Best well drillers in Lyon County, Nevada

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 168 drilling companies with wells on record in Lyon County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 7,200 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.

168companies on record

25active since 2022

7,200wells in county record

#	Company	In Lyon Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Capital City Well Drilling & Pump Service Inc.	190	385	1,240
2	Blain Well Drilling And Pump Inc.	186	217	711
3	Bruce Mackay Pump & Well Service Inc.	177	239	2,849
4	Welsco Corp	100	207	2,537
5	Ogden Drilling	77	117	122
6	Stonehouse Drilling & Construction LLC	69	84	363
7	Parsons Drilling Inc.	56	247	4,125
8	Leach Drilling Inc.	45	946	1,400
9	Cascade Drilling LP	36	98	4,479
10	Viking Drillers Inc.	19	19	5,086
11	Double R Water Well Service	17	17	105
12	Blain Drilling & Pump Co.	14	343	657
13	Yellow Jacket Drilling Services LLC	11	52	333
14	Hydro Resources West Inc.	7	33	300
15	Carson Pump	6	44	374
16	Gregory Drilling	5	5	46
17	Andresen Exploration Drilling	3	143	1,529
18	Boart Longyear	1	124	3,633
19	A S A P Pump & Well Service Inc.	1	32	349
20	Fred Anderson Drilling Inc.	1	6	643
21	Eagle Drilling Services LLC	1	2	3,374
22	Fundin Pump & Well Service	1	2	62
23	West Coast Pump & Well Works	1	1	96
24	Nevada Webber Drilling Inc.	1	1	74
25	Ogden Bros Drilling	—	346	349
26	W M Blain	—	239	354
27	W M Blain Well Drilling & Pumps	—	215	904
28	Ogden Well Drilling	—	197	217
29	Edmund Miller Drilling Co.	—	174	218
30	Edmund Miller	—	154	228
31	Aqua Drilling & Well Service Inc.	—	145	2,675
32	Humboldt Drilling & Pump Co.	—	131	1,494
33	Ace Drilling & Development	—	116	204
34	Enloe Drilling Co.	—	109	597
35	Emdlco Inc.	—	99	179
36	A & H Pump Co.	—	79	662
37	Capitol City Well Drilling And Pumps	—	79	400
38	Sierra Pump & Drilling	—	69	294
39	Nevada Drilling Inc.	—	66	547
40	Vernon Cannon JR	—	65	176
41	Edmund A Miller	—	65	100
42	Hydro Resources Nevada Inc.	—	54	459
43	A & B Contracrors	—	53	70
44	Thompson Drilling Co. Inc.	—	52	1,080
45	W D C Exploration & Wells	—	47	1,910
46	Nevada Pump & Drilling	—	47	177
47	Mckay Drilling Inc.	—	46	1,420
48	Blain Well Drilling	—	46	114
49	Sargent Irrigation Inc.	—	40	429
50	W E Blain	—	34	299
51	Marcin Drilling Company	—	34	238
52	R N Powell	—	33	39
53	Evans Bros Drilling Co.	—	33	33
54	Labrum Well Drilling	—	32	82
55	Harlan D Andresen	—	31	446
56	W L Mcdonald And Co. Inc.	—	29	815
57	George E Whatley	—	29	30
58	Haz-Tech Drilling Inc.	—	28	830
59	A & B Contractors	—	27	274
60	Eklund Drilling Co. Inc.	—	26	1,580
61	Lang Exploratory Drilling	—	26	1,532
62	Mel Meyer	—	25	258
63	Harvey Meyer	—	25	214
64	W F Tilton	—	25	36
65	Vernon K Cannon JR Water Well	—	25	30
66	Barnes Well Drilling	—	24	35
67	Woytek Drilling Co.	—	23	331
68	Ace Pump Sales & Service	—	23	57
69	Eddco Exploration Inc.	—	21	320
70	Jim House & Sons Drilling	—	21	99
71	Farris Drilling	—	19	295
72	Inland Pacific Drilling Co. Inc.	—	19	36
73	Kawchack Pump And Well Inc.	—	17	544
74	E D D C O Exploration Inc.	—	17	194
75	Nevada Pump Service	—	17	41
76	Wayne Drilling Inc.	—	15	2,457
77	Water Development Corp (The)	—	15	609
78	Paul Williams	—	15	253
79	Gregg Drilling & Testing Inc.	—	14	382
80	Burgess & Rohe Drilling Co.	—	14	114
81	National Ewp Inc.	—	13	2,155
82	Oasis Drilling Inc.	—	13	113
83	Allen Drilling Inc.	—	12	5,330
84	Meyer Drilling Co. Inc.	—	12	208
85	West Hazmat Drilling Corp	—	12	195
