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Best well drillers in Lander County, Nevada
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 124 drilling companies with wells
on record in Lander County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 3,722 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.
124companies on record
29active since 2022
3,722wells in county record
| # | Company | In Lander Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Boart Longyear | 137 | 479 | 3,633 |
| 2 | National Ewp Inc. | 129 | 232 | 2,155 |
| 3 | Parsons Drilling Inc. | 120 | 272 | 4,125 |
| 4 | Viking Drillers Inc. | 115 | 158 | 5,086 |
| 5 | Fred Anderson Drilling Inc. | 47 | 109 | 643 |
| 6 | High Desert Drilling LLC | 27 | 35 | 384 |
| 7 | Cascade Drilling LP | 16 | 44 | 4,479 |
| 8 | Double R | 15 | 15 | 38 |
| 9 | Hackworth Drilling Inc. | 10 | 107 | 2,790 |
| 10 | Haz-Tech Drilling Inc. | 10 | 57 | 830 |
| 11 | Stonehouse Drilling & Construction LLC | 10 | 10 | 363 |
| 12 | Rosenlund Drilling LLC | 9 | 9 | 540 |
| 13 | Welsco Corp | 8 | 22 | 2,537 |
| 14 | S & S Water Wells | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 15 | Hydro Resources West Inc. | 6 | 26 | 300 |
| 16 | Allied Drilling Inc. | 6 | 10 | 194 |
| 17 | Gregg Drilling & Testing Inc. | 5 | 18 | 382 |
| 18 | Yellow Jacket Drilling Services LLC | 5 | 5 | 333 |
| 19 | Premier Drilling Company | 5 | 5 | 67 |
| 20 | Lbj Enterprises | 5 | 5 | 37 |
| 21 | Major Drilling America Inc. | 5 | 5 | 138 |
| 22 | Leach Drilling Inc. | 4 | 8 | 1,400 |
| 23 | Malcolm Drilling Company Inc. | 4 | 4 | 325 |
| 24 | Boart Longyear Nevada | 3 | 60 | 329 |
| 25 | L B J Drilling & Pump Co. Inc. | 2 | 117 | 360 |
| 26 | Layne Christensen Co. | 2 | 4 | 738 |
| 27 | Okeefe Drilling Company Inc. | 1 | 46 | 139 |
| 28 | Bruce Mackay Pump & Well Service Inc. | 1 | 10 | 2,849 |
| 29 | 8 Mile Well Service LLC | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| 30 | Carson Pump | 1 | 1 | 374 |
| 31 | Eklund Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 491 | 1,580 |
| 32 | Humboldt Drilling & Pump Co. | — | 216 | 1,494 |
| 33 | Lang Exploratory Drilling | — | 190 | 1,532 |
| 34 | Fred Anderson & Son Exploration Drilling Inc. | — | 86 | 479 |
| 35 | T & R Drilling | — | 62 | 298 |
| 36 | Andresen Exploration Drilling | — | 54 | 1,529 |
| 37 | Dave Mcninch | — | 53 | 82 |
| 38 | Carruthers Drlg Serv | — | 47 | 75 |
| 39 | J B Reynolds | — | 37 | 343 |
| 40 | Hydro Resources Nevada Inc. | — | 27 | 459 |
| 41 | Harlan D Andresen | — | 27 | 446 |
| 42 | Alcore Drilling | — | 27 | 50 |
| 43 | Russell Herr | — | 26 | 30 |
| 44 | Glen Maddox | — | 25 | 116 |
| 45 | Verde Drilling | — | 22 | 281 |
| 46 | H & M Drilling | — | 21 | 97 |
| 47 | Muth Drilling Co. | — | 20 | 563 |
| 48 | Layne Western Co. | — | 20 | 97 |
| 49 | Louis Clarkson | — | 19 | 285 |
| 50 | Sergent Hauskins & Beckwith | — | 19 | 36 |
| 51 | Dimick Drilling | — | 17 | 1,633 |
| 52 | A A A Drilling & Equipment Rental | — | 16 | 377 |
| 53 | American Drilling & Pump Service | — | 15 | 172 |
| 54 | Armstrong Bros | — | 14 | 401 |
| 55 | Fertig Drilling Co. | — | 12 | 762 |
| 56 | Enloe Drilling Co. | — | 12 | 597 |
| 57 | Woytek Drilling Co. | — | 12 | 331 |
| 58 | Mcninch Well Drilling | — | 12 | 253 |
| 59 | Water Development Corp (The) | — | 11 | 609 |
| 60 | Stretchs Exploration Inc. | — | 11 | 52 |
| 61 | Layne Texas Co. | — | 11 | 32 |
| 62 | Sargent Irrigation Inc. | — | 10 | 429 |
| 63 | Harold Hayes | — | 10 | 59 |
| 64 | Alternative Drilling Company LLC | — | 9 | 243 |
| 65 | Sage Brothers Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 9 | 178 |
