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Best well drillers in Vermilion County, Illinois
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 80 drilling companies with wells
on record in Vermilion County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 3,787 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.
80companies on record
10active since 2022
3,787wells in county record
| # | Company | In Vermilion Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Findlay Bros. Well Drilling | 113 | 150 | 305 |
| 2 | Harper, David | 110 | 286 | 317 |
| 3 | Reiners, Lynn | 32 | 43 | 670 |
| 4 | Skinner, Todd | 20 | 74 | 562 |
| 5 | Beck, Harold F. Jr. | 19 | 428 | 1,185 |
| 6 | Goodrum, Larry P. | 3 | 302 | 640 |
| 7 | Wiesenhofer, Andrew | 3 | 55 | 1,411 |
| 8 | Henry, John | 1 | 5 | 868 |
| 9 | Kickapoo Drilling Co. | 1 | 1 | 55 |
| 10 | Layten, James | 1 | 1 | 2,582 |
| 11 | Findlay, Terry A. | — | 570 | 671 |
| 12 | Reynolds Well Drilling | — | 241 | 1,657 |
| 13 | Erwin, Harold E. | — | 204 | 545 |
| 14 | Reynolds, Joseph R. | — | 202 | 2,477 |
| 15 | Harper, Jerry | — | 192 | 193 |
| 16 | David Harper | — | 168 | 200 |
| 17 | Kingsley, Arthur W. | — | 141 | 2,249 |
| 18 | Brenner, James H. | — | 118 | 122 |
| 19 | Wise, W. P. | — | 66 | 73 |
| 20 | Sims, Ronald M. Sr. | — | 45 | 590 |
| 21 | Knapp, C. O. | — | 43 | 43 |
| 22 | Denison Well Drilling | — | 43 | 43 |
| 23 | Brown, Leland E. | — | 43 | 43 |
| 24 | Sims, R. Marc Jr. | — | 40 | 840 |
| 25 | Cook, George | — | 37 | 305 |
| 26 | Weburg, E. Marvin | — | 34 | 290 |
| 27 | Denison, Gary S. | — | 32 | 32 |
| 28 | Baker, Earl Jr. | — | 21 | 1,667 |
| 29 | Baker, Donald | — | 17 | 133 |
| 30 | Luttrell, James | — | 16 | 406 |
| 31 | Ryan, John H. | — | 15 | 116 |
| 32 | Layne Western Co., Inc. | — | 14 | 1,442 |
| 33 | Sims Drilling Co. | — | 13 | 133 |
| 34 | Kohnen, Clarence | — | 9 | 12,561 |
| 35 | Vaughn, Kenneth G. | — | 8 | 492 |
| 36 | Luttrell, Gerald Dean | — | 7 | 545 |
| 37 | Sims, Ronald M. Jr. | — | 7 | 87 |
| 38 | Cook, George Jr. | — | 7 | 45 |
| 39 | Zbinden, Daniel B. | — | 6 | 114 |
| 40 | Albrecht, S. Dean | — | 5 | 1,836 |
| 41 | Baker, Donald K. | — | 5 | 82 |
| 42 | Link, Harold F. | — | 4 | 1,386 |
| 43 | Dirks, Michael | — | 4 | 1,115 |
| 44 | York, Warren Thomas | — | 4 | 317 |
| 45 | Eaton Well Drlg.(Zane Eaton) | — | 4 | 179 |
| 46 | Grosch Irrigation | — | 4 | 166 |
| 47 | Hayes & Sims Drlg | — | 4 | 54 |
| 48 | Mcellhiney Wm. Sr. | — | 4 | 26 |
| 49 | Eaton, Zane C. | — | 3 | 276 |
| 50 | Albrecht, Harold Dean | — | 2 | 1,132 |
| 51 | Greenfield, Edward K. | — | 2 | 833 |
| 52 | Knierim, Phil | — | 2 | 5,361 |
| 53 | NO Company | — | 2 | 508 |
| 54 | Harold Dean Albrecht | — | 2 | 433 |
| 55 | Swanson, Jean E. | — | 2 | 349 |
| 56 | Van Gilder, Richard E. | — | 2 | 136 |
| 57 | Hayes & Sims | — | 2 | 115 |
| 58 | Swanson, L. F. | — | 2 | 73 |
| 59 | Hayes, Charles M. | — | 2 | 67 |
| 60 | Neupert, Thomas A. | — | 2 | 32 |
| 61 | Harry T Waters | — | 1 | 89 |
| 62 | Albrecht Well Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 56 |
| 63 | Speth, James | — | 1 | 1,113 |
| 64 | Wehling Well Works, Inc. | — | 1 | 755 |
| 65 | Hacker, Delbert | — | 1 | 644 |
| 66 | Grosch, Wayne A. | — | 1 | 528 |
| 67 | Sloan, Thomas F. | — | 1 | 448 |
| 68 | Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co. | — | 1 | 300 |
| 69 | Buffington, G. | — | 1 | 130 |
| 70 | Vangilder, Richard E. | — | 1 | 112 |
| 71 | Swanson, Randy | — | 1 | 98 |
| 72 | Reiners, Walter C. | — | 1 | 90 |
| 73 | Albrecht Well Drillers | — | 1 | 66 |
| 74 | Layne-Western Drlg | — | 1 | 61 |
| 75 | Smith Well Drilling | — | 1 | 60 |
| 76 | Raimonde & Sons | — | 1 | 60 |
| 77 | Sauder Well Drilling | — | 1 | 59 |
| 78 | Luttrel, James | — | 1 | 55 |
| 79 | Thorne, W. L. Co. | — | 1 | 47 |
| 80 | Mumma Bros Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 26 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Vermilion 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 Vermilion County?
Findlay Bros. Well Drilling has drilled the most Vermilion County wells in the recent record — 113 since 2016, 150 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Vermilion County?
80 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Vermilion 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 Vermilion County?
The median drilled depth in Vermilion County is 95 ft, based on 4,286 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Vermilion County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Vermilion County wells page.
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