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Best well drillers in Mercer County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 61 drilling companies with wells
on record in Mercer County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,480 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.
61companies on record
11active since 2022
1,480wells in county record
| # | Company | In Mercer Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | White, Matt | 42 | 58 | 334 |
| 2 | Allen, Joseph | 20 | 70 | 792 |
| 3 | Stoll, Austen | 18 | 18 | 156 |
| 4 | Gingerich, Corwin | 17 | 38 | 331 |
| 5 | Henry, John | 8 | 32 | 876 |
| 6 | Gelement, Val | 7 | 7 | 95 |
| 7 | Harvey, Lucius | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Tracy A Mcconnel | 4 | 4 | 170 |
| 9 | Latta, Kirk Stephen | 1 | 260 | 1,463 |
| 10 | Latta, Mark Duane | 1 | 14 | 130 |
| 11 | Adolphson, Robert M. Jr. | — | 268 | 759 |
| 12 | Adolphson Well Drlg. Service | — | 123 | 134 |
| 13 | Acker, Roger | — | 67 | 413 |
| 14 | Acker, Norman L. | — | 56 | 195 |
| 15 | Acker, Norman | — | 40 | 143 |
| 16 | Gingerich, Emery Duane | — | 36 | 94 |
| 17 | Dirks, Michael | — | 35 | 1,165 |
| 18 | Guarin, Harland | — | 31 | 196 |
| 19 | Relander, August | — | 30 | 30 |
| 20 | Winslow, Edwin F. | — | 26 | 163 |
| 21 | Joseph Allen | — | 26 | 110 |
| 22 | Klint Gingerich | — | 20 | 161 |
| 23 | Hopson, Seldon C | — | 16 | 1,004 |
| 24 | Haskins, D. | — | 16 | 96 |
| 25 | Corwin Gingerich | — | 15 | 56 |
| 26 | Kremer, Jack Lee | — | 12 | 797 |
| 27 | Winslow, Loring Field | — | 10 | 53 |
| 28 | Layne-Western Co. | — | 9 | 1,635 |
| 29 | Hunter, Dennis | — | 9 | 149 |
| 30 | Hoyle Well & Pump | — | 9 | 27 |
| 31 | Timmerman, Tom | — | 8 | 1,020 |
| 32 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 8 | 313 |
| 33 | Blake, Russell K. | — | 8 | 98 |
| 34 | Kelso, James | — | 8 | 65 |
| 35 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 7 | 1,228 |
| 36 | Grosch Irrigation | — | 7 | 185 |
| 37 | Dirks, Michael J. | — | 7 | 87 |
| 38 | Gingerich Well | — | 7 | 35 |
| 39 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 6 | 545 |
| 40 | Blake, Russell | — | 6 | 105 |
| 41 | Hopson, Scott | — | 5 | 395 |
| 42 | Carson, James R. | — | 5 | 101 |
| 43 | Larson & Swanson | — | 4 | 63 |
| 44 | Greenfield, Edward K. | — | 3 | 867 |
| 45 | Gingerich, Klint | — | 3 | 94 |
| 46 | Glen Dana | — | 3 | 141 |
| 47 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 3 | 73 |
| 48 | Peerless Service Co. | — | 3 | 52 |
| 49 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | — | 2 | 1,489 |
| 50 | Wakefield, Jerry H | — | 2 | 164 |
| 51 | Brown Irrigation Co. | — | 2 | 124 |
| 52 | Klassen, Genevieve M. | — | 2 | 97 |
| 53 | Winslow, ED F. | — | 2 | 43 |
| 54 | Schmeiser Kenneth S | — | 2 | 29 |
| 55 | Municipal Well & Pump, Inc. | — | 1 | 56 |
| 56 | NO Company | — | 1 | 564 |
| 57 | Roy Thorne | — | 1 | 274 |
| 58 | Bjorklund, Lloyd A. | — | 1 | 162 |
| 59 | Gibbs Well Drilling | — | 1 | 147 |
| 60 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 1 | 79 |
| 61 | Gray Well Drlg | — | 1 | 35 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Mercer 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 Mercer County?
White, Matt has drilled the most Mercer County wells in the recent record — 42 since 2016, 58 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Mercer County?
61 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Mercer 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 Mercer County?
The median drilled depth in Mercer County is 395 ft, based on 1,755 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Mercer County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Mercer County wells page.
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