Best well drillers in Snohomish County, Washington

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 173 drilling companies with wells on record in Snohomish County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 12,966 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.

173companies on record

45active since 2022

12,966wells in county record

#	Company	In Snohomish Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Paul Anderson	437	1,994	2,079
2	Gary Maze	197	197	211
3	Ralph Riggles	151	539	1,995
4	Dale Westby	149	354	415
5	Pierce Kiltoff	104	123	281
6	David Rutledge	101	828	1,193
7	Brannon Hopke	75	438	2,171
8	Westin Halvorson	74	75	156
9	E Himebaugh	72	487	559
10	Ryan Wilhonen	59	208	883
11	Lee Anderson	59	59	61
12	Gerald Gibson	44	44	107
13	Chris Gregory	42	42	185
14	Brent Barker	32	95	250
15	Aaron Ocheltree	26	27	82
16	Albin Butler	25	461	503
17	Eugene Hitt	23	199	479
18	Chad Gregory	16	64	243
19	James Kiltoff	11	322	455
20	Elijah Rutledge	4	19	54
21	Rodney Gilseth JR	3	3	186
22	Billy Dodge	2	5	96
23	Robert Laymon	2	3	967
24	Matthew Call	2	2	250
25	Greg Halvorson	1	150	511
26	Curtis Gosling	1	49	59
27	Mike Herman	1	40	66
28	Mark Sawyer	1	20	331
29	Jason Boyd	1	12	48
30	Randall Holt	1	6	189
31	Daniel Carpenter	1	1	550
32	Jacob Hansen	1	1	146
33	Michael Cyrier	1	1	1,083
34	Gordon Hanks	—	537	550
35	Joseph Nunes	—	525	676
36	Lawrence Gosling	—	424	531
37	Irvin Westby	—	344	376
38	Theodore Rieckers	—	271	828
39	William Bever	—	270	299
40	Steve Gilbert	—	246	948
41	Kevin Mckenna	—	213	698
42	Todd Johnson	—	165	242
43	Francis Tanner	—	162	242
44	Steven Staley	—	145	182
45	Edward Countryman	—	143	155
46	Roger Oelke	—	135	796
47	Kenneth Engle	—	129	180
48	Kyle Schaeffer	—	125	584
49	Harold Fowler	—	109	374
50	Gregory Halvorson	—	104	321
51	Kenneth Watkins	—	90	307
52	Dean Hayes SR	—	88	321
53	Michael Colbert	—	79	144
54	William Figgins	—	76	78
55	Lawrence Kulper	—	75	92
56	Curtis Isaacson	—	74	306
57	Roy Smith JR	—	68	281
58	Bradley Johnson	—	67	2,789
59	William Johns	—	65	123
60	Jack Richardson	—	64	362
61	Don Stein	—	64	148
62	Aldwyn Axelsen	—	64	103
63	Charles Oakes	—	62	68
64	Alan Morek	—	60	174
65	David Battell	—	49	58
66	Zon Axelsen	—	48	56
67	Wayne Prince	—	45	529
68	Wayne Logsdon	—	44	195
69	Steve Johnson	—	42	44
70	Gene Phinney	—	41	43
71	William Ackley	—	40	52
72	Jason Solvey	—	38	118
73	Bruce Fowler	—	37	112
74	Simon Butler	—	34	35
75	Michael Mcadam	—	32	120
76	Norman Ferrell	—	32	43
77	John Arfman	—	29	725
78	Scott Kiltoff	—	29	40
79	Wallace Robinson	—	28	81
80	C Brown	—	28	30
81	Jan Buraas	—	27	312
82	Kenneth Blackman	—	27	147
83	Lawrence Johnson	—	22	749
84	David Deremer	—	22	643
85	Lynn Bartholomew	—	20	439
86	Larry Kounkel	—	20	70
87	Stevan Butler	—	20	34
88	Bill Clothier	—	18	1,952
89	Richard Deremer II	—	16	1,149
90	T L Cannon	—	16	481
