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Best well drillers in Tazewell County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 105 drilling companies with wells
on record in Tazewell County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 4,210 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.
105companies on record
23active since 2022
4,210wells in county record
| # | Company | In Tazewell Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Wagenbach, Mark | 101 | 103 | 293 |
| 2 | Tyler J. Gee | 61 | 67 | 146 |
| 3 | Williams, Robert | 31 | 152 | 300 |
| 4 | Danner, James | 18 | 26 | 51 |
| 5 | Greg Tarter | 17 | 21 | 67 |
| 6 | Cole, Steve | 15 | 175 | 344 |
| 7 | Warner, Scott | 13 | 46 | 100 |
| 8 | Layten, Mark J. | 10 | 10 | 312 |
| 9 | Tracy A Mcconnel | 10 | 10 | 140 |
| 10 | Henry, John | 7 | 44 | 868 |
| 11 | Sauder, Steven E. | 5 | 937 | 2,716 |
| 12 | Bassham, Billy | 5 | 91 | 510 |
| 13 | Greenfield, Edward K. | 5 | 62 | 833 |
| 14 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 5 | 41 | 1,411 |
| 15 | Gingerich, Corwin | 5 | 5 | 330 |
| 16 | Layten, James | 3 | 59 | 2,582 |
| 17 | Parrott, Cody | 3 | 3 | 160 |
| 18 | Harry T Waters | 2 | 3 | 89 |
| 19 | Erwin, James | 2 | 2 | 85 |
| 20 | White, Chris Alan | 1 | 11 | 432 |
| 21 | Dryden, Michael | 1 | 9 | 323 |
| 22 | Albrecht Well Drilling Inc. | 1 | 9 | 56 |
| 23 | Allen, Joseph | 1 | 1 | 772 |
| 24 | Findlay Bros. Well Drilling | 1 | 1 | 305 |
| 25 | Kelly, Timothy | 1 | 1 | 70 |
| 26 | Tri County Irrigation & | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| 27 | Ebert, Robert H | — | 298 | 606 |
| 28 | Biggerstaff, James | — | 296 | 406 |
| 29 | Cole, Raymond J. | — | 197 | 1,135 |
| 30 | Ebert, William M. | — | 192 | 405 |
| 31 | Dirks, Michael | — | 141 | 1,115 |
| 32 | Dowell, S.l. | — | 117 | 495 |
| 33 | Hofstetter, William S. | — | 87 | 656 |
| 34 | Dingledine, David | — | 68 | 140 |
| 35 | Hampton, E. T. | — | 66 | 170 |
| 36 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 62 | 528 |
| 37 | Mckinney, Ted | — | 61 | 310 |
| 38 | Hampton, Edward T. | — | 58 | 195 |
| 39 | Knierim, James | — | 55 | 897 |
| 40 | Ebert M & Co. | — | 54 | 60 |
| 41 | Coppenbarger, Floyd Lyle | — | 53 | 74 |
| 42 | Dietzman, Gerald E. | — | 39 | 1,210 |
| 43 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 36 | 1,442 |
| 44 | Ebert Co. | — | 31 | 32 |
| 45 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 30 | 1,657 |
| 46 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 28 | 1,836 |
| 47 | Ebert, Chris Drilling | — | 27 | 29 |
| 48 | Hofstetter, Ralph W. | — | 26 | 208 |
| 49 | Crumpler, William | — | 24 | 153 |
| 50 | Grosch Irrigation | — | 21 | 166 |
| 51 | French, Loren K. | — | 18 | 147 |
| 52 | Sauder Well Drilling | — | 18 | 59 |
| 53 | Scherf, Robert W. | — | 14 | 295 |
| 54 | K & K Well Drilling | — | 13 | 3,028 |
| 55 | Scherf Robert William | — | 13 | 614 |
| 56 | Albrecht, Dean S. | — | 12 | 693 |
| 57 | Wiesenhofer, Donald E. | — | 11 | 253 |
| 58 | Roy Thorne | — | 10 | 253 |
| 59 | Grosch, Gottlieb W. | — | 10 | 89 |
| 60 | NO Company | — | 9 | 508 |
| 61 | Hatfield, Larry | — | 9 | 85 |
| 62 | Dirks, Michael J. | — | 9 | 77 |
| 63 | Grosch, Dick | — | 8 | 47 |
| 64 | Meyer, George | — | 7 | 89 |
| 65 | Hofstetter Drilling | — | 7 | 57 |
| 66 | Wehling, Richard H. | — | 6 | 312 |
| 67 | Ziegler, Bryan C | — | 6 | 34 |
| 68 | Greenfield, ED | — | 5 | 137 |
| 69 | Klassen, Genevieve M. | — | 5 | 96 |
| 70 | Meyer, George J. | — | 5 | 71 |
| 71 | Knierim Company, Inc. | — | 4 | 888 |
| 72 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 4 | 66 |
| 73 | Blankenship, Bill | — | 4 | 25 |
| 74 | Klassen, Genevieve Sue | — | 3 | 67 |
| 75 | Logan, James R. | — | 3 | 56 |
| 76 | IL State Geological Survey | — | 3 | 42 |
| 77 | J & R Well Drlg. | — | 3 | 36 |
| 78 | Reynolds, Joseph R. | — | 2 | 2,477 |
| 79 | Kuntz, Peter William | — | 2 | 173 |
| 80 | Dement, Ray | — | 2 | 171 |
| 81 | David M. Smith | — | 2 | 141 |
| 82 | Carson, James R. | — | 2 | 101 |
| 83 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 2 | 61 |
| 84 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | — | 1 | 1,132 |
| 85 | Gaza, John Edward | — | 1 | 97 |
| 86 | Rob, Ronald Gene | — | 1 | 2,075 |
| 87 | Jet Hall/Lutes H2o Well Drlg. | — | 1 | 971 |
| 88 | Knierim, Paul L. | — | 1 | 834 |
| 89 | Harold Dean Albrecht | — | 1 | 433 |
| 90 | Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. | — | 1 | 300 |
| 91 | Hageman, Alvin B. | — | 1 | 157 |
| 92 | Gibbs Well Drilling | — | 1 | 141 |
| 93 | Miller, J.p. Co. | — | 1 | 136 |
| 94 | Buffington, G. | — | 1 | 130 |
| 95 | Tolley, David F. | — | 1 | 125 |
| 96 | Brown Irrigation Co. | — | 1 | 124 |
| 97 | Harding, Thomas D. | — | 1 | 77 |
| 98 | Wehling, R. H. | — | 1 | 76 |
| 99 | Smith, David M. | — | 1 | 73 |
| 100 | Suburban Well | — | 1 | 72 |
| 101 | Springer, Howard | — | 1 | 67 |
| 102 | Jones, Spencer R. | — | 1 | 58 |
| 103 | Hayes & Sims Drlg | — | 1 | 54 |
| 104 | Knierim, James Richard | — | 1 | 38 |
| 105 | Neupert, Thomas A. | — | 1 | 32 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Tazewell 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 Tazewell County?
Wagenbach, Mark has drilled the most Tazewell County wells in the recent record — 101 since 2016, 103 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Tazewell County?
105 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Tazewell County; 23 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 Tazewell County?
The median drilled depth in Tazewell County is 118 ft, based on 4,738 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Tazewell County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Tazewell County wells page.
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