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 — 5,772 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.

131companies on record

14active since 2022

5,772wells in county record

#	Company	In Ogle Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Roop, Randy/Jonas Martin Drlg.	97	248	393
2	Bull Well Drilling Inc.	21	21	78
3	Schuur, Bill	16	247	836
4	Deppe, Edward M.	5	23	188
5	Rosenquist, Robert G.	4	18	162
6	Smith, Allen E.	4	6	310
7	Martin, Charles	4	4	130
8	Nice, Mark E.	3	34	1,607
9	Albrecht, Harold Dean	3	14	1,157
10	Beaman, Jessie J.	2	212	2,289
11	Lyons, Larry	2	12	1,197
12	Municipal Well & Pump, Inc.	1	1	56
13	Zhieriy, Keith	1	1	103
14	Crowe, Daniel J.	1	1	78
15	IL State Geological Survey	1	1	46
16	Martin, Jonas Willard	—	1,435	2,422
17	Livingston, Lowell	—	320	2,135
18	Martin, Lawrence	—	266	311
19	Dresden, Edward L.	—	230	930
20	Randy Roop/Jonas Martin Drlg.	—	214	367
21	Bull, Jack D.	—	208	949
22	Heins, Don	—	197	300
23	Joe Arwood	—	133	236
24	Olson, Robert C	—	109	1,010
25	Rosenquist, Gerald Wilbur	—	106	891
26	Greenfield, Edwin D.	—	89	1,015
27	Jack Bull Well & Septic	—	89	274
28	Martin, Lawrence W.	—	88	98
29	Beaman, John A.	—	75	522
30	Allabaugh, Neil M.	—	75	160
31	Smeja, Robert B.	—	71	107
32	Stone, Ronald	—	70	347
33	Stone, Guy D.	—	59	340
34	Hinkle, T.	—	54	208
35	Mckinney, Melvin D.	—	53	231
36	Stone, James R.	—	49	292
37	Bloyer Well Co.	—	48	709
38	Hedges, W.h.	—	45	45
39	Harding, James R.	—	43	209
40	Blanchard Well Drilling	—	43	43
41	Knierim, James	—	37	900
42	Hinkle, James A.	—	37	239
43	Lyons, Glenn L	—	33	1,360
44	Hinkle, J & J Well & Septic	—	30	1,011
45	Forder, James	—	30	610
46	Millis, P. E.	—	28	43
47	Olson, Alan R.	—	27	241
48	Robert G. Rosenquist	—	27	47
49	Mckinney, Melvin	—	25	494
50	Stone, James	—	25	77
51	Albrecht, S. Dean	—	24	1,880
52	Martin, Charles Leroy	—	24	134
53	Edward M. Deppe	—	24	101
54	Albrecht, Dean S.	—	22	703
55	Stone, Herald	—	22	83
56	Olson Well & Pump Co.	—	21	214
57	Harold Dean Albrecht	—	16	443
58	Dana, Steve	—	15	151
59	Tyrrell, Jeffrey	—	14	170
60	Allen E. Smith	—	14	75
61	Allabaugh, John H.	—	13	79
62	C. Martin & Sons Well Co.	—	12	55
63	E & D Well Drilling	—	11	163
64	Mckinney, Winifred	—	11	139
65	Stone, Bradley W.	—	10	146
66	Knierim, Phil	—	10	5,399
67	Wehling Well Works, Inc.	—	9	797
68	Dana, Steven William	—	9	84
69	Livingston, William B.	—	9	33
70	Layne-Western Co.	—	8	1,635
71	Bull, Jack Well & Septic	—	8	707
72	Silvius Bros.	—	8	398
73	Dober, Darrel	—	7	481
74	Allabaugh Well Co.	—	7	78
75	Raney, Sherman	—	6	158
76	James Harding	—	6	25
77	Senffner, Keith	—	5	210
78	Eckel John	—	5	81
79	Hinkle, Truman	—	5	55
80	Nice, Craig	—	4	450
81	Miller, J.p. Co.	—	4	146
82	Varner C W	—	4	44
83	Vickery Drilling Co., Inc.	—	4	43
84	Varner Well Drilling	—	4	32
85	Niffeneger, Edward L.	—	4	31
86	Weirich, William Theodore	—	3	577
87	Fordonski, Keith	—	3	1,694
88	Dietzman, Gerald E.	—	3	1,227
89	Nice, Marvin R.	—	3	1,124
90	Thompson, John J.	—	3	703
91	Neeley, Harry C.	—	3	456
92	Stone, Ronald D.	—	3	301
93	Martin, C. & Sons Well Co.	—	3	202
94	Stevens, Dale O.	—	3	167
95	Tolley, David F.	—	3	126
96	Schmalz, G.a. & Son	—	3	42
97	Stone, Herald I.	—	3	41
98	K & K Well Drilling	—	2	3,047
99	Latta, Kirk Stephen	—	2	1,463
100	Meadow Equipment	—	2	787
101	Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co.	—	2	317
102	Dober, Darrel R.	—	2	174
103	Butts, Leon	—	2	157
104	Thompson, Nicholas R.	—	2	139
105	Albrecht Well Drillers	—	2	79
106	Thorne, W. L. Co.	—	2	49
107	Carper, Garland L.	—	2	42
108	Matherly, Lonnie	—	2	38
109	Caper, Garland	—	2	28
110	Layne Christensen Co.	—	1	58
111	Senffner, Alan James	—	1	1,253
112	Jet Hall/Lutes H2o Well Drlg.	—	1	1,008
113	NO Company	—	1	564
114	Kerry, Charles M.	—	1	538
115	Hutchings, Clyde A.	—	1	321
116	Miller, J. P. Art. Well	—	1	299
117	Aneffco Well Drilling	—	1	177
118	Buffington, G.	—	1	147
119	Stone H I & Son	—	1	120
120	Roper, William H.	—	1	103
121	Schmalz Geo A & Son	—	1	95
122	Wehling, R. H.	—	1	78
123	Motter, O. L.	—	1	73
124	Galien, Vander Sam	—	1	61
125	Tyrrell, Richard	—	1	53
126	Central IL Electric	—	1	53
127	Donald N. Cleary	—	1	40
128	Neely&schimelpfening	—	1	38
129	Brooks, Rollin W.	—	1	37
130	Martin, Jonas	—	1	27
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 — 97 since 2016, 248 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 6,272 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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