Best well drillers in Bennett County, South Dakota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 19 drilling companies with wells on record in Bennett County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 559 logged wells in the South Dakota DANR well completion report database (NR68) (records as of 2026-08-24). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In Bennett Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forster Well Drilling | 83 | 235 | 407 |
| 2 | Wild Goose Well Drilling | 17 | 50 | 126 |
| 3 | Reimers Well Drilling | 12 | 48 | 450 |
| 4 | Grosch Irrigation Co., Inc. | 9 | 50 | 164 |
| 5 | Adair Drilling | 5 | 23 | 108 |
| 6 | Beck's Well & Irrigation, Inc. | 2 | 2 | 85 |
| 7 | Bill Frew Drilling | 2 | 2 | 56 |
| 8 | J & M Drilling | 1 | 1 | 215 |
| 9 | Babby Well Drilling | — | 55 | 178 |
| 10 | Doug O'bryan Contracting, Inc. | — | 53 | 104 |
| 11 | Sargent Irrigation | — | 26 | 122 |
| 12 | Grooms Drilling, Inc. | — | 4 | 117 |
| 13 | Empire Irrigation Drilling Company | — | 2 | 334 |
| 14 | Grimshaw Drilling Company | — | 2 | 108 |
| 15 | Sokol Drilling | — | 2 | 87 |
| 16 | Chase Drilling | — | 1 | 319 |
| 17 | Downen Drilling Company | — | 1 | 171 |
| 18 | Stateline Drilling & Pump Company | — | 1 | 51 |
| 19 | Nelson Drilling Company | — | 1 | 34 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Bennett County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full SD DANR 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 Bennett County?
Forster Well Drilling has drilled the most Bennett County wells in the recent record — 83 since 2016, 235 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Bennett County?
19 companies in the SD DANR record have drilled wells in Bennett County; 8 of them have drilled somewhere in South Dakota since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Bennett County?
The median drilled depth in Bennett County is 140 ft, based on 633 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Bennett County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Bennett County wells page.
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