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Best well drillers in Marion County, Kansas
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 44 drilling companies with wells
on record in Marion County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,833 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.
44companies on record
22active since 2022
1,833wells in county record
| # | Company | In Marion Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Backhus Well Drilling, LLC | 329 | 344 | 721 |
| 2 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, Inc. | 47 | 52 | 1,260 |
| 3 | Backhus Drilling | 26 | 665 | 1,560 |
| 4 | Associated Drilling, Inc. | 23 | 28 | 1,922 |
| 5 | Zinn Water Well Drlg. | 9 | 106 | 842 |
| 6 | Numac LLC | 8 | 8 | 73 |
| 7 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | 7 | 7 | 479 |
| 8 | Flint Hills Drilling | 6 | 6 | 206 |
| 9 | Mcpherson Drilling Co. | 5 | 5 | 368 |
| 10 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | 3 | 3 | 531 |
| 11 | Peterson Drilling - #1079 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| 12 | Euler Water Well Drilling | 2 | 2 | 50 |
| 13 | Miller Drilling | 1 | 7 | 7,473 |
| 14 | Weninger Drilling, LLC | 1 | 1 | 6,871 |
| 15 | Chase Drilling | 1 | 1 | 4,761 |
| 16 | Premier Pump & Well Service, Inc. #238 | 1 | 1 | 111 |
| 17 | Paul H. Backhus Drilling | — | 319 | 1,237 |
| 18 | Peterson Irrigation, Inc. | — | 75 | 3,499 |
| 19 | Paul W. Benda Drilling | — | 49 | 60 |
| 20 | William Schimpf Water Well Drilling | — | 42 | 48 |
| 21 | Paul's Incorporated | — | 27 | 440 |
| 22 | Brant E. Rader Drilling Co. | — | 14 | 262 |
| 23 | Michael Peterson Irrigation, Inc. | — | 9 | 844 |
| 24 | D & R Well Service | — | 9 | 59 |
| 25 | Frank Budde Well Drilling | — | 8 | 192 |
| 26 | Rosencrantz-Bemis Enterprises, Inc. | — | 6 | 11,621 |
| 27 | Jack B. Jeffrey Well Drilling | — | 6 | 40 |
| 28 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | — | 4 | 181 |
| 29 | Grogan Ebberts Drilling | — | 3 | 233 |
| 30 | United Water Well & Pump, Inc. | — | 3 | 113 |
| 31 | Harp Well & Pump Service, Inc. | — | 2 | 22,219 |
| 32 | Clarke Well And Equipment, Inc. | — | 2 | 4,014 |
| 33 | H20 Drilling | — | 2 | 87 |
| 34 | Pratt Well Service, Inc. | — | 2 | 529 |
| 35 | Martin Supply | — | 2 | 94 |
| 36 | Jeffrey Well Drilling | — | 2 | 54 |
| 37 | Reiserer Well Drilling | — | 1 | 791 |
| 38 | Layne-Christensen Co. | — | 1 | 1,076 |
| 39 | Central Kansas Drilling | — | 1 | 881 |
| 40 | Kelly's Water Well Service, Inc. | — | 1 | 8,942 |
| 41 | Charles Winter Well Drilling | — | 1 | 861 |
| 42 | Jerry Reiserer Well Drilling | — | 1 | 519 |
| 43 | Ksu | — | 1 | 92 |
| 44 | Geotechnical Services, Inc. | — | 1 | 55 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Marion 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 Marion County?
Backhus Well Drilling, LLC has drilled the most Marion County wells in the recent record — 329 since 2016, 344 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Marion County?
44 companies in the KGS record have drilled wells in Marion County; 22 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 Marion County?
The median drilled depth in Marion County is 72 ft, based on 1,944 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Marion County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Marion County wells page.
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