Best well drillers in Pierce County, Washington

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 217 drilling companies with wells on record in Pierce County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 11,586 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.

217companies on record

55active since 2022

11,586wells in county record

#	Company	In Pierce Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Mark Wiese	657	1,216	1,776
2	Michael Cyrier	298	692	1,083
3	Matthew Call	99	114	250
4	Jacob Hansen	61	64	146
5	Nicolas Sample	55	175	543
6	Joshua Koepp	51	78	1,327
7	Rodney Gilseth JR	44	44	186
8	Joshua Stone	39	39	124
9	Darrell Feavel	36	165	226
10	Christopher Jones	29	52	3,767
11	Lance Sabey	25	25	168
12	Gray Rich	23	23	262
13	Trent Burrell	19	19	28
14	Clayton Pitts	18	52	437
15	Donald Johnston	18	18	67
16	Daniel Carpenter	17	21	550
17	Rogeray Phythian	14	80	2,940
18	Emily Davis	11	12	236
19	Madaline Trotter	10	10	54
20	Cory Johnson	9	9	112
21	Lyle Pitts	8	74	543
22	Elijah Rutledge	7	7	54
23	Eric Hansen	6	473	566
24	Dave Charon	6	42	92
25	Robert Laymon	6	15	967
26	James Johnson	6	6	68
27	Chad Gresham	5	8	226
28	Chris Gregory	5	5	185
29	Marvin Fengel	4	114	153
30	Wade Iversen	4	107	171
31	Richard Miller	4	8	64
32	Michael Davis	3	21	627
33	Michael Ramlo	3	15	33
34	Pierce Kiltoff	3	3	281
35	Ryan Harris	3	3	118
36	Jack Grande	2	7	183
37	Justin Bevins	2	2	56
38	Ronald Bornmann	1	487	767
39	John Arfman	1	164	725
40	William Halbert	1	66	94
41	Steven Saenz	1	53	67
42	Randall Holt	1	43	189
43	Dwane Knapp	1	13	615
44	Nicholas Boone	1	1	197
45	Roger Oelke	—	459	796
46	Neil Richardson	—	339	564
47	Kevin Mckenna	—	318	698
48	Earl Hilliker	—	316	560
49	Richard Braun	—	305	387
50	Shane Averette	—	283	452
51	Richard Deremer II	—	228	1,149
52	Ronald Jones	—	225	368
53	Charles Smith	—	224	341
54	Thomas Craney	—	222	296
55	Randy Harris	—	219	279
56	Boyd Dart	—	213	386
57	Terry Burns	—	199	255
58	David Sullivan SR	—	192	225
59	Wesley Glessner	—	178	347
60	Jon Hansen	—	162	189
61	James Wiley	—	158	1,084
62	Bradley Johnson	—	155	2,789
63	Jason Waldrop	—	127	188
64	Larry Gustin	—	101	119
65	Siegfried Mehr	—	99	190
66	John Sullivan	—	95	274
67	Roger Harrison	—	77	325
68	Larry Olsen	—	76	422
69	Michael Branklin	—	65	68
70	Glen Hicks	—	59	193
71	Edwin Rath	—	58	109
72	James ST Pierre	—	58	84
73	Glen Dale	—	58	61
74	Raymond Hahn	—	55	72
75	Ronald Stanfill	—	53	126
76	Billy Dodge	—	50	96
77	Charles Whisnant	—	50	78
78	Matt Olsen	—	46	188
79	Thomas Dannison JR	—	46	68
80	James Stair	—	46	57
81	James Miller	—	44	63
82	Bruce Lewis	—	44	54
83	Robert Lundin	—	42	79
84	Terrance Ramlo	—	42	57
85	Craig Gresham	—	40	1,895
86	Patrick Miller	—	39	47
87	Nicholas Ernst	—	38	435
88	Tom Markle	—	36	46
89	Ronald Wiley	—	35	585
90	Kenneth Blackman	—	34	147
91	Robert Stanfill	—	34	49
92	Jason Beckham	—	33	78
93	David Deremer	—	33	643
94	John Morris	—	33	40
95	Carl Bauer	—	31	60
96	Allen Young	—	30	44
97	Scott Woolley	—	28	78
98	Roy Miller	—	28	56
99	Jon Knapp	—	27	432
100	Brandon Hicks	—	27	337
101	Victor Kring	—	26	38
102	Brian Oelke	—	26	35
103	George Burt	—	24	471
104	Thomas Fulgham	—	24	101
105	Martin Brown	—	24	76
106	James Niederkorn	—	24	35
107	Todd Mickelsen	—	23	41
108	Jack Mcdonald	—	22	34
109	Mark Cox	—	22	31
110	Dale Smith	—	21	35
111	Herbert Battell	—	19	29
112	Roger Indrebo	—	18	74
113	John Armstrong	—	17	49
