Best well drillers in Spokane County, Washington

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 172 drilling companies with wells on record in Spokane County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 17,969 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.

172companies on record

56active since 2022

17,969wells in county record

#	Company	In Spokane Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Brian Mosset	896	2,248	2,318
2	Todd Lively	629	1,235	2,056
3	Alex Vermillion	542	849	955
4	Chris Macpherson	206	216	449
5	Darin Minden	201	556	828
6	Morgan Joy	184	955	1,637
7	Jim Mcleslie	155	274	397
8	Brian Schaefer	131	131	249
9	Monte Judd	120	120	158
10	John Arfman	97	97	725
11	Andrew Olson	89	89	150
12	Derek Wilson-Weiler	87	87	210
13	David Primmer	85	169	170
14	Nicholas Boone	74	74	197
15	Markel Basargin	44	44	112
16	Joshua Richardson	38	38	44
17	Randy Sharratt	30	30	77
18	Troy Tarbert	27	142	1,147
19	Samuel Shutt	27	27	52
20	Gray Rich	25	30	262
21	Charles Parsons	21	21	48
22	Kenneth Hoyer	20	23	66
23	Martin Jensen	17	143	267
24	Colby Morris	16	16	53
25	David Meyer	12	36	1,153
26	Jonathan Payne	12	12	80
27	Austin Gee	11	11	275
28	Thomas Richardson	9	72	123
29	Billy Sanders	8	8	112
30	Jeffrey Sharp	7	171	222
31	Clay Ross	7	7	114
32	Jason Beckham	6	32	78
33	Oliver Huntsman	6	6	79
34	Rodney Fogle	5	13	364
35	Louie Hanner	4	155	365
36	Sam Beardslee	4	7	410
37	Audie Mccurdy	4	5	818
38	Daniel Eilers	4	4	536
39	Charlie Slocum	3	6	365
40	Jay Lightfoot	2	2	199
41	Derek Vahanian	2	2	28
42	Rich Miller	1	26	45
43	Chad Gregory	1	4	243
44	Forest Hoopes	1	2	186
45	Lyle Amos	1	2	762
46	Robert Dobush	1	2	29
47	Aidan Gemmell	1	1	84
48	Wade Iversen	1	1	171
49	David Rodeman	1	1	36
50	Joel Welsh	1	1	86
51	Don Anderson	—	1,349	1,392
52	Benson Carpenter	—	1,103	1,225
53	Gerald Johnson	—	571	605
54	David Wines	—	537	884
55	Kenneth Minden	—	524	771
56	Keith Vermillion	—	507	629
57	Douglas Lane	—	475	675
58	Stacy Sams	—	471	637
59	Marty Rugo	—	441	1,076
60	Gary Bartholomew	—	331	540
61	James Doyle	—	324	542
62	Daryl Bartholomew	—	286	500
63	David Brown	—	228	417
64	Steven Allberry	—	167	386
65	Lynn Bartholomew	—	143	439
66	Duane Lincoln	—	135	179
67	Michael Robinson	—	130	817
68	Mitchell Kelly	—	121	192
69	Philip Wood	—	119	188
70	Forrest Tennant	—	111	189
71	Kris Nall	—	110	110
72	Bart Moorehead	—	89	221
73	Brad Forman	—	85	160
74	Tony Heiman	—	83	91
75	Herbert Sams	—	78	90
76	Joseph Booth JR	—	74	790
77	W Close JR	—	67	145
78	W Barratt	—	63	101
79	Boyd Wood	—	63	73
80	Anthony Kraut	—	56	71
81	Robert Dehle	—	54	109
82	Edmund Morgan	—	54	69
83	Kenneth Maclean	—	49	83
84	Michael Halterman	—	46	58
85	Timothy Volking	—	42	57
86	William Corbin	—	41	60
87	Charles Warren	—	38	51
88	Thomas Scott	—	37	42
89	Roger Kelly	—	32	148
90	Kenneth Kane	—	27	467
91	Kurt Dehart	—	26	30
92	Michael Learn	—	22	677
93	Earl Howard JR	—	21	170
94	Stan Sams	—	21	34
95	Douglas Williams	—	20	38
96	Howard Bronson	—	17	69
97	Arnold Holman	—	17	30
98	James Mason	—	16	25
99	Bill Clothier	—	15	1,952
100	James Noonan JR	—	15	528
101	Theron Lewis	—	15	113
102	Daniel Claassen	—	15	32
103	Daniel Oconnell	—	14	754
104	Richard Foster-Brown	—	14	167
105	James Jones	—	14	29
106	Edward Minden	—	14	28
107	Robert Tarbert	—	12	99
108	Dennis Huhn	—	12	47
109	John Wheeler	—	12	36
110	Ronald Hurn	—	11	982
111	Michael Ball	—	11	368
112	Self Self	—	11	216
113	Carl Pitts	—	10	259
114	Albin Butler	—	9	503
115	Steven Pitts	—	9	342
116	NA Unknown	—	9	140
117	David Hughes	—	9	44
118	Terry Corkill	—	8	354
119	Lawrence Stewart	—	8	40
120	Andrew Baker	—	6	191
121	Karl Jones	—	6	186
122	Kelly Olson	—	6	169
123	Martin Brown	—	6	76
124	William Davis	—	5	560
125	Richard Braun	—	5	387
126	Earl Hilliker	—	3	560
127	George Burt	—	3	471
128	Leonard Mcalpine	—	3	54
129	Tony Fehrenbach	—	3	40
130	Mark Wiese	—	2	1,776
131	Keith Winter	—	2	672
132	Fred Stiens	—	2	1,035
133	Marshall Miller	—	2	2,236
134	Ronald Wiley	—	2	585
135	Leonard Martel	—	2	491
136	Randall Holt	—	2	189
137	Russell Frachiseur	—	2	67
138	Gene Phinney	—	2	43
139	Rogeray Phythian	—	1	2,940
140	Paul Anderson	—	1	2,079
141	Mark Sawyer	—	1	331
142	James Hickam	—	1	598
143	Richard Miller	—	1	64
144	David Simmons	—	1	57
145	Stephen Schneider	—	1	99
146	Mitch Mathews	—	1	1,418
147	Tim Maxey	—	1	1,256
148	Jerry Crabtree	—	1	975
149	Melvin Williams	—	1	815
150	James Nelson	—	1	787
151	Ronald Bornmann	—	1	767
152	Neil Richardson	—	1	564
153	Lonnie Bopp	—	1	501
154	Jon Knapp	—	1	432
155	Fred Emerson	—	1	362
156	Roger Harrison	—	1	325
157	Larry Mclanahan	—	1	266
158	Lewis Adolph JR	—	1	233
159	Ted Wright	—	1	146
160	James Trepanier	—	1	145
161	James Lehman	—	1	118
162	James Smith	—	1	96
163	Charles Oakes	—	1	68
164	William Uhlenkott	—	1	53
165	David Smith	—	1	42
166	Terry Ockert	—	1	41
167	Randy Liebman	—	1	39
168	Glen Maddox	—	1	36
169	Stevan Butler	—	1	34
170	Jack Mcdonald	—	1	34
171	Harold Miller	—	1	34
172	Marc Wutzke	—	1	27

Ranked by wells drilled in Spokane 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 Spokane County?

Brian Mosset has drilled the most Spokane County wells in the recent record — 896 since 2016, 2,248 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Spokane County?

172 companies in the Ecology record have drilled wells in Spokane 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 Spokane County?

The median drilled depth in Spokane County is 200 ft, based on 24,999 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Spokane County wells page.

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

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