Best well drillers in Potter County, South Dakota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 20 drilling companies with wells on record in Potter County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 267 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 Potter Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manikowski Well Drilling | 2 | 3 | 182 |
| 2 | Stretch's Well Service, Inc. | 1 | 9 | 1,175 |
| 3 | Geotek Engineering & Testing | 1 | 2 | 661 |
| 4 | Dakota Boring Company | — | 142 | 994 |
| 5 | Independent Drilling Co., Inc. | — | 40 | 1,188 |
| 6 | Huron Drilling, Incorporated | — | 15 | 2,246 |
| 7 | Environmental Technologies, Inc. | — | 15 | 310 |
| 8 | Pullman Well Drilling | — | 8 | 3,380 |
| 9 | Oahe Drilling Company | — | 8 | 148 |
| 10 | American Engineering Testing,Inc. | — | 7 | 687 |
| 11 | Respec, Inc. | — | 3 | 507 |
| 12 | Aberle Well Services | — | 3 | 350 |
| 13 | Dakota Environmental, Inc. | — | 2 | 181 |
| 14 | Norbeck & Nicholson Co. | — | 2 | 411 |
| 15 | Prairie Consulting Group, Inc. | — | 2 | 296 |
| 16 | Aaa Well Company | — | 2 | 33 |
| 17 | Ltp Enterprises, Inc. | — | 1 | 121 |
| 18 | Terry Kemmet Dba K & K Well Drilling | — | 1 | 56 |
| 19 | O'farrell, James | — | 1 | 32 |
| 20 | Venturia Well Drilling | — | 1 | 25 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Potter 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 Potter County?
Manikowski Well Drilling has drilled the most Potter County wells in the recent record — 2 since 2016, 3 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Potter County?
20 companies in the SD DANR record have drilled wells in Potter County; 7 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 Potter County?
The median drilled depth in Potter County is 68 ft, based on 343 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Potter County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Potter County wells page.
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