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Best well drillers in Mclean County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 86 drilling companies with wells
on record in Mclean County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,978 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.
86companies on record
19active since 2022
2,978wells in county record
| # | Company | In Mclean Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Layten, Mark J. | 128 | 141 | 312 |
| 2 | Layten, James | 71 | 1,458 | 2,582 |
| 3 | Parrott, Cody | 47 | 53 | 160 |
| 4 | Wagenbach, Mark | 30 | 32 | 293 |
| 5 | Beck, Harold F. Jr. | 13 | 46 | 1,185 |
| 6 | Smith, David M. | 8 | 61 | 73 |
| 7 | Kickapoo Drilling Co. | 8 | 31 | 55 |
| 8 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 5 | 50 | 1,411 |
| 9 | Henry, John | 5 | 17 | 868 |
| 10 | Harry T Waters | 5 | 5 | 89 |
| 11 | Williams, Robert | 3 | 13 | 300 |
| 12 | Sauder Well Drilling | 3 | 7 | 59 |
| 13 | Liberg, Steve Jr. | 3 | 3 | 666 |
| 14 | Kelly, Timothy | 2 | 2 | 70 |
| 15 | Sauder, Steven E. | 1 | 41 | 2,716 |
| 16 | Greenfield, Edward K. | 1 | 4 | 833 |
| 17 | Skinner, Todd | 1 | 2 | 562 |
| 18 | Tracy A Mcconnel | 1 | 1 | 140 |
| 19 | Tyler J. Gee | 1 | 1 | 146 |
| 20 | Kingsley, Arthur W. | — | 175 | 2,249 |
| 21 | David M. Smith | — | 125 | 141 |
| 22 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 53 | 1,135 |
| 23 | Swanson, Jean E. | — | 53 | 349 |
| 24 | Layten | — | 51 | 51 |
| 25 | Meyer, George | — | 50 | 89 |
| 26 | Mashburn, Robert | — | 40 | 1,041 |
| 27 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 35 | 1,657 |
| 28 | Scherf Robert William | — | 29 | 614 |
| 29 | French, Loren K. | — | 28 | 147 |
| 30 | Meyer, George J. | — | 27 | 71 |
| 31 | Reynolds, Joseph R. | — | 24 | 2,477 |
| 32 | Scherf, Robert W. | — | 23 | 295 |
| 33 | Swanson, Randy | — | 20 | 98 |
| 34 | Woollen Brothers | — | 19 | 154 |
| 35 | Swanson, L. F. | — | 18 | 73 |
| 36 | James Layten | — | 18 | 29 |
| 37 | White, Chris Alan | — | 16 | 432 |
| 38 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 15 | 1,442 |
| 39 | Stoneberger, Donald E. | — | 15 | 51 |
| 40 | Woollen Earl D | — | 13 | 41 |
| 41 | Cole, Steve | — | 12 | 344 |
| 42 | Donald E. Stoneberger | — | 12 | 277 |
| 43 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 10 | 1,836 |
| 44 | Sims, R. Marc Jr. | — | 10 | 840 |
| 45 | Hampton, E. T. | — | 10 | 170 |
| 46 | NO Company | — | 8 | 508 |
| 47 | Coppenbarger, Floyd Lyle | — | 8 | 74 |
| 48 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 7 | 693 |
| 49 | Dement, Ray | — | 7 | 171 |
| 50 | Mashburn, Grover C. Jr. | — | 6 | 334 |
| 51 | Albrecht Well Drilling Inc. | — | 5 | 56 |
| 52 | Lutes, George W. | — | 5 | 650 |
| 53 | Dowell, S.l. | — | 5 | 495 |
| 54 | Luttrell, James | — | 5 | 406 |
| 55 | Ebert, Robert H | — | 4 | 606 |
| 56 | Bassham, Billy | — | 3 | 510 |
| 57 | Dirks, Michael | — | 3 | 1,115 |
| 58 | Bolliger, William | — | 3 | 39 |
| 59 | Gaza, John Edward | — | 2 | 97 |
| 60 | Knierim, James | — | 2 | 897 |
| 61 | Ebert, William M. | — | 2 | 405 |
| 62 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 2 | 310 |
| 63 | Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. | — | 2 | 300 |
| 64 | Weburg, E. Marvin | — | 2 | 290 |
| 65 | Eaton, Zane C. | — | 2 | 276 |
| 66 | Wiesenhofer, Donald E. | — | 2 | 253 |
| 67 | Baker, Donald | — | 2 | 133 |
| 68 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 2 | 110 |
| 69 | Mashburn Brothers | — | 2 | 56 |
| 70 | IL State Geological Survey | — | 2 | 42 |
| 71 | Dryden, Michael | — | 1 | 323 |
| 72 | Layne Christensen Co. | — | 1 | 49 |
| 73 | Lyons, Larry | — | 1 | 1,163 |
| 74 | Sims, Ronald M. Sr. | — | 1 | 590 |
| 75 | Vaughn, Kenneth G. | — | 1 | 492 |
| 76 | Sloan, Thomas F. | — | 1 | 448 |
| 77 | Wehling, Richard H. | — | 1 | 312 |
| 78 | Roy Thorne | — | 1 | 253 |
| 79 | Martin, C. & Sons Well Co. | — | 1 | 200 |
| 80 | Hampton, Edward T. | — | 1 | 195 |
| 81 | Lode, Lawrence James | — | 1 | 179 |
| 82 | Buffington, G. | — | 1 | 130 |
| 83 | Hayes & Sims | — | 1 | 115 |
| 84 | Klassen, Genevieve M. | — | 1 | 96 |
| 85 | Logan, James R. | — | 1 | 56 |
| 86 | Swanson Well & Pump Serv | — | 1 | 34 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Mclean 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 Mclean County?
Layten, Mark J. has drilled the most Mclean County wells in the recent record — 128 since 2016, 141 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Mclean County?
86 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Mclean County; 19 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 Mclean County?
The median drilled depth in Mclean County is 146 ft, based on 3,456 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Mclean County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Mclean County wells page.
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