Best well drillers in Russell County, Kansas

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 38 drilling companies with wells on record in Russell County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 609 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.

38companies on record

19active since 2022

609wells in county record

#	Company	In Russell Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, Inc.	18	78	1,664
2	Bushell Water Well Service	17	40	87
3	Rosencrantz-Bemis Ent.	16	16	748
4	Associated Drilling, Inc.	13	25	1,922
5	Bushell Water Well Drilling And Service	12	12	30
6	Karst Water Well Drlg	10	17	330
7	Rosencrantz-Bemis Enterprises, Inc.	8	59	11,621
8	KP Hydrotech	8	8	151
9	T And T Water Well Drilling	7	7	68
10	Associated Drilling, Inc. #990	6	6	479
11	Clarke Well And Equipment, Inc.	5	20	4,014
12	Stepbrothers Water Drlg	4	4	44
13	Woofter Pump & Well, Inc.	3	4	1,939
14	H2o Drilling	2	2	370
15	Clarke Well & Equip.	2	2	107
16	Rgn Company, Inc.	2	2	41
17	Ground Water Development	1	1	61
18	Groundwater Development Company	1	1	59
19	Kelly's Water Well Service, Inc.	—	85	8,942
20	Rainey Water Well	—	70	134
21	Melvin B. Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, Inc.	—	46	481
22	Jack Goodman Water Well Drilling	—	38	129
23	Wagner Water Well Drlg	—	32	46
24	Pfannenstiel Water Well Service	—	7	143
25	Mid Kansas Water Well Services LLC	—	5	33
26	Yellow Jacket Drilling	—	4	144
27	Andy Anderson Drilling	—	3	882
28	Peterson Irrigation, Inc.	—	2	3,499
29	Geocore Services Inc.	—	2	327
30	Layne-Western	—	2	351
31	Krause Pump & Supply	—	2	115
32	Peterson Mcnett Drilling, Inc.	—	1	1,260
33	Layne-Christensen Co.	—	1	1,076
34	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, Inc.	—	1	1,862
35	Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, Inc.	—	1	1,435
36	Town & Country Water Well Service, LLC	—	1	105
37	D & L Drilling Co.	—	1	96
38	P & J Well Drilling	—	1	26

Ranked by wells drilled in Russell 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 Russell County?

Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, Inc. has drilled the most Russell County wells in the recent record — 18 since 2016, 78 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Russell County?

38 companies in the KGS record have drilled wells in Russell County; 19 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 Russell County?

The median drilled depth in Russell County is 80 ft, based on 723 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Russell County wells page.

Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Russell County wells page.

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