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Best well drillers in Elko County, Nevada
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 130 drilling companies with wells
on record in Elko County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 7,884 logged
wells in the Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) Well Driller Reports database (records as of 2026-09-28). Every number links back to
the public record.
130companies on record
28active since 2022
7,884wells in county record
| # | Company | In Elko Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Hackworth Drilling Inc. | 428 | 2,322 | 2,790 |
| 2 | Rosenlund Drilling LLC | 399 | 401 | 540 |
| 3 | Cascade Drilling LP | 123 | 171 | 4,479 |
| 4 | Boart Longyear | 98 | 336 | 3,633 |
| 5 | Fertig Drilling Co. | 42 | 646 | 762 |
| 6 | Fred Anderson Drilling Inc. | 30 | 36 | 643 |
| 7 | National Ewp Inc. | 28 | 46 | 2,155 |
| 8 | AB Drilling | 28 | 28 | 45 |
| 9 | Haz-Tech Drilling Inc. | 27 | 115 | 830 |
| 10 | Yellow Jacket Drilling Services LLC | 25 | 30 | 333 |
| 11 | Environmental West Exploration Inc. | 23 | 70 | 146 |
| 12 | Major Drilling America Inc. | 18 | 18 | 138 |
| 13 | Lewis Drilling LLC | 12 | 12 | 98 |
| 14 | Premier Drilling Company | 9 | 9 | 67 |
| 15 | Hydro Resources West Inc. | 8 | 17 | 300 |
| 16 | Stonehouse Drilling & Construction LLC | 8 | 8 | 363 |
| 17 | Alternative Drilling Company LLC | 5 | 167 | 243 |
| 18 | Welsco Corp | 4 | 14 | 2,537 |
| 19 | S & S Water Wells | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 20 | Okeefe Drilling Company Inc. | 2 | 13 | 139 |
| 21 | Double R | 2 | 2 | 38 |
| 22 | David Gibson Contractor LLC | 1 | 10 | 114 |
| 23 | High Desert Drilling LLC | 1 | 4 | 384 |
| 24 | Parsons Drilling Inc. | 1 | 2 | 4,125 |
| 25 | Muth Drilling Co. | — | 501 | 563 |
| 26 | R D Reynolds Drilling Co. | — | 268 | 284 |
| 27 | Louis Clarkson | — | 224 | 285 |
| 28 | Lang Exploratory Drilling | — | 179 | 1,532 |
| 29 | J B Reynolds | — | 165 | 343 |
| 30 | A A A Drilling & Equipment Rental | — | 160 | 377 |
| 31 | Gullard Drilling & Boring | — | 144 | 225 |
| 32 | R D Reynolds | — | 110 | 119 |
| 33 | Eklund Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 102 | 1,580 |
| 34 | Rimrock Drilling Inc. | — | 99 | 145 |
| 35 | A A A Drilling | — | 80 | 158 |
| 36 | Humboldt Drilling & Pump Co. | — | 63 | 1,494 |
| 37 | Sargent Irrigation Inc. | — | 63 | 429 |
| 38 | W H Muth | — | 63 | 64 |
| 39 | A O Large | — | 59 | 78 |
| 40 | Elsing Well Drilling & Pump Co. | — | 53 | 155 |
| 41 | PC Exploration Inc. | — | 53 | 109 |
| 42 | Staco Well Services Inc. | — | 43 | 89 |
| 43 | Boley & Henry | — | 43 | 48 |
| 44 | Elsing Well Drilling | — | 42 | 43 |
| 45 | W D C Exploration & Wells | — | 41 | 1,910 |
| 46 | Hydro Resources Nevada Inc. | — | 40 | 459 |
| 47 | RD Reynolds | — | 38 | 39 |
| 48 | Harry Bolton | — | 38 | 38 |
| 49 | Andresen Exploration Drilling | — | 37 | 1,529 |
| 50 | B B Gailey | — | 36 | 39 |
| 51 | Harlan D Andresen | — | 27 | 446 |
| 52 | Gustin Corp | — | 25 | 139 |
| 53 | Elsing Drilling & Pump Co. Inc. | — | 25 | 41 |
| 54 | Layne Christensen Co. | — | 24 | 738 |
| 55 | RD Reynolds Drilling | — | 24 | 27 |
| 56 | Western Strata Exploration Inc. | — | 23 | 182 |
| 57 | Armstrong Bros | — | 22 | 401 |
| 58 | Boart Longyear Nevada | — | 22 | 329 |
| 59 | Hard Rock Exploration Inc. | — | 21 | 142 |
| 60 | JB Reynolds | — | 21 | 27 |
| 61 | P C Exploration Inc. | — | 20 | 85 |
| 62 | Thompson Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 19 | 1,080 |
| 63 | Stretchs Exploration Inc. | — | 18 | 52 |
| 64 | Glenn Kidd | — | 17 | 48 |
| 65 | Viking Drillers Inc. | — | 14 | 5,086 |
| 66 | Carruthers Drlg Serv | — | 14 | 75 |
