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Best well drillers in Ellsworth County, Kansas
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 43 drilling companies with wells
on record in Ellsworth County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,261 logged
wells in the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) WWC-5 water well records database (records as of 2026-10-12). Every number links back to
the public record.
43companies on record
17active since 2022
1,261wells in county record
| # | Company | In Ellsworth Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | 74 | 74 | 479 |
| 2 | Associated Drilling, Inc. | 39 | 94 | 1,932 |
| 3 | Rosencrantz-Bemis Enterprises, Inc. | 30 | 104 | 11,656 |
| 4 | Rosencrantz-Bemis Ent. | 27 | 27 | 714 |
| 5 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, Inc. | 24 | 25 | 1,260 |
| 6 | Kelly's Water Well Service, Inc. | 13 | 456 | 8,943 |
| 7 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, Inc. | 13 | 14 | 1,705 |
| 8 | Bushell Water Well Service | 12 | 17 | 87 |
| 9 | Clarke Well And Equipment, Inc. | 4 | 35 | 4,101 |
| 10 | Karst Water Well Drlg | 3 | 3 | 317 |
| 11 | Bushell Water Well Drilling And Service | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| 12 | H2o Drilling | 2 | 2 | 370 |
| 13 | Geocore Services Inc. | 1 | 11 | 328 |
| 14 | Peterson Drilling, LLC | 1 | 1 | 94 |
| 15 | Dudley Wiegand | 1 | 1 | 75 |
| 16 | Peterson Drilling - #1079 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| 17 | T And T Water Well Drilling | 1 | 1 | 68 |
| 18 | Groundwater Development Company | 1 | 1 | 59 |
| 19 | Hydrotech Well And Pump | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| 20 | Ellsworth Co. Water Quality Coordinator | — | 179 | 180 |
| 21 | Peterson Irrigation, Inc. | — | 82 | 3,499 |
| 22 | Dallas Boeken & Burrows Water Well Co. | — | 35 | 39 |
| 23 | Pestinger Pump & Water Well Drlg., Inc. | — | 15 | 1,802 |
| 24 | Paul Pestinger Pump & Water Well Drlg., Inc. | — | 15 | 676 |
| 25 | Michael Peterson Irrigation, Inc. | — | 8 | 844 |
| 26 | Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, Inc. | — | 7 | 1,435 |
| 27 | Sam's Water Well Service | — | 7 | 1,433 |
| 28 | Jack Goodman Water Well Drilling | — | 7 | 129 |
| 29 | O.s. Fent Hydraulic Drilling Company | — | 6 | 440 |
| 30 | Layne-Christensen Co. | — | 4 | 1,076 |
| 31 | Daryl Cox & Sons, Inc. | — | 4 | 340 |
| 32 | Red Tiger Drilling Co. | — | 4 | 194 |
| 33 | Charles C. Myers Water Well Service | — | 3 | 807 |
| 34 | White And Ellis Drilling | — | 3 | 65 |
| 35 | Pfannenstiel Water Well Service | — | 2 | 143 |
| 36 | Rainey Water Well | — | 2 | 134 |
| 37 | Miller Drilling | — | 1 | 7,496 |
| 38 | Brant E. Rader Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 262 |
| 39 | High Plains Drilling & Supply | — | 1 | 189 |
| 40 | Ksu | — | 1 | 92 |
| 41 | Sterling Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 84 |
| 42 | Wagner Water Well Drlg | — | 1 | 46 |
| 43 | Mid Kansas Water Well Services LLC | — | 1 | 33 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Ellsworth County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full KGS
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 Ellsworth County?
Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 has drilled the most Ellsworth County wells in the recent record — 74 since 2016, 74 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Ellsworth County?
43 companies in the KGS record have drilled wells in Ellsworth County; 17 of them have drilled somewhere in Kansas since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Ellsworth County?
The median drilled depth in Ellsworth County is 100 ft, based on 1,338 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Ellsworth County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Ellsworth County wells page.
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