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Best well drillers in Madison County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 68 drilling companies with wells
on record in Madison County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 4,108 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.
68companies on record
16active since 2022
4,108wells in county record
| # | Company | In Madison Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Dragovich, Mark G. | 124 | 233 | 268 |
| 2 | Beanland, Ronald D. | 54 | 106 | 1,343 |
| 3 | Davinroy, Mark | 54 | 60 | 100 |
| 4 | Haake, Ralph | 28 | 64 | 798 |
| 5 | Kelly, Timothy | 23 | 23 | 70 |
| 6 | Skouby, Charles A. | 20 | 99 | 118 |
| 7 | Greg A. Evans | 15 | 15 | 102 |
| 8 | Durbin, Kandra M. | 14 | 15 | 143 |
| 9 | Durbin, Dominique | 12 | 21 | 102 |
| 10 | Gebke, Randy | 8 | 8 | 93 |
| 11 | Beckett, Donald | 5 | 48 | 655 |
| 12 | Roberts Environmental | 5 | 7 | 30 |
| 13 | Erwin, James R. | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| 14 | Layne Christensen Co. | 3 | 5 | 49 |
| 15 | Ray Mueller | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| 16 | Dohrman, Dale Raymond | 1 | 3 | 770 |
| 17 | Hemmen, Jake | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| 18 | Schmalfeldt, Todd | 1 | 1 | 197 |
| 19 | Noll, Gary E. | — | 1,360 | 2,513 |
| 20 | Kohnen, Clarence | — | 699 | 12,561 |
| 21 | Bekemeyer, Gust | — | 463 | 919 |
| 22 | Bush, Henry L. | — | 288 | 638 |
| 23 | Ruester, John T. | — | 70 | 166 |
| 24 | Burge Drilling Co. & Dewatering | — | 63 | 63 |
| 25 | Wilson, Carline | — | 47 | 107 |
| 26 | St. Charles Drilling Co. | — | 42 | 463 |
| 27 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 34 | 1,442 |
| 28 | Baum, Arron | — | 33 | 187 |
| 29 | Wilson, Arnold | — | 31 | 67 |
| 30 | Wilson, Carl | — | 27 | 109 |
| 31 | Arron Baum | — | 26 | 223 |
| 32 | Sisk, Gary Drill Co. | — | 25 | 63 |
| 33 | Miller, Alfred Hampton | — | 20 | 246 |
| 34 | Kohnen, Clarence E. | — | 19 | 159 |
| 35 | Bush, Richard W. | — | 17 | 32 |
| 36 | Walters, Steven | — | 15 | 1,374 |
| 37 | Chitwood, Charles P. | — | 13 | 110 |
| 38 | NO Company | — | 12 | 508 |
| 39 | Baker, Earl Jr. | — | 11 | 1,667 |
| 40 | Link, Harold F. | — | 8 | 1,386 |
| 41 | Baker, E. C. & Sons | — | 6 | 232 |
| 42 | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. | — | 6 | 107 |
| 43 | Pohlman, Herman J. | — | 4 | 367 |
| 44 | Dohrman, Raymond | — | 4 | 215 |
| 45 | Buffington, G. | — | 4 | 130 |
| 46 | Dohrman, Donald W. | — | 4 | 102 |
| 47 | Luhr Brothers, Inc. | — | 4 | 101 |
| 48 | Beasley, Eugene B. | — | 3 | 1,106 |
| 49 | Roberts, Charles Wayne | — | 3 | 258 |
| 50 | Hatfield, Larry | — | 3 | 85 |
| 51 | Randy Gebke | — | 3 | 50 |
| 52 | IL State Water Survey | — | 3 | 26 |
| 53 | Harriss, Chuck | — | 2 | 61 |
| 54 | Baker, Donald | — | 2 | 133 |
| 55 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 2 | 110 |
| 56 | Swan, Karl F. | — | 2 | 52 |
| 57 | Bekemeyer, Gustav F. | — | 2 | 28 |
| 58 | Haudrich, Clyde Jerome | — | 1 | 1,121 |
| 59 | Dowell, S.l. | — | 1 | 495 |
| 60 | Woodward, Lawrence | — | 1 | 388 |
| 61 | Liberg, John E. | — | 1 | 346 |
| 62 | Shoemaker & Sons Drilling | — | 1 | 330 |
| 63 | D & S Drilling | — | 1 | 273 |
| 64 | Charles Hollinshead | — | 1 | 219 |
| 65 | Rimbey, Jesse Dick | — | 1 | 115 |
| 66 | Mccord, Daniel | — | 1 | 35 |
| 67 | Watson, Harold L. | — | 1 | 29 |
| 68 | Brotcke Engineering | — | 1 | 25 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Madison 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 Madison County?
Dragovich, Mark G. has drilled the most Madison County wells in the recent record — 124 since 2016, 233 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Madison County?
68 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Madison 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 Madison County?
The median drilled depth in Madison County is 45 ft, based on 4,601 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Madison County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Madison County wells page.
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