Best well drillers in Hyde County, South Dakota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 17 drilling companies with wells on record in Hyde County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 235 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 Hyde Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stretch's Well Service, Inc. | 7 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2 | Cain Drilling | 1 | 8 | 219 |
| 3 | Thein Well Company, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 942 |
| 4 | Pullman Well Drilling | — | 70 | 3,380 |
| 5 | Dakota Boring Company | — | 47 | 994 |
| 6 | Huron Drilling, Incorporated | — | 43 | 2,246 |
| 7 | Independent Drilling Co., Inc. | — | 21 | 1,188 |
| 8 | American Engineering Testing,Inc. | — | 4 | 687 |
| 9 | Carl Meier & Sons | — | 4 | 396 |
| 10 | Environmental Technologies, Inc. | — | 4 | 310 |
| 11 | Caryl Larsen Well Drilling | — | 2 | 102 |
| 12 | Gem Star Associates, Inc. | — | 2 | 87 |
| 13 | Geotek Engineering & Testing | — | 1 | 661 |
| 14 | Maxim Technologies, Inc. | — | 1 | 661 |
| 15 | Empire Irrigation Drilling Company | — | 1 | 334 |
| 16 | Ltp Enterprises, Inc. | — | 1 | 121 |
| 17 | Aaa Well Company | — | 1 | 33 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Hyde 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 Hyde County?
Stretch's Well Service, Inc. has drilled the most Hyde County wells in the recent record — 7 since 2016, 24 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Hyde County?
17 companies in the SD DANR record have drilled wells in Hyde 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 Hyde County?
The median drilled depth in Hyde County is 285 ft, based on 306 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Hyde County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Hyde County wells page.
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