |
| 4 | Zhieriy, Keith | 8 | 13 | 102 |
| 5 | White, Matt | 4 | 5 | 330 |
| 6 | Henry, John | 3 | 35 | 868 |
| 7 | Liberg, Steve Jr. | 3 | 3 | 666 |
| 8 | Tri County Irrigation & | 3 | 3 | 39 |
| 9 | Stone, Bradley W. | 2 | 5 | 146 |
| 10 | Rosenquist, Robert G. | 2 | 3 | 158 |
| 11 | Gingerich, Corwin | 2 | 2 | 330 |
| 12 | Dober, Darrel | 1 | 181 | 478 |
| 13 | Schuur, Bill | 1 | 8 | 797 |
| 14 | Tyrrell, Jeffrey | 1 | 7 | 170 |
| 15 | Knierim, Ken/K & K Well Drlg. | 1 | 2 | 831 |
| 16 | Stoll, Austen | 1 | 1 | 155 |
| 17 | Matt Liberg | 1 | 1 | 180 |
| 18 | Smith, Allen E. | 1 | 1 | 271 |
| 19 | Crowe, Daniel J. | 1 | 1 | 76 |
| 20 | Martin, Jonas Willard | — | 411 | 2,393 |
| 21 | Dresden, Edward L. | — | 410 | 913 |
| 22 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 292 | 1,836 |
| 23 | Harold Dean Albrecht | — | 147 | 433 |
| 24 | Forder, James | — | 131 | 577 |
| 25 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 124 | 693 |
| 26 | Jet Hall/Lutes H2o Well Drlg. | — | 91 | 971 |
| 27 | Albrecht, S. D. | — | 89 | 413 |
| 28 | Knierim, James | — | 87 | 897 |
| 29 | Dana, Steve | — | 76 | 143 |
| 30 | Joe Arwood | — | 57 | 217 |
| 31 | Dana, Steven William | — | 57 | 84 |
| 32 | Randy Roop/Jonas Martin Drlg. | — | 53 | 352 |
| 33 | Heins, Don | — | 50 | 296 |
| 34 | Dirks, Michael | — | 45 | 1,115 |
| 35 | Dober, Darrel R. | — | 43 | 171 |
| 36 | Knierim, Phil | — | 37 | 5,361 |
| 37 | Brown, Darwin | — | 26 | 2,130 |
| 38 | Lutes, George W. | — | 25 | 650 |
| 39 | Stone, Guy D. | — | 23 | 337 |
| 40 | Aneffco Well Drilling | — | 17 | 175 |
| 41 | Weirich, William Theodore | — | 15 | 568 |
| 42 | Stone, Ronald D. | — | 15 | 301 |
| 43 | Tolley, David F. | — | 13 | 125 |
| 44 | Harding, James R. | — | 12 | 207 |
| 45 | K & K Well Drilling | — | 10 | 3,028 |
| 46 | Fordonski, Keith | — | 10 | 1,622 |
| 47 | Wehling Well Works, Inc. | — | 9 | 755 |
| 48 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 8 | 1,442 |
| 49 | Lyons, Glenn L | — | 8 | 1,342 |
| 50 | Dietzman, Gerald E. | — | 8 | 1,210 |
| 51 | Albrecht Well Drilling Inc. | — | 7 | 56 |
| 52 | Tri County Well & Pump | — | 7 | 289 |
| 53 | Latta, Kirk Stephen | — | 6 | 1,317 |
| 54 | Meadow Equipment | — | 6 | 781 |
| 55 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 6 | 66 |
| 56 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 5 | 528 |
| 57 | Stone, James R. | — | 5 | 292 |
| 58 | Neely, Mark S. | — | 4 | 1,091 |
| 59 | Greenfield, Edward K. | — | 4 | 833 |
| 60 | Nice, Mark E. | — | 4 | 1,589 |
| 61 | Neely, Harry C. | — | 4 | 532 |
| 62 | Ken Knierim/K & K Well Drlg. | — | 4 | 112 |
| 63 | Rosenquist, Gerald Wilbur | — | 3 | 883 |
| 64 | Kerry, Charles M. | — | 3 | 535 |
| 65 | Bisping, Calvin | — | 3 | 437 |
| 66 | Stone, Ronald | — | 3 | 347 |
| 67 | Carson, James R. | — | 3 | 101 |
| 68 | Klassen, Genevieve M. | — | 3 | 96 |
| 69 | Stone, Herald | — | 3 | 81 |
| 70 | Lenhart, Jeff Plumbing | — | 3 | 34 |
| 71 | Strange, Michael | — | 2 | 1,017 |
| 72 | Livingston, Lowell | — | 2 | 2,115 |
| 73 | Rob, Ronald Gene | — | 2 | 2,075 |
| 74 | Lyons, Larry | — | 2 | 1,163 |
| 75 | Nice, Marvin R. | — | 2 | 1,120 |
| 76 | Olson, Robert C | — | 2 | 1,003 |
| 77 | Bull, Jack D. | — | 2 | 908 |
| 78 | Neeley, Harry C. | — | 2 | 455 |
| 79 | Liberg, John E. | — | 2 | 346 |
| 80 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 2 | 310 |
| 81 | Jack Bull Well & Septic | — | 2 | 271 |
| 82 | Dana, Glen | — | 2 | 218 |
| 83 | Senffner, Keith | — | 2 | 209 |
| 84 | Glen Dana | — | 2 | 136 |
| 85 | Buffington, G. | — | 2 | 130 |
| 86 | Latta, Mark Duane | — | 2 | 124 |
| 87 | Moore, John V. | — | 2 | 106 |
| 88 | Klassen, Genevieve Sue | — | 2 | 67 |
| 89 | Testing Service Corp. | — | 2 | 59 |
| 90 | Robert G. Rosenquist | — | 2 | 42 |
| 91 | Matherly, Lonnie | — | 2 | 38 |
| 92 | Liberg, Patrick A. | — | 1 | 779 |
| 93 | Wellendorf, Rodney | — | 1 | 2,313 |
| 94 | Walters, Larry | — | 1 | 1,465 |
| 95 | Senffner, Alan James | — | 1 | 1,250 |
| 96 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 1 | 1,135 |
| 97 | Knierim Company, Inc. | — | 1 | 888 |
| 98 | NO Company | — | 1 | 508 |
| 99 | Beaman, John A. | — | 1 | 507 |
| 100 | Pitz, John W. | — | 1 | 317 |
| 101 | Winslow, Edwin F. | — | 1 | 161 |
| 102 | Allabaugh, Neil M. | — | 1 | 155 |
| 103 | Greenfield, ED | — | 1 | 137 |
| 104 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 1 | 110 |
| 105 | Smeja, Robert B. | — | 1 | 102 |
| 106 | Haskins, D. | — | 1 | 96 |
| 107 | Dreher, Theodore Albert | — | 1 | 83 |
| 108 | Dirks, Michael J. | — | 1 | 77 |
| 109 | Allabaugh Well Co. | — | 1 | 75 |
| 110 | C. Martin & Sons Well Co. | — | 1 | 52 |
| 111 | Bollivar - Hinrichs Plumbing | — | 1 | 46 |
| 112 | Donald N. Cleary | — | 1 | 40 |
| 113 | James Harding | — | 1 | 25 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Lee 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 Lee County?
Albrecht, Harold Dean has drilled the most Lee County wells in the recent record — 140 since 2016, 338 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Lee County?
113 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Lee County; 21 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 Lee County?
The median drilled depth in Lee County is 192 ft, based on 3,826 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Lee County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Lee County wells page.
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