Best well drillers in Buffalo County, South Dakota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 18 drilling companies with wells on record in Buffalo County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 225 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 Buffalo Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Engineering Testing,Inc. | 5 | 9 | 687 |
| 2 | Stretch's Well Service, Inc. | 5 | 7 | 1,175 |
| 3 | Cain Drilling | 3 | 20 | 219 |
| 4 | Kaiser Well Drilling | 2 | 2 | 461 |
| 5 | Hutmacher Drilling, Inc. | 1 | 68 | 855 |
| 6 | Keller Drilling | 1 | 1 | 97 |
| 7 | Huron Drilling, Incorporated | — | 33 | 2,246 |
| 8 | Carl Meier & Sons | — | 33 | 396 |
| 9 | Pullman Well Drilling | — | 18 | 3,380 |
| 10 | Bergeleen Well Drilling | — | 12 | 555 |
| 11 | Meier Well Drilling | — | 6 | 149 |
| 12 | Hickey Well Drilling | — | 5 | 209 |
| 13 | Chase Drilling | — | 3 | 319 |
| 14 | Empire Irrigation Drilling Company | — | 3 | 334 |
| 15 | Sather Drilling, Inc. | — | 2 | 179 |
| 16 | Grimshaw Drilling Company | — | 1 | 108 |
| 17 | Minnesota Drillers | — | 1 | 68 |
| 18 | Johnson Drilling | — | 1 | 25 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Buffalo 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 Buffalo County?
American Engineering Testing,Inc. has drilled the most Buffalo County wells in the recent record — 5 since 2016, 9 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Buffalo County?
18 companies in the SD DANR record have drilled wells in Buffalo County; 6 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 Buffalo County?
The median drilled depth in Buffalo County is 860 ft, based on 273 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Buffalo County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Buffalo County wells page.
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