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Best well drillers in Pike County, Illinois

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 55 drilling companies with wells on record in Pike County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 549 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.

55companies on record
8active since 2022
549wells in county record
#CompanyIn Pike Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Erwin, James R. 6 6 36
2 Skinner, Todd 5 5 562
3 Kelly, Timothy 5 5 70
4 Dragovich, Mark G. 2 2 268
5 Gingerich, Corwin 2 2 330
6 Gelement, Val 1 1 95
7 Shoemaker & Sons Drilling 92 330
8 Shoemaker, John E. 89 166
9 Callihan, Michael M. 72 218
10 Erwin, James 54 85
11 Pohlman, Herman J. 49 367
12 Johnson, James P. 24 503
13 Rimbey, Brian 23 189
14 Sisk, Gary Drill Co. 16 63
15 Cole, Raymond J. 14 1,135
16 Shoemaker, Cole 14 25
17 Calhoun Drlg. Co. 8 28
18 Bush, Henry L. 5 638
19 St. Charles Drilling Co. 5 463
20 Sims, Ronald M. Sr. 4 590
21 Warth, Bill 4 27
22 Layne Western Co., Inc. 3 1,442
23 Kremer, Jack Lee 3 737
24 Bjorklund, Lloyd A. 3 146
25 Warth, William 3 130
26 Swan, Karl F. 3 52
27 Cook, George Jr. 3 45
28 Brotcke Engineering 3 25
29 Berg Well & Pump 2 529
30 Wiesenhofer, Andrew 2 1,411
31 Beckett, Donald 2 655
32 Mckinney, Ted 2 310
33 Alco Oil & Gas Corp. 2 107
34 Grosch, Gottlieb W. 2 89
35 Chadwick, G. W. 2 25
36 Haake, Ralph 1 798
37 Kohnen, Clarence 1 12,561
38 Reynolds, Joseph R. 1 2,477
39 Albrecht, S. Dean 1 1,836
40 Baker, Earl Jr. 1 1,667
41 Walters, Steven 1 1,374
42 Hopson, Seldon C 1 974
43 Bergschneider, Richard 1 922
44 Albrecht, Dean S. 1 693
45 Grosch, Wayne A. 1 528
46 Sloan, Thomas F. 1 448
47 Miller, J. P. Art. Well 1 291
48 Miller, Alfred Hampton 1 246
49 Grosch Irrigation 1 166
50 Rimbey, Jesse Dick 1 115
51 Layne & Western Co. 1 110
52 Hatfield, Larry 1 85
53 Dirks, Michael J. 1 77
54 Chadwick, George W. 1 57
55 IL State Water Survey 1 26

Ranked by wells drilled in Pike 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 Pike County?

Erwin, James R. has drilled the most Pike County wells in the recent record — 6 since 2016, 6 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Pike County?

55 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Pike County; 8 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 Pike County?

The median drilled depth in Pike County is 115 ft, based on 782 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Pike County wells page.

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

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