Best well drillers in Benton County, Washington

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 146 drilling companies with wells on record in Benton County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 5,297 logged wells in Washington State Department of Ecology well construction reports (records as of 2026-10-02). Every number links back to the public record.

146companies on record

56active since 2022

5,297wells in county record

#	Company	In Benton Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Joshua Burns	173	236	530
2	Todd Haney	126	480	715
3	Lyle Amos	102	529	762
4	Forest Hoopes	86	103	186
5	David Cox	69	270	311
6	Rod Cox	65	541	682
7	Chad Gregory	64	64	243
8	Clay Ross	56	56	114
9	Brandon Brown	28	50	107
10	Justin Egeland	28	31	74
11	Michael Robinson	27	49	817
12	Andres Alatorre	27	27	70
13	Tyler Haney	24	24	35
14	Kevin Boyd	23	23	446
15	Brady Voth	22	154	612
16	Thomas Giles	19	19	46
17	Derrick Rank	11	15	501
18	Derek Vahanian	11	11	28
19	Paul Lodder	10	12	28
20	Justin Wamsley	9	12	518
21	William Davis	9	9	560
22	Robert Dobush	6	10	29
23	Daniel Waterman	5	5	109
24	Thomas Mcguire	4	21	1,498
25	Chris Gregory	4	4	185
26	Brian Heinlen	4	4	80
27	James Hickam	3	72	598
28	David Smith	3	18	42
29	Gary Lydin	3	5	987
30	Derek Wilson-Weiler	3	3	210
31	John Arfman	2	2	725
32	Caleb Forsmann	2	2	64
33	Beau Anderson	2	2	51
34	John Kline	2	2	25
35	Stephen Schneider	1	9	99
36	Daniel Eilers	1	2	536
37	Craig Wamsley	1	2	660
38	Jose Rojas	1	1	273
39	Dwayne Person	1	1	211
40	Pedro Gama Valladares	1	1	109
41	Alex Kerslake	1	1	191
42	Colby Morris	1	1	53
43	Bill Moomaw	1	1	351
44	Justin Pinkerton	1	1	90
45	Michael Ramlo	1	1	33
46	David Rodeman	1	1	36
47	Peter ST George JR	—	592	738
48	James Nelson	—	411	787
49	Frank Crowe	—	124	144
50	Jeremy Rude	—	121	203
51	G Bigham	—	95	123
52	Guy Kelly	—	72	177
53	Richard Crow	—	57	64
54	Matt Hammons	—	49	70
55	James Smith	—	48	96
56	Douglas Lane	—	46	675
57	Jody Carpenter	—	46	120
58	Thomas ST George	—	46	60
59	Kenneth Watkins	—	42	307
60	Daniel Oconnell	—	37	754
61	Larry Mclanahan	—	34	266
62	Theron Lewis	—	32	113
63	Jerry Rank	—	30	1,286
64	Peter ST George SR	—	30	31
65	James Doyle	—	28	542
66	Roger Kelly	—	26	148
67	Edwin Brown	—	26	62
68	Frank Crow	—	25	36
69	Todd Lively	—	23	2,056
70	Casey Burton	—	23	196
71	Keith Vermillion	—	20	629
72	Joshua Carman	—	20	33
73	Louie Hanner	—	19	365
74	Steven Mills	—	17	742
75	Bill Mchaffie JR	—	16	69
76	John Lewis	—	15	34
77	James Robling	—	14	25
78	W Close JR	—	13	145
79	Thomas Richardson	—	12	123
80	Scott Woolley	—	12	78
81	Kelly Olson	—	11	169
82	Brad Forman	—	11	160
83	Daniel Claassen	—	9	32
84	Rick Poulin	—	8	520
85	Curtis Carlson	—	8	34
86	Vernon Rank	—	7	573
87	Mike Bach SR	—	7	263
88	Marty Rugo	—	6	1,076
89	Chris Hayes	—	6	268
90	Ronald Ball	—	6	167
91	Robert Kern	—	6	58
92	Martin Jensen	—	5	267
93	Dave Ricard	—	5	247
94	Larry Burd	—	5	29
95	Blake Harding	—	4	187
96	John Ayers	—	4	99
97	Delos Boyce	—	4	94
98	Robert Parr	—	4	49
99	Dennis Huhn	—	4	47
100	Rogeray Phythian	—	3	2,940
101	Joseph Booth JR	—	3	790
102	Cary Eisenman	—	3	594
103	Ted Wright	—	3	146
104	Stevan Butler	—	3	34
105	Mitch Mathews	—	2	1,418
106	Gary Bartholomew	—	2	540
107	Donald Read JR	—	2	508
108	Richard Braun	—	2	387
109	Bart Moorehead	—	2	221
110	Self Self	—	2	216
111	William Wentz	—	2	117
112	Laurie Faulkes	—	2	87
113	Audey Kilts	—	2	64
114	John Wheeler	—	2	36
115	Arnold Holman	—	2	30
116	Leo Kay II	—	2	26
117	Richard Smith	—	1	473
118	Brett Phythian	—	1	3,487
119	Eugene Hitt	—	1	479
120	Richard Bynum	—	1	983
121	Eugene Williams	—	1	437
122	Karl Moore	—	1	80
123	Jon Ricard JR	—	1	1,532
124	David Meyer	—	1	1,153
125	David Deremer	—	1	643
126	Leonard Martel	—	1	491
127	Terry Close	—	1	363
128	Michael Harding	—	1	298
129	David Ritola	—	1	210
130	Charles White	—	1	206
131	Randall Holt	—	1	189
132	Forrest Tennant	—	1	189
133	John Riebe	—	1	184
134	NA Unknown	—	1	140
135	Allan Countryman	—	1	127
136	Terry Johnson	—	1	123
137	W Barratt	—	1	101
138	George Burns	—	1	84
139	Howard Bronson	—	1	69
140	William Uhlenkott	—	1	53
141	W Detray	—	1	50
142	Vince Friswold	—	1	50
143	Michael Young	—	1	48
144	Mark Schlehuber	—	1	33
145	Steve Moore	—	1	32
146	Edward Minden	—	1	28

Ranked by wells drilled in Benton County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full Ecology 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 Benton County?

Joshua Burns has drilled the most Benton County wells in the recent record — 173 since 2016, 236 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Benton County?

146 companies in the Ecology record have drilled wells in Benton County; 56 of them have drilled somewhere in Washington since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

How deep is a typical well in Benton County?

The median drilled depth in Benton County is 145 ft, based on 7,009 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Benton County wells page.

Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Benton County wells page.

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