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Best well drillers in White County, Illinois

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 38 drilling companies with wells on record in White County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 848 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.

38companies on record
4active since 2022
848wells in county record
#CompanyIn White Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Scates, Stephen T. 24 39 62
2 Scates, Thomas L. 14 91 176
3 Stinson, Larry 4 26 57
4 Greg A. Evans 2 2 102
5 Lamp, Robert Wayne 108 129
6 Speth, James 77 1,113
7 Puckett, Arnold L. 66 184
8 Warth, William 56 130
9 Hacker, Delbert 45 644
10 Turner, Martin 42 45
11 Fleming, Roy 38 61
12 Sutton, Kellie R. 27 45
13 Puckett, Arnold 26 59
14 Wilson, Deneal 24 600
15 Harmon, Bill 24 26
16 Larkin Drilling Company 21 63
17 Mccord, Daniel 20 35
18 Kohnen, Clarence 17 12,561
19 Richey, Quentin R. 15 276
20 Rider, John Bennedict 15 176
21 Wilson, Olen L. 13 785
22 Gobel, Joseph Louis 10 42
23 Gibbs Well Drilling 9 141
24 Hacker, Marvin 6 223
25 Speth, David 6 217
26 Keen, George 6 176
27 Grosch, Wayne A. 3 528
28 Texaco, Inc. 3 25
29 Hacker, Tim 2 364
30 Sloan, Thomas F. 2 448
31 Hayes, Charles M. 2 67
32 Baker, Earl Jr. 1 1,667
33 Fleming, Rodney K. 1 314
34 Jones, Gerald B. 1 313
35 Keen, Bradley E. 1 288
36 Speth, David A. 1 236
37 Ruester, John T. 1 166
38 Watson, Harold L. 1 29

Ranked by wells drilled in White 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 White County?

Scates, Stephen T. has drilled the most White County wells in the recent record — 24 since 2016, 39 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in White County?

38 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in White County; 4 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 White County?

The median drilled depth in White County is 100 ft, based on 1,029 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the White County wells page.

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

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