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Best well drillers in Putnam County, Illinois

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 54 drilling companies with wells on record in Putnam County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 683 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.

54companies on record
10active since 2022
683wells in county record
#CompanyIn Putnam Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Albrecht, Harold Dean 20 56 1,132
2 Thierry, Keith 11 11 207
3 Zhieriy, Keith 7 16 102
4 Schmalfeldt, Todd 5 5 197
5 Albrecht Well Drilling Inc. 3 5 56
6 Jet Hall/Lutes H2o Well Drlg. 1 111 971
7 Harry T Waters 1 2 89
8 Wagenbach, Mark 1 1 293
9 Liberg, Steve Jr. 1 1 666
10 Albrecht, S. Dean 165 1,836
11 Albrecht, Dean S. 40 693
12 Lutes, George W. 36 650
13 Hageman, Alvin B. 33 157
14 Harold Dean Albrecht 29 433
15 Layne Western Co., Inc. 23 1,442
16 Knierim, James 18 897
17 Dober, Darrel 17 478
18 Aneffco Well Drilling 12 175
19 Wiesenhofer, Andrew 8 1,411
20 Scherf Robert William 8 614
21 Wiesenhofer, Donald E. 8 253
22 Strange, Michael 6 1,017
23 Knierim, Phil 6 5,361
24 Roy Thorne 6 253
25 Hampton, Edward T. 6 195
26 Scherf, Robert W. 5 295
27 O. Lutes & Son 5 149
28 Dirks, Michael 4 1,115
29 Woodruff, Charles E. Co. 4 137
30 Latta, Kirk Stephen 3 1,317
31 Albrecht Well Drillers 3 66
32 Sauder, Steven E. 2 2,716
33 Henry, John 2 868
34 Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. 2 300
35 Miller, J. P. Art. Well 2 291
36 Buffington, G. 2 130
37 Carson, James R. 2 101
38 Layne-Western Drlg 2 61
39 Dryden, Michael 1 323
40 Rob, Ronald Gene 1 2,075
41 Nice, Mark E. 1 1,589
42 Strange, Robert E. 1 558
43 Dowell, S.l. 1 495
44 Mckinney, Ted 1 310
45 Dober, Darrel R. 1 171
46 Hampton, E. T. 1 170
47 Grosch Irrigation 1 166
48 Dana, Steve 1 143
49 Miller, J.p. Co. 1 136
50 Crowe, Daniel J. 1 76
51 Allabaugh Well Co. 1 75
52 Hayes, Charles M. 1 67
53 Matherly, Lonnie 1 38
54 Lutes Orville & Sons 1 27

Ranked by wells drilled in Putnam 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 Putnam County?

Albrecht, Harold Dean has drilled the most Putnam County wells in the recent record — 20 since 2016, 56 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Putnam County?

54 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Putnam County; 10 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 Putnam County?

The median drilled depth in Putnam County is 162 ft, based on 773 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Putnam County wells page.

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

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