| 66 | W L Mcdonald And Co. Inc. | — | 8 | 815 |
| 67 | Steve Kawchack | — | 8 | 146 |
| 68 | Plaskett Irrigation Co. | — | 8 | 134 |
| 69 | Larry Brinkerhoff | — | 7 | 57 |
| 70 | Elsing Drilling & Pump Co. Inc. | — | 7 | 41 |
| 71 | Bruce Young | — | 7 | 34 |
| 72 | Hatch Drilling Co. | — | 7 | 30 |
| 73 | W D C Exploration & Wells | — | 6 | 1,910 |
| 74 | Mel Meyer | — | 6 | 258 |
| 75 | Willis Hines | — | 6 | 104 |
| 76 | Brinkerhoff Pump & Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 6 | 101 |
| 77 | Weber Environmental Inc. | — | 5 | 729 |
| 78 | Nevada Drilling Inc. | — | 5 | 547 |
| 79 | Rimrock Drilling Inc. | — | 5 | 145 |
| 80 | Humbolt Drilling & Pump Co. Inc. | — | 5 | 40 |
| 81 | Eagle Drilling Services LLC | — | 4 | 3,374 |
| 82 | Mckay Drilling Inc. | — | 4 | 1,420 |
| 83 | A A A Drilling | — | 4 | 158 |
| 84 | Potter Drilling Co. | — | 4 | 51 |
| 85 | R D Reynolds | — | 3 | 119 |
| 86 | Fred Anderson & Son Exploratio | — | 3 | 107 |
| 87 | Staco Well Services Inc. | — | 3 | 89 |
| 88 | A O Large | — | 3 | 78 |
| 89 | H A Sevey | — | 3 | 63 |
| 90 | Aqua Drilling & Well Service Inc. | — | 2 | 2,675 |
| 91 | B & B Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 2 | 269 |
| 92 | Patrick H Thompson | — | 2 | 115 |
| 93 | Suchta Well Drlg | — | 2 | 66 |
| 94 | J D Hill Drilling Co. | — | 2 | 50 |
| 95 | Stites Well Drilling | — | 2 | 47 |
| 96 | Inland Pacific Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 2 | 36 |
| 97 | Les Harvey | — | 2 | 36 |
| 98 | Capital City Well Drilling & Pump Service Inc. | — | 1 | 1,240 |
| 99 | Thompson Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 1 | 1,080 |
| 100 | W M Blain Well Drilling & Pumps | — | 1 | 904 |
| 101 | S R Mckinney & Sons Inc. | — | 1 | 737 |
| 102 | B L Weber Group Inc. (The) | — | 1 | 593 |
| 103 | Effinger Drilling & Pump Svc | — | 1 | 370 |
| 104 | R D Reynolds Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 284 |
| 105 | Richard Leblanc | — | 1 | 243 |
| 106 | Marcin Drilling Company | — | 1 | 238 |
| 107 | Gullard Drilling & Boring | — | 1 | 225 |
| 108 | Western Strata Exploration Inc. | — | 1 | 182 |
| 109 | E J Thomas | — | 1 | 173 |
| 110 | Elsing Well Drilling & Pump Co. | — | 1 | 155 |
| 111 | John Champion | — | 1 | 143 |
| 112 | Gustin Corp | — | 1 | 139 |
| 113 | J D Hill | — | 1 | 124 |
| 114 | J N Pitcher Company | — | 1 | 121 |
| 115 | Boyles Bros Drilling | — | 1 | 84 |
| 116 | Pete Cope Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 70 |
| 117 | A & B Contracrors | — | 1 | 70 |
| 118 | American Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 60 |
| 119 | Gary W Schubert Water Well Drilling | — | 1 | 60 |
| 120 | Robertson Eng & Drill | — | 1 | 47 |
| 121 | E. C. Ferguson | — | 1 | 46 |
| 122 | Desert Irrigation & Supply Co. | — | 1 | 37 |
| 123 | Wolgamott & Son | — | 1 | 33 |
| 124 | Glenn Mcninch | — | 1 | 30 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Lander 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 Lander County?
Boart Longyear has drilled the most Lander County wells in the recent record — 137 since 2016, 479 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Lander County?
124 companies in the NDWR record have drilled wells in Lander County; 29 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 Lander County?
The median drilled depth in Lander County is 245 ft, based on 4,073 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Lander County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Lander County wells page.
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