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Best well drillers in Marshall County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 65 drilling companies with wells
on record in Marshall County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 722 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.
65companies on record
11active since 2022
722wells in county record
| # | Company | In Marshall Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | 20 | 64 | 1,157 |
| 2 | Thierry, Keith | 12 | 12 | 212 |
| 3 | Wagenbach, Mark | 10 | 10 | 304 |
| 4 | Tyler J. Gee | 5 | 5 | 146 |
| 5 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 2 | 13 | 1,489 |
| 6 | Bassham, Billy | 2 | 8 | 557 |
| 7 | Dana, Glen | 2 | 4 | 225 |
| 8 | Harry T Waters | 1 | 1 | 91 |
| 9 | Dryden, Michael | 1 | 1 | 349 |
| 10 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 79 | 1,880 |
| 11 | Wiesenhofer, Donald E. | — | 60 | 300 |
| 12 | Hageman, Alvin B. | — | 53 | 179 |
| 13 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 49 | 703 |
| 14 | Scherf Robert William | — | 32 | 628 |
| 15 | Scherf, Robert W. | — | 32 | 320 |
| 16 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 30 | 1,635 |
| 17 | Jet Hall/Lutes H2o Well Drlg. | — | 29 | 1,008 |
| 18 | French, Loren K. | — | 24 | 154 |
| 19 | Sauder, Steven E. | — | 18 | 2,983 |
| 20 | Knierim, James | — | 18 | 900 |
| 21 | Lutes Orville & Sons | — | 13 | 29 |
| 22 | Dirks, Michael | — | 11 | 1,165 |
| 23 | Hampton, Edward T. | — | 9 | 211 |
| 24 | Hampton, E. T. | — | 9 | 193 |
| 25 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 8 | 1,867 |
| 26 | Hofstetter, William S. | — | 8 | 697 |
| 27 | Albrecht, S. D. | — | 8 | 425 |
| 28 | White, Chris Alan | — | 7 | 443 |
| 29 | Ebert, Robert H | — | 7 | 654 |
| 30 | Kuntz, John E. | — | 7 | 503 |
| 31 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 6 | 1,228 |
| 32 | Biggerstaff, James | — | 6 | 432 |
| 33 | Williams, Robert | — | 6 | 327 |
| 34 | Dietzman, Gerald E. | — | 5 | 1,227 |
| 35 | Ebert, William M. | — | 5 | 438 |
| 36 | Cosby, Edward L. Sr. | — | 5 | 196 |
| 37 | Zhieriy, Keith | — | 5 | 103 |
| 38 | Greenfield, Edward K. | — | 4 | 867 |
| 39 | K & K Well Drilling | — | 4 | 3,047 |
| 40 | Lutes, George W. | — | 3 | 652 |
| 41 | Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. | — | 3 | 317 |
| 42 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 3 | 313 |
| 43 | Grosch Irrigation | — | 3 | 185 |
| 44 | Kuntz, John | — | 3 | 165 |
| 45 | Tolley, David F. | — | 3 | 126 |
| 46 | Carson, James R. | — | 3 | 101 |
| 47 | NO Company | — | 2 | 564 |
| 48 | Harold Dean Albrecht | — | 2 | 443 |
| 49 | Wehling, Richard H. | — | 2 | 319 |
| 50 | Wakefield, Jerry H | — | 2 | 164 |
| 51 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 2 | 114 |
| 52 | Cosby, E. L. | — | 2 | 65 |
| 53 | Knierin Paul | — | 2 | 63 |
| 54 | Layten, Mark J. | — | 1 | 320 |
| 55 | Knierim, Phil | — | 1 | 5,399 |
| 56 | Layten, James | — | 1 | 2,660 |
| 57 | Sharpe, Franklin N. | — | 1 | 2,247 |
| 58 | Latta, Kirk Stephen | — | 1 | 1,463 |
| 59 | Henry, John | — | 1 | 876 |
| 60 | Bolliger, John & Sons | — | 1 | 142 |
| 61 | Glen Dana | — | 1 | 141 |
| 62 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 1 | 79 |
| 63 | Stoneberger, Donald E. | — | 1 | 59 |
| 64 | IL State Geological Survey | — | 1 | 46 |
| 65 | J & R Well Drlg. | — | 1 | 36 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Marshall 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 Marshall County?
Albrecht, Harold Dean has drilled the most Marshall County wells in the recent record — 20 since 2016, 64 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Marshall County?
65 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Marshall County; 11 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 Marshall County?
The median drilled depth in Marshall County is 105 ft, based on 973 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Marshall County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Marshall County wells page.
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