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Best well drillers in Livingston County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 100 drilling companies with wells
on record in Livingston County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,102 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.
100companies on record
16active since 2022
2,102wells in county record
| # | Company | In Livingston Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Liberg, Steve Jr. | 47 | 110 | 666 |
| 2 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 17 | 160 | 1,411 |
| 3 | Layten, Mark J. | 17 | 21 | 312 |
| 4 | Harry T Waters | 7 | 7 | 89 |
| 5 | Beck, Harold F. Jr. | 6 | 26 | 1,185 |
| 6 | Layten, James | 3 | 92 | 2,582 |
| 7 | Kickapoo Drilling Co. | 3 | 8 | 55 |
| 8 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | 2 | 7 | 1,132 |
| 9 | Will County Well & Pump | 1 | 6 | 724 |
| 10 | Thierry, Keith | 1 | 1 | 207 |
| 11 | Donald E. Stoneberger | — | 229 | 277 |
| 12 | Scherf Robert William | — | 183 | 614 |
| 13 | White, Chris Alan | — | 143 | 432 |
| 14 | Kingsley, Arthur W. | — | 112 | 2,249 |
| 15 | Doyle, Gerald | — | 95 | 242 |
| 16 | Bolliger, John & Sons | — | 86 | 136 |
| 17 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 70 | 1,657 |
| 18 | Swanson, Jean E. | — | 61 | 349 |
| 19 | Sims Drilling Co. | — | 49 | 133 |
| 20 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 39 | 1,836 |
| 21 | Sauder, Steven E. | — | 36 | 2,716 |
| 22 | Strange, Robert E. | — | 36 | 558 |
| 23 | Rix, John Richard | — | 33 | 239 |
| 24 | Santelman, Doyle D. | — | 31 | 43 |
| 25 | Santelman, Walter | — | 31 | 39 |
| 26 | Area Well & Pump | — | 28 | 755 |
| 27 | Knierim, Phil | — | 25 | 5,361 |
| 28 | Swanson, Randy | — | 24 | 98 |
| 29 | Fordonski, Keith | — | 23 | 1,622 |
| 30 | Hayes & Sims | — | 21 | 115 |
| 31 | Stoneberger, Donald | — | 19 | 47 |
| 32 | NO Company | — | 16 | 508 |
| 33 | Scherf, Robert W. | — | 16 | 295 |
| 34 | Steve Liberg, Jr. | — | 16 | 43 |
| 35 | Hayes, Charles M. | — | 12 | 67 |
| 36 | Brown, Darwin | — | 11 | 2,130 |
| 37 | Bisping, Calvin | — | 11 | 437 |
| 38 | Matherly, Hubert | — | 10 | 1,477 |
| 39 | Walters, Larry | — | 10 | 1,465 |
| 40 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 10 | 1,442 |
| 41 | Swanson Well & Pump Serv | — | 10 | 34 |
| 42 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 9 | 1,135 |
| 43 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 9 | 693 |
| 44 | Hayes & Sims Drlg | — | 9 | 54 |
| 45 | Knierim, Ken/K & K Well Drlg. | — | 8 | 831 |
| 46 | Miller, J. P. Art. Well | — | 8 | 291 |
| 47 | Layne North-Central | — | 8 | 42 |
| 48 | Williams, Robert | — | 7 | 300 |
| 49 | Hampton, E. T. | — | 6 | 170 |
| 50 | Knierim, Paul L. | — | 5 | 834 |
| 51 | Lockport Well & Pump | — | 5 | 352 |
| 52 | Meyer, George | — | 5 | 89 |
| 53 | Knierin Paul | — | 5 | 61 |
| 54 | Fykes, Charles N. | — | 4 | 5,947 |
| 55 | Wiesenhofer, Donald E. | — | 4 | 253 |
| 56 | French, Loren K. | — | 4 | 147 |
| 57 | Vickery Drilling Co., Inc. | — | 4 | 37 |
| 58 | K & K Well Drilling | — | 3 | 3,028 |
| 59 | Dietzman, Gerald E. | — | 3 | 1,210 |
| 60 | Harold Dean Albrecht | — | 3 | 433 |
| 61 | Ebert, William M. | — | 3 | 405 |
| 62 | Wills, William D. | — | 3 | 333 |
| 63 | Wills, Elmer | — | 3 | 162 |
| 64 | Stoneberger, Donald E. | — | 3 | 51 |
| 65 | Wills, Elmer D. | — | 3 | 26 |
| 66 | Reiners, Lynn | — | 2 | 670 |
| 67 | Albrecht, S. D. | — | 2 | 413 |
| 68 | Jensen, Kenneth Lee | — | 2 | 216 |
| 69 | Woollen Brothers | — | 2 | 154 |
| 70 | Gibbs Well Drilling | — | 2 | 141 |
| 71 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 2 | 61 |
| 72 | Ebert M & Co. | — | 2 | 60 |
| 73 | Bolliger, William | — | 2 | 39 |
| 74 | James Layten | — | 2 | 29 |
| 75 | Wagenbach, Mark | — | 1 | 293 |
| 76 | Strange, Michael | — | 1 | 1,017 |
| 77 | Layne Christensen Co. | — | 1 | 49 |
| 78 | Reynolds, Joseph R. | — | 1 | 2,477 |
| 79 | Martin, Jonas Willard | — | 1 | 2,393 |
| 80 | Wellendorf, Rodney | — | 1 | 2,313 |
| 81 | Rob, Ronald Gene | — | 1 | 2,075 |
| 82 | Ebert, Robert H | — | 1 | 606 |
| 83 | Dowell, S.l. | — | 1 | 495 |
| 84 | Pohlman, Herman J. | — | 1 | 367 |
| 85 | Wehling, Richard H. | — | 1 | 312 |
| 86 | Tri County Well & Pump | — | 1 | 289 |
| 87 | Baker, E. C. & Sons | — | 1 | 232 |
| 88 | Wakefield, Jerry H | — | 1 | 162 |
| 89 | Hageman, Alvin B. | — | 1 | 157 |
| 90 | Woodruff Charles Co. | — | 1 | 140 |
| 91 | Buffington, G. | — | 1 | 130 |
| 92 | Ken Knierim/K & K Well Drlg. | — | 1 | 112 |
| 93 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 1 | 110 |
| 94 | Hatfield, Larry | — | 1 | 85 |
| 95 | Wehling, R. H. | — | 1 | 76 |
| 96 | Wehling, Robert | — | 1 | 73 |
| 97 | Milaeger Well Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 63 |
| 98 | Strange, Michael K. | — | 1 | 44 |
| 99 | Lyons G A | — | 1 | 33 |
| 100 | Neupert, Thomas A. | — | 1 | 32 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Livingston 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 Livingston County?
Liberg, Steve Jr. has drilled the most Livingston County wells in the recent record — 47 since 2016, 110 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Livingston County?
100 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Livingston County; 16 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 Livingston County?
The median drilled depth in Livingston County is 100 ft, based on 2,378 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Livingston County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Livingston County wells page.
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