114	Earl Foutch	—	17	29
115	Ronnie King	—	14	213
116	Kirk Jeffries	—	13	369
117	Dennis Huhn	—	13	47
118	James Vignalli	—	12	157
119	NA Unknown	—	12	140
120	Lanny Carpenter	—	11	714
121	Nicholas Stoican	—	11	140
122	Valier Stoican	—	10	1,246
123	Jeremy Palin	—	10	114
124	ED Nelson	—	9	426
125	Matthew Henningsen	—	9	148
126	Mark Nelson	—	8	316
127	Terry Gavin	—	7	1,554
128	Geoff Kelstrup	—	7	44
129	Chester King	—	6	228
130	Thomas Needham	—	5	256
131	Curtis King	—	5	208
132	Ronald Ball	—	5	167
133	Bruce Predmore	—	5	85
134	Timothy Volking	—	5	57
135	Robert Carper	—	5	53
136	Wayne Guy	—	5	32
137	Tim Maxey	—	4	1,256
138	Self Self	—	4	216
139	Wallace Robinson	—	4	81
140	Mike Herman	—	4	66
141	Myrl Johnson	—	4	51
142	Tony Fehrenbach	—	4	40
143	Brannon Hopke	—	3	2,171
144	Ralph Riggles	—	3	1,995
145	Michael Learn	—	3	677
146	Kyle Schaeffer	—	3	584
147	T L Cannon	—	3	481
148	Albert Smith	—	3	467
149	Jim Hansen	—	3	352
150	William Anderson	—	3	203
151	Michael Mitchell	—	3	119
152	Ephraim Mckinney	—	3	44
153	Richard Smith	—	2	473
154	Donald Lofall	—	2	395
155	Ronald Hurn	—	2	982
156	Kenneth Witham	—	2	864
157	Edwin King	—	2	670
158	Lynn Bartholomew	—	2	439
159	George Clovis	—	2	335
160	Brigham Ward	—	2	301
161	Darrell Routien	—	2	295
162	John Hall	—	2	292
163	Timothy Jones	—	2	262
164	David Ritola	—	2	210
165	Stanley Davis	—	2	104
166	Rick Wanzer	—	2	51
167	Ryan Seau	—	2	45
168	Forrest Chance	—	2	29
169	Andrew Orth	—	1	1,135
170	Richard Debler	—	1	539
171	Ryan Wilhonen	—	1	883
172	Kenneth Williams	—	1	570
173	Willie Williams	—	1	985
174	Brandon Brown	—	1	107
175	Larry Webley	—	1	325
176	Eugene Williams	—	1	437
177	Joseph Booth JR	—	1	790
178	Stephen Schneider	—	1	99
179	Delos Boyce	—	1	94
180	Bill Clothier	—	1	1,952
181	Theodore Rieckers	—	1	828
182	Kenneth Minden	—	1	771
183	Joseph Nunes	—	1	676
184	Brady Voth	—	1	612
185	Gerald Johnson	—	1	605
186	Randy Smith	—	1	274
187	Jon Mathews	—	1	261
188	Joe Hubbard	—	1	248
189	Dave Ricard	—	1	247
190	Charles Gill	—	1	247
191	Kelly Edwards	—	1	226
192	Tyler Thornton	—	1	225
193	Bart Moorehead	—	1	221
194	Steven Staley	—	1	182
195	Duane Lincoln	—	1	179
196	Charles Best	—	1	163
197	Michael Colbert	—	1	144
198	G Bigham	—	1	123
199	James Lehman	—	1	118
200	Bruce Fowler	—	1	112
201	Robert Dehle	—	1	109
202	Pete Smith	—	1	109
203	William Neal II	—	1	107
204	Laurie Faulkes	—	1	87
205	Zon Axelsen	—	1	56
206	Lindsay Hazard	—	1	54
207	William Ackley	—	1	52
208	John Lafountaine	—	1	51
209	Ronald Weist	—	1	50
210	Steve Johnson	—	1	44
211	Timothy Cole	—	1	42
212	Lawrence Stewart	—	1	40
213	Corbie Chance II	—	1	38
214	Ronald Dean	—	1	34
215	Mark Schlehuber	—	1	33
216	Arthur Merzoian	—	1	28
217	Stephen Speelmon	—	1	25

Ranked by wells drilled in Pierce 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 Pierce County?

Mark Wiese has drilled the most Pierce County wells in the recent record — 657 since 2016, 1,216 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Pierce County?

217 companies in the Ecology record have drilled wells in Pierce County; 55 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 Pierce County?

The median drilled depth in Pierce County is 117 ft, based on 17,245 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Pierce County wells page.

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

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