Best well drillers in Ogle County, Illinois

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 131 drilling companies with wells on record in Ogle County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 5,625 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.

131companies on record

14active since 2022

5,625wells in county record

#	Company	In Ogle Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Roop, Randy/Jonas Martin Drlg.	92	239	383
2	Schuur, Bill	16	233	797
3	Bull Well Drilling Inc.	16	16	56
4	Deppe, Edward M.	5	23	182
5	Smith, Allen E.	4	6	271
6	Nice, Mark E.	3	34	1,589
7	Rosenquist, Robert G.	3	17	158
8	Albrecht, Harold Dean	3	14	1,132
9	Martin, Charles	3	3	102
10	Beaman, Jessie J.	2	208	2,238
11	Lyons, Larry	2	12	1,163
12	Municipal Well & Pump, Inc.	1	1	49
13	Zhieriy, Keith	1	1	102
14	Crowe, Daniel J.	1	1	76
15	IL State Geological Survey	1	1	42
16	Martin, Jonas Willard	—	1,421	2,393
17	Livingston, Lowell	—	318	2,115
18	Martin, Lawrence	—	253	292
19	Dresden, Edward L.	—	223	913
20	Bull, Jack D.	—	207	908
21	Randy Roop/Jonas Martin Drlg.	—	204	352
22	Heins, Don	—	194	296
23	Joe Arwood	—	125	217
24	Olson, Robert C	—	108	1,003
25	Rosenquist, Gerald Wilbur	—	105	883
26	Martin, Lawrence W.	—	87	97
27	Jack Bull Well & Septic	—	86	271
28	Greenfield, Edwin D.	—	84	968
29	Allabaugh, Neil M.	—	74	155
30	Beaman, John A.	—	71	507
31	Stone, Ronald	—	70	347
32	Smeja, Robert B.	—	70	102
33	Stone, Guy D.	—	57	337
34	Mckinney, Melvin D.	—	53	230
35	Hinkle, T.	—	52	203
36	Stone, James R.	—	49	292
37	Bloyer Well Co.	—	43	686
38	Harding, James R.	—	43	207
39	Blanchard Well Drilling	—	43	43
40	Knierim, James	—	37	897
41	Hinkle, James A.	—	37	236
42	Lyons, Glenn L	—	33	1,342
43	Hinkle, J & J Well & Septic	—	30	1,003
44	Forder, James	—	30	577
45	Millis, P. E.	—	28	43
46	Hedges, W.h.	—	28	28
47	Olson, Alan R.	—	27	220
48	Robert G. Rosenquist	—	26	42
49	Mckinney, Melvin	—	25	491
50	Stone, James	—	25	77
51	Martin, Charles Leroy	—	23	128
52	Albrecht, S. Dean	—	22	1,836
53	Albrecht, Dean S.	—	22	693
54	Edward M. Deppe	—	22	96
55	Stone, Herald	—	22	81
56	Olson Well & Pump Co.	—	19	210
57	Harold Dean Albrecht	—	16	433
58	Dana, Steve	—	15	143
59	Tyrrell, Jeffrey	—	14	170
60	Allen E. Smith	—	14	68
61	Allabaugh, John H.	—	13	78
62	C. Martin & Sons Well Co.	—	12	52
63	E & D Well Drilling	—	11	163
64	Mckinney, Winifred	—	11	138
65	Stone, Bradley W.	—	10	146
66	Knierim, Phil	—	10	5,361
67	Wehling Well Works, Inc.	—	9	755
68	Dana, Steven William	—	9	84
69	Livingston, William B.	—	9	33
70	Layne Western Co., Inc.	—	8	1,442
71	Bull, Jack Well & Septic	—	8	693
72	Dober, Darrel	—	7	478
73	Silvius Bros.	—	7	394
74	Allabaugh Well Co.	—	7	75
75	Raney, Sherman	—	6	158
76	James Harding	—	6	25
77	Senffner, Keith	—	5	209
78	Eckel John	—	5	69
79	Hinkle, Truman	—	5	55
80	Nice, Craig	—	4	448
81	Miller, J.p. Co.	—	4	136
82	Varner C W	—	4	42
83	Varner Well Drilling	—	4	31
84	Niffeneger, Edward L.	—	4	31
85	Weirich, William Theodore	—	3	568
86	Nice, Marvin R.	—	3	1,120
87	Thompson, John J.	—	3	697
88	Neeley, Harry C.	—	3	455
89	Stone, Ronald D.	—	3	301
90	Martin, C. & Sons Well Co.	—	3	200
91	Stevens, Dale O.	—	3	163
92	Tolley, David F.	—	3	125
93	Stone, Herald I.	—	3	41
94	Schmalz, G.a. & Son	—	3	38
95	Vickery Drilling Co., Inc.	—	3	37
96	K & K Well Drilling	—	2	3,028
97	Fordonski, Keith	—	2	1,622
98	Latta, Kirk Stephen	—	2	1,317
99	Dietzman, Gerald E.	—	2	1,210
100	Meadow Equipment	—	2	781
101	Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co.	—	2	300
102	Dober, Darrel R.	—	2	171
103	Butts, Leon	—	2	156
104	Thompson, Nicholas R.	—	2	139
105	Albrecht Well Drillers	—	2	66
106	Thorne, W. L. Co.	—	2	47
107	Carper, Garland L.	—	2	42
108	Matherly, Lonnie	—	2	38
109	Caper, Garland	—	2	28
110	Layne Christensen Co.	—	1	49
111	Senffner, Alan James	—	1	1,250
112	Jet Hall/Lutes H2o Well Drlg.	—	1	971
113	Kerry, Charles M.	—	1	535
114	NO Company	—	1	508
115	Hutchings, Clyde A.	—	1	321
116	Miller, J. P. Art. Well	—	1	291
117	Aneffco Well Drilling	—	1	175
118	Buffington, G.	—	1	130
119	Stone H I & Son	—	1	120
120	Roper, William H.	—	1	100
121	Schmalz Geo A & Son	—	1	95
122	Wehling, R. H.	—	1	76
123	Motter, O. L.	—	1	71
124	Galien, Vander Sam	—	1	61
125	Tyrrell, Richard	—	1	53
126	Central IL Electric	—	1	52
127	Donald N. Cleary	—	1	40
128	Neely&schimelpfening	—	1	38
129	Brooks, Rollin W.	—	1	37
130	Martin, Jonas	—	1	25
131	Raney, Sherman L.	—	1	25

Ranked by wells drilled in Ogle 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 Ogle County?

Roop, Randy/Jonas Martin Drlg. has drilled the most Ogle County wells in the recent record — 92 since 2016, 239 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Ogle County?

131 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Ogle County; 14 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 Ogle County?

The median drilled depth in Ogle County is 200 ft, based on 6,084 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Ogle County wells page.

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

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