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Best well drillers in Rock Island County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 82 drilling companies with wells
on record in Rock Island County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,937 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.
82companies on record
13active since 2022
2,937wells in county record
| # | Company | In Rock Island Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | White, Matt | 71 | 103 | 330 |
| 2 | Allen, Joseph | 39 | 221 | 772 |
| 3 | Stoll, Austen | 39 | 43 | 155 |
| 4 | Gelement, Val | 39 | 39 | 95 |
| 5 | Gingerich, Corwin | 18 | 77 | 330 |
| 6 | Harvey, Lucius | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 7 | Henry, John | 6 | 36 | 868 |
| 8 | Johnson, Joel H | 3 | 23 | 26 |
| 9 | Skinner, Todd | 3 | 3 | 562 |
| 10 | Latta, Mark Duane | 2 | 45 | 124 |
| 11 | Tracy A Mcconnel | 2 | 2 | 140 |
| 12 | Gingerich, Klint | 1 | 52 | 88 |
| 13 | Winslow, Loring Field | 1 | 39 | 51 |
| 14 | Gingerich, Emery Duane | 1 | 30 | 79 |
| 15 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | 1 | 2 | 1,132 |
| 16 | Beckett, Donald | 1 | 1 | 655 |
| 17 | Latta, Kirk Stephen | — | 500 | 1,317 |
| 18 | Timmerman, Tom | — | 489 | 968 |
| 19 | Acker, Roger | — | 218 | 373 |
| 20 | Acker, Norman L. | — | 135 | 194 |
| 21 | Winslow, Edwin F. | — | 96 | 161 |
| 22 | Acker, Norman | — | 96 | 129 |
| 23 | Adolphson, Robert M. Jr. | — | 74 | 714 |
| 24 | Klint Gingerich | — | 59 | 141 |
| 25 | Hawkins, Howard/Adolphson, Bob | — | 40 | 104 |
| 26 | Lyons, Glenn L | — | 39 | 1,342 |
| 27 | Coad Stanley M | — | 33 | 43 |
| 28 | Lyons, Larry | — | 28 | 1,163 |
| 29 | Neidig Brothers | — | 28 | 28 |
| 30 | Joseph Allen | — | 24 | 107 |
| 31 | Winslow, ED F. | — | 24 | 42 |
| 32 | Peerless Service Co. | — | 23 | 50 |
| 33 | Haskins, D. | — | 22 | 96 |
| 34 | Teeple C F | — | 22 | 27 |
| 35 | Holdorf Donald | — | 20 | 26 |
| 36 | Larson & Swanson | — | 17 | 60 |
| 37 | Hoyle Well & Pump | — | 17 | 27 |
| 38 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 16 | 1,442 |
| 39 | Corwin Gingerich | — | 15 | 48 |
| 40 | Dirks, Michael | — | 14 | 1,115 |
| 41 | Kelso, James | — | 14 | 63 |
| 42 | Wakefield, Jerry H | — | 12 | 162 |
| 43 | Grieves, Clifford | — | 12 | 62 |
| 44 | Adolphson Well Drlg. Service | — | 11 | 119 |
| 45 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 7 | 1,836 |
| 46 | Gibbs Well Drilling | — | 7 | 141 |
| 47 | Dirks, Michael J. | — | 7 | 77 |
| 48 | Greenfield, Edward K. | — | 6 | 833 |
| 49 | K & K Well Drilling | — | 6 | 3,028 |
| 50 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 6 | 310 |
| 51 | Wehling Well Works, Inc. | — | 5 | 755 |
| 52 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 5 | 693 |
| 53 | Testing Service Corp. | — | 5 | 59 |
| 54 | Albrecht, S. D. | — | 4 | 413 |
| 55 | Miller, J. P. Art. Well | — | 4 | 291 |
| 56 | Dana, Glen | — | 4 | 218 |
| 57 | Buffington, G. | — | 4 | 130 |
| 58 | Knierim, Phil | — | 3 | 5,361 |
| 59 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 3 | 528 |
| 60 | NO Company | — | 3 | 508 |
| 61 | Varner C W | — | 3 | 42 |
| 62 | Coad Well & Pump Co. | — | 3 | 34 |
| 63 | Guarin, Harland | — | 2 | 188 |
| 64 | Dana, Steve | — | 2 | 143 |
| 65 | Tolley, David F. | — | 2 | 125 |
| 66 | Alco Oil & Gas Corp. | — | 2 | 107 |
| 67 | Jennings, Charles L. | — | 2 | 68 |
| 68 | Varner Well Drilling | — | 2 | 31 |
| 69 | Hopson, Seldon C | — | 1 | 974 |
| 70 | Knierim, James | — | 1 | 897 |
| 71 | Meadow Equipment | — | 1 | 781 |
| 72 | Scherf Robert William | — | 1 | 614 |
| 73 | Roy Thorne | — | 1 | 253 |
| 74 | Wehling, E. C. | — | 1 | 245 |
| 75 | Bjorklund, Lloyd A. | — | 1 | 146 |
| 76 | Glen Dana | — | 1 | 136 |
| 77 | Layne & Western Co. | — | 1 | 110 |
| 78 | Klassen, Genevieve Sue | — | 1 | 67 |
| 79 | Huemann, Jos.h. & Sons, Inc. | — | 1 | 49 |
| 80 | Grosch, Dick | — | 1 | 47 |
| 81 | Matherly, Lonnie | — | 1 | 38 |
| 82 | Neely Cliff L | — | 1 | 26 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Rock Island 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 Rock Island County?
White, Matt has drilled the most Rock Island County wells in the recent record — 71 since 2016, 103 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Rock Island County?
82 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Rock Island County; 13 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 Rock Island County?
The median drilled depth in Rock Island County is 220 ft, based on 3,922 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Rock Island County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Rock Island County wells page.
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