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Best well drillers in Peoria County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 109 drilling companies with wells
on record in Peoria County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 4,369 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.
109companies on record
20active since 2022
4,369wells in county record
| # | Company | In Peoria Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Dryden, Michael | 42 | 149 | 323 |
| 2 | Bassham, Billy | 24 | 189 | 510 |
| 3 | Schmalfeldt, Todd | 16 | 16 | 197 |
| 4 | Wagenbach, Mark | 15 | 19 | 293 |
| 5 | Allen, Joseph | 12 | 17 | 772 |
| 6 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 10 | 165 | 1,411 |
| 7 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | 7 | 14 | 1,132 |
| 8 | Tracy A Mcconnel | 7 | 7 | 140 |
| 9 | Layten, Mark J. | 6 | 6 | 312 |
| 10 | Tyler J. Gee | 5 | 5 | 146 |
| 11 | Gingerich, Corwin | 4 | 4 | 330 |
| 12 | Williams, Robert | 3 | 20 | 300 |
| 13 | Harry T Waters | 3 | 3 | 89 |
| 14 | Reynolds Well Drilling | 2 | 95 | 1,657 |
| 15 | White, Chris Alan | 2 | 26 | 432 |
| 16 | Layten, James | 2 | 3 | 2,582 |
| 17 | Kelly, Timothy | 2 | 2 | 70 |
| 18 | Kickapoo Drilling Co. | 2 | 2 | 55 |
| 19 | Blankenship, Bill | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| 20 | Tri County Well & Pump | 1 | 1 | 289 |
| 21 | Sauder, Steven E. | — | 1,088 | 2,716 |
| 22 | Hofstetter, William S. | — | 372 | 656 |
| 23 | Kuntz, John E. | — | 285 | 434 |
| 24 | Roy Thorne | — | 139 | 253 |
| 25 | Hofstetter, Ralph W. | — | 117 | 208 |
| 26 | Scherf Robert William | — | 116 | 614 |
| 27 | Scherf, Robert W. | — | 112 | 295 |
| 28 | Cosby, Edward L. Sr. | — | 108 | 173 |
| 29 | Knierim, James | — | 100 | 897 |
| 30 | Kuntz, Peter William | — | 96 | 173 |
| 31 | Hampton, Edward T. | — | 94 | 195 |
| 32 | Kuntz, John | — | 87 | 115 |
| 33 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 70 | 1,135 |
| 34 | Harding, Thomas D. | — | 63 | 77 |
| 35 | Dietzman, Gerald E. | — | 59 | 1,210 |
| 36 | Hageman, Alvin B. | — | 55 | 157 |
| 37 | Hampton, E. T. | — | 48 | 170 |
| 38 | Ebert, Robert H | — | 43 | 606 |
| 39 | Hofstetter Drilling | — | 42 | 57 |
| 40 | Biggerstaff, James | — | 41 | 406 |
| 41 | Michael Dryden | — | 41 | 48 |
| 42 | Ebert, William M. | — | 36 | 405 |
| 43 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 35 | 1,836 |
| 44 | Cosby, E. L. | — | 35 | 54 |
| 45 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 32 | 693 |
| 46 | Kremer, Jack Lee | — | 29 | 737 |
| 47 | Wiesenhofer, Donald E. | — | 21 | 253 |
| 48 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 17 | 1,442 |
| 49 | Cole, Steve | — | 16 | 344 |
| 50 | Norton, William H. | — | 16 | 34 |
| 51 | Wakefield, Jerry H | — | 14 | 162 |
| 52 | K & K Well Drilling | — | 13 | 3,028 |
| 53 | NO Company | — | 13 | 508 |
| 54 | Dingledine, David | — | 11 | 140 |
| 55 | Harold Dean Albrecht | — | 10 | 433 |
| 56 | Barker, Paul A. | — | 10 | 181 |
| 57 | Dirks, Michael | — | 9 | 1,115 |
| 58 | Adolphson, Robert M. Jr. | — | 8 | 714 |
| 59 | French, Loren K. | — | 8 | 147 |
| 60 | Hopson, Scott | — | 7 | 368 |
| 61 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 6 | 310 |
| 62 | Mitchell, Francis M. | — | 6 | 40 |
| 63 | Knierim, Phil | — | 5 | 5,361 |
| 64 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 5 | 528 |
| 65 | Glen Dana | — | 5 | 136 |
| 66 | Crowe, Daniel J. | — | 5 | 76 |
| 67 | Dowell, S.l. | — | 4 | 495 |
| 68 | Springer, Howard | — | 4 | 67 |
| 69 | J & R Well Drlg. | — | 4 | 36 |
| 70 | Greenfield, Edward K. | — | 3 | 833 |
| 71 | Tri County Irrigation & | — | 3 | 39 |
| 72 | Reynolds, Joseph R. | — | 3 | 2,477 |
| 73 | Meadow Equipment | — | 3 | 781 |
| 74 | Tolley, David F. | — | 3 | 125 |
| 75 | Carson, James R. | — | 3 | 101 |
| 76 | Brotcke Engineering | — | 3 | 25 |
| 77 | Layne Christensen Co. | — | 2 | 49 |
| 78 | Hopson, Seldon C | — | 2 | 974 |
| 79 | Jet Hall/Lutes H2o Well Drlg. | — | 2 | 971 |
| 80 | Henry, John | — | 2 | 868 |
| 81 | Sims, Ronald M. Sr. | — | 2 | 590 |
| 82 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 2 | 110 |
| 83 | Blake, Russell | — | 2 | 101 |
| 84 | Dirks, Michael J. | — | 2 | 77 |
| 85 | Chadwick, George | — | 2 | 75 |
| 86 | Adolphson, Bob | — | 2 | 59 |
| 87 | Albrecht Well Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 56 |
| 88 | Baker, Earl Jr. | — | 1 | 1,667 |
| 89 | Latta, Kirk Stephen | — | 1 | 1,317 |
| 90 | Boetsch, William M. | — | 1 | 964 |
| 91 | Wehling Well Works, Inc. | — | 1 | 755 |
| 92 | Pilgard, Peter | — | 1 | 673 |
| 93 | Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. | — | 1 | 300 |
| 94 | Dana, Glen | — | 1 | 218 |
| 95 | Dober, Darrel R. | — | 1 | 171 |
| 96 | Winslow, Edwin F. | — | 1 | 161 |
| 97 | Buffington, G. | — | 1 | 130 |
| 98 | Brown Irrigation Co. | — | 1 | 124 |
| 99 | Hatfield, Larry | — | 1 | 85 |
| 100 | Coppenbarger, Floyd Lyle | — | 1 | 74 |
| 101 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 1 | 66 |
| 102 | Ebert M & Co. | — | 1 | 60 |
| 103 | Sauder Well Drilling | — | 1 | 59 |
| 104 | Puckett, Arnold | — | 1 | 59 |
| 105 | Grosch, Dick | — | 1 | 47 |
| 106 | Bolliger, William | — | 1 | 39 |
| 107 | Ebert Co. | — | 1 | 32 |
| 108 | Varner Well Drilling | — | 1 | 31 |
| 109 | IL State Water Survey | — | 1 | 26 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Peoria 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 Peoria County?
Dryden, Michael has drilled the most Peoria County wells in the recent record — 42 since 2016, 149 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Peoria County?
109 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Peoria County; 20 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 Peoria County?
The median drilled depth in Peoria County is 70 ft, based on 4,865 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Peoria County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Peoria County wells page.
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