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Best well drillers in Meade County, Kansas
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 54 drilling companies with wells
on record in Meade County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,789 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.
54companies on record
20active since 2022
1,789wells in county record
| # | Company | In Meade Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
| 1 | SW Windmill & WW Srvc | 38 | 38 | 126 |
| 2 | Southwest Windmill And Water Well Service, Inc. | 31 | 88 | 553 |
| 3 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. | 30 | 72 | 1,533 |
| 4 | Bartel Well Drilling, Inc. | 26 | 359 | 1,086 |
| 5 | Jantzen Water Well | 23 | 32 | 452 |
| 6 | Downey Drlg #748 | 19 | 19 | 189 |
| 7 | Downey Drilling, Inc. | 14 | 14 | 370 |
| 8 | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | 14 | 14 | 307 |
| 9 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | 10 | 10 | 51 |
| 10 | GT Water Well Drilling LLC | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | Nash WW Srvc | 6 | 6 | 187 |
| 12 | Howard Drilling Co. | 5 | 23 | 309 |
| 13 | L & N Pump | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 14 | Crowdis WW Srvc | 2 | 2 | 205 |
| 15 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | 2 | 2 | 410 |
| 16 | Dunham Drilling, Inc. | 1 | 9 | 61 |
| 17 | Rosencrantz-Bemis Enterprises, Inc. | 1 | 7 | 11,621 |
| 18 | Jonagan Water Well Service LLC | 1 | 1 | 339 |
| 19 | Chas. Sargent Irrigation Co., Inc. | 1 | 1 | 236 |
| 20 | Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, Inc. | — | 234 | 1,503 |
| 21 | Cornie Friesen Windmill And Supply Co. | — | 190 | 788 |
| 22 | Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. Inc. | — | 121 | 2,375 |
| 23 | Minter-Wilson Drlg. Co., Inc. | — | 116 | 2,329 |
| 24 | Howard Drilling Company AG, LLC | — | 95 | 1,453 |
| 25 | Donald R. Dunham Drilling, Inc. | — | 44 | 313 |
| 26 | T & W Water Well Serv., Inc. | — | 38 | 711 |
| 27 | Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, Inc. | — | 32 | 67 |
| 28 | Ace-HI International, Inc. | — | 30 | 197 |
| 29 | Layne-Christensen Co. | — | 27 | 1,076 |
| 30 | Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. Inc. | — | 24 | 482 |
| 31 | Ray Cramer Drilling Co. | — | 19 | 164 |
| 32 | ED Jantzen Water Well Repair | — | 16 | 601 |
| 33 | Southwest Windmill | — | 15 | 71 |
| 34 | Layne-Western | — | 13 | 351 |
| 35 | Carl Hayse Water Well Service | — | 11 | 1,002 |
| 36 | Joe's Well Service, Inc. | — | 10 | 1,418 |
| 37 | Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, Inc. | — | 7 | 1,862 |
| 38 | Tyler Water Well, Inc. | — | 5 | 304 |
| 39 | J.o. Johnson Drilling Company | — | 5 | 59 |
| 40 | Jonagan Drilling Co. | — | 4 | 228 |
| 41 | Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg | — | 4 | 200 |
| 42 | E. Willie Hodde, Jr. Drilling Company | — | 3 | 62 |
| 43 | Central Well & Pump, Inc. | — | 2 | 1,186 |
| 44 | Dan Hayse Water Well Service | — | 2 | 310 |
| 45 | Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair | — | 2 | 123 |
| 46 | Albert & Roland Brau Drlg Co., Inc. | — | 2 | 73 |
| 47 | Michael Woofter Drlg. Inc. | — | 2 | 46 |
| 48 | Ashland Well Serv., Inc. | — | 2 | 25 |
| 49 | Midwest Well & Pump, Inc. | — | 1 | 984 |
| 50 | Kelly's Water Well Service, Inc. | — | 1 | 8,942 |
| 51 | High Plains Drilling & Supply | — | 1 | 189 |
| 52 | M & D Well Service | — | 1 | 173 |
| 53 | Ark Valley Pump And Supply | — | 1 | 107 |
| 54 | Lehl's Water Well Service | — | 1 | 69 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Meade 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 Meade County?
SW Windmill & WW Srvc has drilled the most Meade County wells in the recent record — 38 since 2016, 38 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Meade County?
54 companies in the KGS record have drilled wells in Meade County; 20 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 Meade County?
The median drilled depth in Meade County is 280 ft, based on 1,880 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Meade County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Meade County wells page.
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