Best well drillers in Cherokee County, Kansas
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 10 drilling companies with wells on record in Cherokee County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 131 logged wells in the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) WWC-5 water well records database (records as of 2026-09-22). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In Cherokee Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Double J Energy | 23 | 27 | 54 |
| 2 | Jesse Yoakum Well Drilling | 4 | 5 | 302 |
| 3 | K-W Oil Well Service, Inc. | 1 | 5 | 79 |
| 4 | Neosho Drilling Co. (Rogers Drlg., Inc.) | — | 52 | 54 |
| 5 | Tichenor Drilling, Inc. | — | 27 | 33 |
| 6 | Layne-Western | — | 5 | 351 |
| 7 | Layne-Christensen Co. | — | 4 | 1,076 |
| 8 | JB Environmental | — | 3 | 39 |
| 9 | Ksu | — | 2 | 92 |
| 10 | Kenneth Callier Water Well Service | — | 1 | 60 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County?
Double J Energy has drilled the most Cherokee County wells in the recent record — 23 since 2016, 27 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Cherokee County?
10 companies in the KGS record have drilled wells in Cherokee County; 4 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 Cherokee County?
The median drilled depth in Cherokee County is 327 ft, based on 218 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Cherokee County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Cherokee County wells page.
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