Best well drillers in Lincoln County, Washington

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 123 drilling companies with wells on record in Lincoln County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,169 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.

123companies on record

56active since 2022

2,169wells in county record

#	Company	In Lincoln Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Troy Tarbert	187	867	1,147
2	Todd Lively	114	316	2,056
3	Markel Basargin	28	28	112
4	Monte Judd	20	20	158
5	Justin Egeland	20	20	74
6	Chris Macpherson	18	18	449
7	Jim Mcleslie	14	26	397
8	Shawn Oconnell	12	12	604
9	Gray Rich	11	15	262
10	Jonathan Payne	9	9	80
11	Alex Vermillion	8	14	955
12	Alex Kerslake	8	8	191
13	Audie Mccurdy	7	19	818
14	Daniel Eilers	7	7	536
15	Brian Mosset	6	15	2,318
16	Salvador Valenciano	6	7	357
17	Tyler Schaffer	6	6	29
18	Kevin Boyd	5	7	446
19	Derek Wilson-Weiler	4	4	210
20	Pedro Gama Valladares	4	4	109
21	Ken Thompson	3	4	166
22	Brian Schaefer	3	3	249
23	Andrew Olson	3	3	150
24	Colby Morris	3	3	53
25	Daniel Waterman	3	3	109
26	Martin Jensen	2	24	267
27	David Meyer	2	17	1,153
28	Sam Beardslee	2	4	410
29	Jose Rojas	2	2	273
30	Joseph Dunkin	2	2	255
31	Billy Sanders	2	2	112
32	Morgan Joy	1	7	1,637
33	Darin Minden	1	2	828
34	Bill Moomaw	1	2	351
35	Jay Lightfoot	1	1	199
36	Randy Sharratt	1	1	77
37	Forest Hoopes	1	1	186
38	Kenneth Hoyer	1	1	66
39	Tyson Martel	1	1	32
40	Robert Tarbert	—	73	99
41	Fred Emerson	—	62	362
42	Ronald Hurn	—	43	982
43	Forrest Tennant	—	29	189
44	Joseph Booth JR	—	27	790
45	Benson Carpenter	—	26	1,225
46	Cary Eisenman	—	26	594
47	Larry Mclanahan	—	26	266
48	Marty Rugo	—	25	1,076
49	Douglas Lane	—	23	675
50	Keith Vermillion	—	20	629
51	Larry Webley	—	17	325
52	Bart Moorehead	—	16	221
53	James Doyle	—	15	542
54	Gary Bartholomew	—	15	540
55	Michael Robinson	—	14	817
56	Louie Hanner	—	14	365
57	Daniel Oconnell	—	11	754
58	Leonard Martel	—	9	491
59	Brad Forman	—	9	160
60	William Davis	—	7	560
61	Gerald Johnson	—	7	605
62	James Noonan JR	—	7	528
63	Laurie Faulkes	—	7	87
64	Fred Stiens	—	6	1,035
65	Don Anderson	—	6	1,392
66	Rogeray Phythian	—	5	2,940
67	Daryl Bartholomew	—	5	500
68	Jeffrey Sharp	—	5	222
69	Bill James	—	5	92
70	David Wines	—	4	884
71	Lynn Bartholomew	—	4	439
72	Lewis Adolph JR	—	4	233
73	Duane Lincoln	—	4	179
74	Roger Kelly	—	4	148
75	Leo Kay II	—	4	26
76	Richard Debler	—	3	539
77	Mitch Mathews	—	3	1,418
78	Chester Lafountaine	—	3	195
79	Mitchell Kelly	—	3	192
80	W Close JR	—	3	145
81	Theron Lewis	—	3	113
82	Robert Dehle	—	3	109
83	W Barratt	—	3	101
84	Michael Halterman	—	3	58
85	Douglas Williams	—	3	38
86	James Jones	—	3	29
87	Delos Boyce	—	2	94
88	Jon Ricard JR	—	2	1,532
89	Kenneth Minden	—	2	771
90	Michael Learn	—	2	677
91	Stacy Sams	—	2	637
92	Brett Dejong	—	2	286
93	Kenneth Engle	—	2	180
94	Boyd Wood	—	2	73
95	Charles Warren	—	2	51
96	David Smith	—	2	42
97	Christopher Jones	—	1	3,767
98	Ralph Riggles	—	1	1,995
99	Brett Phythian	—	1	3,487
100	Christopher Mcghee	—	1	1,529
101	Chad Gregory	—	1	243
102	Brendan Peck	—	1	108
103	Rodney Fogle	—	1	364
104	Thomas Richardson	—	1	123
105	Stephen Schneider	—	1	99
106	Jerry Crabtree	—	1	975
107	Daniel Martel	—	1	875
108	Edwin King	—	1	670
109	Albin Butler	—	1	503
110	David Brown	—	1	417
111	Steven Allberry	—	1	386
112	Justin Ricard	—	1	242
113	Roger Gardner	—	1	236
114	Kelly Olson	—	1	169
115	Charles Lantau	—	1	150
116	William Johns	—	1	123
117	William Figgins	—	1	78
118	Rich Miller	—	1	45
119	Timothy Cole	—	1	42
120	Thomas Scott	—	1	42
121	Terry Ockert	—	1	41
122	Mark Schlehuber	—	1	33
123	Edward Minden	—	1	28

Ranked by wells drilled in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County?

Troy Tarbert has drilled the most Lincoln County wells in the recent record — 187 since 2016, 867 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Lincoln County?

123 companies in the Ecology record have drilled wells in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County?

The median drilled depth in Lincoln County is 220 ft, based on 2,614 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Lincoln County wells page.

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

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