Illinois Well Data field records · 2026 survey

← All Illinois drillers

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 — 980 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.

47companies on record
7active since 2022
980wells in county record
#CompanyIn Mcdonough Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Allen, Joseph 4 24 772
2 Cole, Raymond J. 202 1,135
3 Groves, Forest E. 143 218
4 Guarin, Harland 106 188
5 Johnson, James P. 94 503
6 Hopson, Scott 67 368
7 Bassham, Billy 65 510
8 Kremer, Jack Lee 56 737
9 Roy Thorne 44 253
10 Groves, Alan 28 33
11 Dryden, Michael 18 323
12 Shoemaker & Sons Drilling 16 330
13 Wiesenhofer, Andrew 14 1,411
14 NO Company 11 508
15 Hopson, Seldon C 10 974
16 Bjorklund, Lloyd A. 8 146
17 Cole, Raymond Joseph Jr. 8 92
18 Bjorklund, Llyod A. 7 63
19 Gingerich, Corwin 6 330
20 Reynolds Well Drilling 5 1,657
21 Klint Gingerich 4 141
22 Hunter, Dennis 4 133
23 Hopson, S. C. 3 84
24 Jennings, Charles L. 3 68
25 Grosch, Dick 3 47
26 Reynolds, Joseph R. 2 2,477
27 Layne Western Co., Inc. 2 1,442
28 Joseph Allen 2 107
29 Springer, Howard 2 67
30 Kelso, James 2 63
31 Chadwick, George W. 2 57
32 Corwin Gingerich 2 48
33 Michael Dryden 2 48
34 IL State Water Survey 2 26
35 Municipal Well & Pump, Inc. 1 49
36 Cole, Steve 1 344
37 Gingerich, Klint 1 88
38 Sauder, Steven E. 1 2,716
39 Adolphson, Robert M. Jr. 1 714
40 Erwin, James Ray 1 466
41 Harold Dean Albrecht 1 433
42 Charles Hollinshead 1 219
43 Kuntz, Peter William 1 173
44 Kuntz, John 1 115
45 Alco Oil & Gas Corp. 1 107
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 — 4 since 2016, 24 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 1,263 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.

Get quotes from drillers active in Mcdonough County

Free for property owners. We route your request only to licensed drillers who actually file well logs in Mcdonough County — never sold elsewhere.

Drill in Mcdonough County?

If your company is on this list, your profile is free to claim — confirm your details and add your contact information so Mcdonough County property owners reach you directly.

Claim your profile

Free to claim · built from ISGS public well-log records.