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Best well drillers in Macon County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 73 drilling companies with wells
on record in Macon County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,216 logged
wells in the Illinois State Geological Survey water well records (records as of 2026-10-12). Every number links back to
the public record.
73companies on record
8active since 2022
2,216wells in county record
| # | Company | In Macon Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Parrott, Cody | 34 | 38 | 174 |
| 2 | S & J Well Drilling | 22 | 232 | 511 |
| 3 | Mashburn, Robert | 20 | 467 | 1,076 |
| 4 | Skinner, Todd | 18 | 97 | 572 |
| 5 | Findlay Bros. Well Drilling | 4 | 4 | 323 |
| 6 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 3 | 51 | 1,489 |
| 7 | Gaza, John Edward | 2 | 57 | 102 |
| 8 | Balding, Shane | 1 | 37 | 60 |
| 9 | Layten, James | 1 | 5 | 2,660 |
| 10 | Cole, Steve | 1 | 1 | 362 |
| 11 | Mashburn, Grover C. Jr. | — | 189 | 338 |
| 12 | Luttrell, Gerald Dean | — | 139 | 553 |
| 13 | Woollen Brothers | — | 111 | 165 |
| 14 | Lentz Tony | — | 107 | 107 |
| 15 | Luttrell, James | — | 84 | 459 |
| 16 | Reynolds, Joseph R. | — | 65 | 2,516 |
| 17 | Link, Harold F. | — | 54 | 1,395 |
| 18 | Beasley, Eugene B. | — | 50 | 1,135 |
| 19 | Mashburn Brothers | — | 50 | 65 |
| 20 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 46 | 1,867 |
| 21 | Hanks, T. R. | — | 37 | 38 |
| 22 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 32 | 1,635 |
| 23 | Mashburn, Bruce E. | — | 30 | 46 |
| 24 | Walters, Steven | — | 28 | 1,494 |
| 25 | Hanks, Thomas R. | — | 25 | 28 |
| 26 | Fleming, Rodney K. | — | 21 | 317 |
| 27 | NO Company | — | 13 | 564 |
| 28 | Sims, R. Marc Jr. | — | 11 | 867 |
| 29 | Baker, E. C. & Sons | — | 11 | 255 |
| 30 | Ruester, John T. | — | 11 | 179 |
| 31 | Eaton, Zane C. | — | 7 | 279 |
| 32 | Hayes, Charles M. | — | 7 | 72 |
| 33 | Baker, Earl Jr. | — | 6 | 1,933 |
| 34 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 6 | 545 |
| 35 | Luttrel, James | — | 6 | 56 |
| 36 | Sims, Ronald M. Sr. | — | 5 | 602 |
| 37 | Baker, Donald K. | — | 5 | 91 |
| 38 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 4 | 1,880 |
| 39 | Eaton Well Drlg.(Zane Eaton) | — | 4 | 182 |
| 40 | Fleming, Roy | — | 4 | 61 |
| 41 | Cook, George Jr. | — | 4 | 45 |
| 42 | Tegeler, Brian J. | — | 4 | 27 |
| 43 | Dement, Ray | — | 3 | 173 |
| 44 | Fleming, Daniel D. | — | 3 | 149 |
| 45 | Baker, Donald | — | 3 | 135 |
| 46 | Fleming, D. D. | — | 3 | 122 |
| 47 | Carson, James R. | — | 3 | 101 |
| 48 | Hayes & Sims Drlg | — | 3 | 60 |
| 49 | Kingsley, Arthur W. | — | 2 | 2,304 |
| 50 | Henry, John | — | 2 | 876 |
| 51 | Dowell, S.l. | — | 2 | 504 |
| 52 | Miller, J.p. Co. | — | 2 | 146 |
| 53 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 2 | 79 |
| 54 | Griffy, Cecil D. | — | 2 | 69 |
| 55 | IL State Geological Survey | — | 2 | 46 |
| 56 | Neupert, Thomas A. | — | 2 | 32 |
| 57 | Layten, Mark J. | — | 1 | 320 |
| 58 | Berg Well & Pump | — | 1 | 551 |
| 59 | Fordonski, Keith | — | 1 | 1,694 |
| 60 | Vaughn, Kenneth G. | — | 1 | 503 |
| 61 | Albrecht, S. D. | — | 1 | 425 |
| 62 | Swanson, Jean E. | — | 1 | 355 |
| 63 | Cook, George | — | 1 | 330 |
| 64 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 1 | 313 |
| 65 | Jacobs, Ray E. | — | 1 | 222 |
| 66 | Buffington, G. | — | 1 | 147 |
| 67 | Courson, Richard C. | — | 1 | 144 |
| 68 | David M. Smith | — | 1 | 144 |
| 69 | Sims, Ronald M. Jr. | — | 1 | 95 |
| 70 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 1 | 73 |
| 71 | Ready, Dale | — | 1 | 42 |
| 72 | Bolliger, William | — | 1 | 41 |
| 73 | Mcellhiney Wm. Sr. | — | 1 | 26 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Macon 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 Macon County?
Parrott, Cody has drilled the most Macon County wells in the recent record — 34 since 2016, 38 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Macon County?
73 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Macon County; 8 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 Macon County?
The median drilled depth in Macon County is 90 ft, based on 2,394 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Macon County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Macon County wells page.
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