Illinois Well Data field records · 2026 survey

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Forder, James

Recorded as the driller on 577 water wells across 8 Illinois counties in the Illinois State Geological Survey water well records, most in Whiteside County. Well-log records span 1950–2017.

577wells on record
since 2022
8counties served
140 ftmedian depth

Counties served

Wells drilled by Forder, James, by county, across the full record.

CountyWells drilled
Whiteside County 389
Lee County 131
Ogle County 30
Carroll County 22
Kane County 2
Cook County 1
Mchenry County 1
Stephenson County 1

Well characteristics

Across the wells Forder, James has drilled, the median depth is 140 ft (middle half 100 ft–180 ft), median tested yield 20 gpm, and median static water level below ground surface. These summarize the company's own filed logs, not a marketing claim.

Original drilling logs

Recent well logs filed by Forder, James, straight from the public ISGS record:

"Records span 1950–2017" refers to the earliest and latest well logs attributed to this company in the ISGS database — the state digitized older paper logs, so the first date is the oldest record on file, not necessarily the company's founding year.

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