Best well drillers in Deuel County, South Dakota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 24 drilling companies with wells on record in Deuel County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 176 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 Deuel Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thein Well Company, Inc. | 13 | 17 | 942 |
| 2 | Steffl Drilling & Pump, Inc. | 7 | 15 | 217 |
| 3 | Kranz Well & Excavation | 7 | 9 | 362 |
| 4 | Kaiser Well Drilling | 6 | 22 | 461 |
| 5 | Geotek Engineering & Testing | 2 | 22 | 661 |
| 6 | Lacey Well Drilling | 2 | 7 | 910 |
| 7 | Triple S | 1 | 1 | 360 |
| 8 | Lee Well Drilling Inc. | — | 22 | 274 |
| 9 | Bullis Bros. Well Drilling | — | 17 | 377 |
| 10 | Pullman Well Drilling | — | 9 | 3,380 |
| 11 | Kaiser Well Works | — | 7 | 85 |
| 12 | Prairie Consulting Group, Inc. | — | 6 | 296 |
| 13 | Torgrude Well Drilling | — | 5 | 248 |
| 14 | Empire Irrigation Drilling Company | — | 3 | 334 |
| 15 | Stadheim Well Drilling | — | 3 | 166 |
| 16 | Ltp Enterprises, Inc. | — | 2 | 121 |
| 17 | O'farrell, James | — | 2 | 32 |
| 18 | Reinart Bros. Well Drilling | — | 1 | 257 |
| 19 | Huron Drilling, Incorporated | — | 1 | 2,246 |
| 20 | Gem Star Associates, Inc. | — | 1 | 87 |
| 21 | Minnesota Drillers | — | 1 | 68 |
| 22 | Rust, Tony & Son | — | 1 | 54 |
| 23 | Verley, Darryl A. | — | 1 | 52 |
| 24 | Mcmahon, Leo | — | 1 | 45 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Deuel 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 Deuel County?
Thein Well Company, Inc. has drilled the most Deuel County wells in the recent record — 13 since 2016, 17 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Deuel County?
24 companies in the SD DANR record have drilled wells in Deuel County; 9 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 Deuel County?
The median drilled depth in Deuel County is 64 ft, based on 201 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Deuel County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Deuel County wells page.
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