86	Reno Pump & Supply Co.	—	10	162
87	Marcin & Sons Drilling	—	10	63
88	Kawchack Drilling Inc.	—	9	771
89	Sage Brothers Drilling Co. Inc.	—	9	178
90	Andresen Drilling	—	9	86
91	Hackworth Drilling Inc.	—	8	2,790
92	Christiansen Drilling Inc.	—	8	521
93	Aqua Drilling & Well Service I	—	8	225
94	Burroughs OF Nevada	—	8	142
95	Sierra Nevada Drilling & Pump LLC	—	8	92
96	Bob Meyer	—	8	56
97	Resonantsonic International Inc.	—	8	49
98	American Drilling & Pump Service	—	7	172
99	Humbolt Drilling & Pump Co. Inc.	—	7	40
100	B & B Drilling Co. Inc.	—	6	269
101	American Drilling Co.	—	6	60
102	Warren W Overholser	—	6	27
103	Armstrong Bros	—	5	401
104	J B Reynolds	—	5	343
105	Boart Longyear Nevada	—	5	329
106	Glenn Pump And Drilling	—	5	161
107	Paul Williams & Sons	—	5	158
108	Fred Erb	—	5	145
109	Beylik Drilling Inc.	—	5	131
110	J N Pitcher Company	—	5	121
111	Robertson Eng & Drill	—	5	47
112	Points West Drilling	—	5	31
113	Miller & Sons Drilling Co.	—	4	195
114	Western Strata Exploration Inc.	—	4	182
115	Levy Matthews & Son	—	4	162
116	John Champion	—	4	143
117	Lew Burgess	—	4	59
118	Stretchs Exploration Inc.	—	4	52
119	Riverside Electric Motor & Pump	—	4	27
120	Bruce Robinson Drilling Co.	—	3	326
121	W W Welshenbaugh	—	3	138
122	Pete Anderson	—	3	136
123	Patrick H Thompson	—	3	115
124	Smith Pulati Inc.	—	3	88
125	Irving R Tonnesen	—	3	78
126	Drilling Research Company	—	3	72
127	Suchta Well Drlg	—	3	66
128	Charles Sargent Irrigation Inc.	—	3	66
129	Potter Drilling Co.	—	3	51
130	Alcore Drilling	—	3	50
131	G W Petersen & Co.	—	3	46
132	Diamond Well Drilling Co.	—	3	34
133	Zim Irrigation & Bakersfield Well & Pump Co.	—	3	31
134	Wayne Burroughs	—	3	30
135	H & M Drilling	—	2	97
136	Steve Kawchack	—	2	146
137	Harvey & Bob Meyer	—	2	117
138	Water-Rite Well Drilling	—	2	111
139	Valley Pump Company	—	2	109
140	Brinkerhoff Pump & Drilling Co. Inc.	—	2	101
141	P C Exploration Inc.	—	2	85
142	Dave Mcninch	—	2	82
143	A O Large	—	2	78
144	Austin W Graham	—	2	66
145	Layne Texas Co.	—	2	32
146	Nevada Pump & Irrigation Co.	—	2	26
147	J Champion	—	2	26
148	Fertig Drilling Co.	—	1	762
149	Mackay Pump & Geothermal Inc.	—	1	193
150	E J Thomas	—	1	173
151	Cascade Drilling Inc. California	—	1	113
152	Jesse J Harrison	—	1	101
153	Boyles Bros Drilling	—	1	84
154	Pezonella Associates Inc.	—	1	73
155	Energy Exploration Drilling	—	1	69
156	Layne Environmental	—	1	61
157	Paul N Pflimlin	—	1	53
158	Andrew J Foster	—	1	46
159	Hoover & Sons Construction Co.	—	1	46
160	Hilyard Drilling Co.	—	1	43
161	James House Well Drilling	—	1	38
162	Pre-Cambrian Drilling Co.	—	1	34
163	Brown Bros Well Drilling	—	1	32
164	Castlio Drilling Co.	—	1	32
165	J W Biffle	—	1	31
166	James House	—	1	30
167	M Artlip	—	1	30
168	Russell C Kabisch	—	1	27

Ranked by wells drilled in Lyon 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 Lyon County?

Capital City Well Drilling & Pump Service Inc. has drilled the most Lyon County wells in the recent record — 190 since 2016, 385 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Lyon County?

168 companies in the NDWR record have drilled wells in Lyon County; 25 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 Lyon County?

The median drilled depth in Lyon County is 169 ft, based on 7,958 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Lyon County wells page.

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

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