| 67 | Gerald M Strong | — | 14 | 38 |
| 68 | Nevada Drilling Inc. | — | 13 | 547 |
| 69 | Mcninch Well Drilling | — | 13 | 253 |
| 70 | O Keefe Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 13 | 36 |
| 71 | Gardner Brothers Drilling Inc. | — | 12 | 94 |
| 72 | Gregg Drilling & Testing Inc. | — | 12 | 382 |
| 73 | Leach Drilling Inc. | — | 11 | 1,400 |
| 74 | Boyles Bros Drilling | — | 11 | 84 |
| 75 | Converse Consultants | — | 10 | 790 |
| 76 | A S A P Pump & Well Service Inc. | — | 10 | 349 |
| 77 | Layne Environmental | — | 10 | 61 |
| 78 | A & B Contractors | — | 9 | 274 |
| 79 | J D Hill | — | 9 | 124 |
| 80 | C M Robinson JR | — | 9 | 121 |
| 81 | Pete Cope Drilling Co. | — | 9 | 70 |
| 82 | J D Hill Drilling Co. | — | 9 | 50 |
| 83 | F B Hicks Drilling Co. | — | 8 | 91 |
| 84 | Elite Drilling Inc. | — | 7 | 619 |
| 85 | Fred Anderson & Son Exploration Drilling Inc. | — | 7 | 479 |
| 86 | West Hazmat Drilling Corp | — | 7 | 195 |
| 87 | Les Harvey | — | 7 | 36 |
| 88 | Bruce Robinson Drilling Co. | — | 6 | 326 |
| 89 | Plaskett Irrigation Co. | — | 6 | 134 |
| 90 | Humbolt Drilling & Pump Co. Inc. | — | 5 | 40 |
| 91 | Carson Pump | — | 4 | 374 |
| 92 | H & M Drilling | — | 4 | 97 |
| 93 | W L Mcdonald And Co. Inc. | — | 4 | 815 |
| 94 | American Drilling & Pump Service | — | 4 | 172 |
| 95 | Paul Williams & Sons | — | 4 | 158 |
| 96 | Wright Drilling Inc. | — | 4 | 87 |
| 97 | Nevada Webber Drilling Inc. | — | 4 | 74 |
| 98 | Bruce Young | — | 4 | 34 |
| 99 | Dale A Lehman | — | 4 | 34 |
| 100 | Hatch Drilling Co. | — | 4 | 30 |
| 101 | Christiansen Drilling Inc. | — | 3 | 521 |
| 102 | Water Development Corp (The) | — | 3 | 609 |
| 103 | Gatzke Drilling | — | 3 | 144 |
| 104 | Willis Hines | — | 3 | 104 |
| 105 | Layne Western Co. | — | 3 | 97 |
| 106 | Stewart Bros Drilling Co. | — | 3 | 60 |
| 107 | Cope Drilling & Pump Co. | — | 3 | 60 |
| 108 | Gary W Schubert Water Well Drilling | — | 3 | 60 |
| 109 | Harold Hayes | — | 3 | 59 |
| 110 | Becker Drills Inc. | — | 3 | 45 |
| 111 | L B J Drilling & Pump Co. Inc. | — | 2 | 360 |
| 112 | Sierra Pump & Drilling | — | 2 | 294 |
| 113 | Glen Maddox | — | 2 | 116 |
| 114 | Water Development Corp | — | 2 | 79 |
| 115 | William Cooper | — | 2 | 77 |
| 116 | Burt Drilling Co. | — | 2 | 41 |
| 117 | Davis Drilling & Pumps | — | 1 | 638 |
| 118 | Dimick Drilling | — | 1 | 1,633 |
| 119 | Woytek Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 331 |
| 120 | B & B Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 1 | 269 |
| 121 | Mel Meyer | — | 1 | 258 |
| 122 | Paul Williams | — | 1 | 253 |
| 123 | Steve Kawchack | — | 1 | 146 |
| 124 | Blain Well Drilling | — | 1 | 114 |
| 125 | Maynard Well Drilling | — | 1 | 95 |
| 126 | Andresen Drilling | — | 1 | 86 |
| 127 | Charles Sargent Irrigation Inc. | — | 1 | 66 |
| 128 | Larry Brinkerhoff | — | 1 | 57 |
| 129 | Desert Irrigation & Supply Co. | — | 1 | 37 |
| 130 | Wolgamott & Son | — | 1 | 33 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Elko County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full NDWR
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 Elko County?
Hackworth Drilling Inc. has drilled the most Elko County wells in the recent record — 428 since 2016, 2,322 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Elko County?
130 companies in the NDWR record have drilled wells in Elko County; 28 of them have drilled somewhere in Nevada since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Elko County?
The median drilled depth in Elko County is 180 ft, based on 8,653 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Elko County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Elko County wells page.
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