Best well drillers in Douglas County, South Dakota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 24 drilling companies with wells on record in Douglas County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 184 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 Douglas Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pullman Well Drilling | 6 | 25 | 3,380 |
| 2 | Thein Well Company, Inc. | 6 | 9 | 942 |
| 3 | Stretch's Well Service, Inc. | 5 | 6 | 1,175 |
| 4 | Grosz Drilling Company | 4 | 43 | 236 |
| 5 | Geotek Engineering & Testing | 3 | 9 | 661 |
| 6 | Grosch Irrigation Co., Inc. | 2 | 10 | 164 |
| 7 | Dave Putzke Well Drilling, Inc. | 2 | 3 | 392 |
| 8 | Chase Drilling | 1 | 9 | 319 |
| 9 | Alexander Drilling, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 2,596 |
| 10 | Sam Well Company | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| 11 | Prairie Consulting Group, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 296 |
| 12 | Carl Meier & Sons | — | 24 | 396 |
| 13 | Huron Drilling, Incorporated | — | 18 | 2,246 |
| 14 | Lacey Well Drilling | — | 8 | 910 |
| 15 | Meier Well Drilling | — | 4 | 149 |
| 16 | Respec, Inc. | — | 3 | 507 |
| 17 | Maxim Technologies, Inc. | — | 2 | 661 |
| 18 | Environmental Technologies, Inc. | — | 2 | 310 |
| 19 | Quality Well Service LLC | — | 1 | 125 |
| 20 | Hutmacher Drilling, Inc. | — | 1 | 855 |
| 21 | Empire Irrigation Drilling Company | — | 1 | 334 |
| 22 | Koranda Well Company, LLC | — | 1 | 286 |
| 23 | Lehr Well Drilling | — | 1 | 276 |
| 24 | Colwell & Son Drilling | — | 1 | 41 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Douglas 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 Douglas County?
Pullman Well Drilling has drilled the most Douglas County wells in the recent record — 6 since 2016, 25 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Douglas County?
24 companies in the SD DANR record have drilled wells in Douglas County; 11 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 Douglas County?
The median drilled depth in Douglas County is 366 ft, based on 204 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Douglas County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Douglas County wells page.
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