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Best well drillers in Mcdonough County, Illinois

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 47 drilling companies with wells on record in Mcdonough County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,011 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.

47companies on record
7active since 2022
1,011wells in county record
#CompanyIn Mcdonough Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Allen, Joseph 5 25 792
2 Cole, Raymond J. — 210 1,228
3 Groves, Forest E. — 149 225
4 Guarin, Harland — 108 196
5 Johnson, James P. — 95 507
6 Hopson, Scott — 69 395
7 Bassham, Billy — 66 557
8 Kremer, Jack Lee — 57 797
9 Roy Thorne — 45 274
10 Groves, Alan — 28 33
11 Dryden, Michael — 18 349
12 Shoemaker & Sons Drilling — 18 407
13 Wiesenhofer, Andrew — 14 1,489
14 NO Company — 12 564
15 Hopson, Seldon C — 10 1,004
16 Bjorklund, Lloyd A. — 9 162
17 Cole, Raymond Joseph Jr. — 8 93
18 Bjorklund, Llyod A. — 7 63
19 Gingerich, Corwin — 6 331
20 Reynolds Well Drilling — 5 1,867
21 Klint Gingerich — 4 161
22 Hunter, Dennis — 4 149
23 Hopson, S. C. — 4 85
24 Springer, Howard — 3 72
25 Jennings, Charles L. — 3 72
26 Chadwick, George W. — 3 66
27 Kelso, James — 3 65
28 Grosch, Dick — 3 54
29 Reynolds, Joseph R. — 2 2,516
30 Layne-Western Co. — 2 1,635
31 Joseph Allen — 2 110
32 Corwin Gingerich — 2 56
33 Michael Dryden — 2 49
34 IL State Water Survey — 2 33
35 Municipal Well & Pump, Inc. — 1 56
36 Cole, Steve — 1 362
37 Gingerich, Klint — 1 94
38 Sauder, Steven E. — 1 2,983
39 Adolphson, Robert M. Jr. — 1 759
40 Erwin, James Ray — 1 466
41 Harold Dean Albrecht — 1 443
42 Charles Hollinshead — 1 224
43 Kuntz, Peter William — 1 176
44 Kuntz, John — 1 165
45 Alco Oil & Gas Corp. — 1 123
46 J & R Well Drlg. — 1 36
47 Blankenship, Bill — 1 25

Ranked by wells drilled in Mcdonough 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 Mcdonough County?

Allen, Joseph has drilled the most Mcdonough County wells in the recent record — 5 since 2016, 25 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Mcdonough County?

47 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Mcdonough County; 7 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 Mcdonough County?

The median drilled depth in Mcdonough County is 220 ft, based on 1,321 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Mcdonough County wells page.

Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Mcdonough County wells page.

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