91	Randy Harris	—	14	279
92	Self Self	—	14	216
93	Robert Lundin	—	14	79
94	Wayne Guy	—	13	32
95	Rick Fetterly	—	11	51
96	Tom Banta	—	11	39
97	Kenneth Watkins JR	—	11	39
98	Lanny Carpenter	—	9	714
99	Thomas Fulgham	—	9	101
100	Felix Murphy	—	8	190
101	Charles Smith	—	6	341
102	Terry Corkill	—	5	354
103	Mike Bach SR	—	5	263
104	Bruce Predmore	—	5	85
105	Robert Carper	—	5	53
106	Tony Fehrenbach	—	5	40
107	Keith Winter	—	4	672
108	Neil Richardson	—	4	564
109	Steve Aurdal	—	4	103
110	Richard Bynum	—	3	983
111	Edwin King	—	3	670
112	Gerlof Boonstra	—	3	639
113	Richard Spink	—	3	367
114	Siegfried Mehr	—	3	190
115	Roger Indrebo	—	3	74
116	Randy Liebman	—	3	39
117	Herbert Battell	—	3	29
118	Mark Wiese	—	2	1,776
119	Brett Phythian	—	2	3,487
120	Dave Charon	—	2	92
121	Rod Cox	—	2	682
122	Ronald Bornmann	—	2	767
123	Boyd Dart	—	2	386
124	Terry Burns	—	2	255
125	Bryan Van Weerdhuizen	—	2	243
126	Fred Grant	—	2	220
127	Allan Countryman	—	2	127
128	Anthony Kraut	—	2	71
129	John Armstrong	—	2	49
130	Dennis Huhn	—	2	47
131	Grant Haney	—	2	44
132	Rogeray Phythian	—	1	2,940
133	Richard Debler	—	1	539
134	Matthew Golec	—	1	272
135	Brett Boulton	—	1	269
136	Lyle Pitts	—	1	543
137	Marty Rugo	—	1	1,076
138	Dwane Knapp	—	1	615
139	Richard Miller	—	1	64
140	Michael Ramlo	—	1	33
141	Reazo Redinger Iii	—	1	1,131
142	Louie Hanner	—	1	365
143	Thomas Richardson	—	1	123
144	Louis Rychlik	—	1	1,454
145	Mitch Mathews	—	1	1,418
146	David Meyer	—	1	1,153
147	Ronald Hurn	—	1	982
148	Jerry Crabtree	—	1	975
149	Daniel Oconnell	—	1	754
150	Gary Bartholomew	—	1	540
151	Rick Vernon	—	1	499
152	Richard Bekkevar	—	1	451
153	Steven Pitts	—	1	342
154	Paul Stoican	—	1	282
155	Curtis King	—	1	208
156	William Anderson	—	1	203
157	Joseph Lehman	—	1	191
158	Matt Olsen	—	1	188
159	Jason Waldrop	—	1	188
160	Marvin Fengel	—	1	153
161	NA Unknown	—	1	140
162	Edwin Rath	—	1	109
163	Keith Kincy	—	1	106
164	Stanley Davis	—	1	104
165	Martin Brown	—	1	76
166	Raymond Hahn	—	1	72
167	Edward Sweitzer	—	1	69
168	Jeff Gavin	—	1	65
169	Robert Stanfill	—	1	49
170	Terry Ockert	—	1	41
171	James Niederkorn	—	1	35
172	Dale Smith	—	1	35
173	Steve Moore	—	1	32

Ranked by wells drilled in Snohomish 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 Snohomish County?

Paul Anderson has drilled the most Snohomish County wells in the recent record — 437 since 2016, 1,994 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Snohomish County?

173 companies in the Ecology record have drilled wells in Snohomish County; 45 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 Snohomish County?

The median drilled depth in Snohomish County is 108 ft, based on 15,446 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Snohomish County wells page.

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

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