Best well drillers in Thurston County, Washington

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 190 drilling companies with wells on record in Thurston County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 11,981 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.

190companies on record

44active since 2022

11,981wells in county record

#	Company	In Thurston Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Daniel Carpenter	350	425	550
2	Christopher Jones	326	856	3,767
3	Joshua Koepp	169	306	1,327
4	Robert Laymon	157	375	967
5	Jess Swanson	112	112	112
6	Mark Wiese	94	177	1,776
7	Rogeray Phythian	76	1,264	2,940
8	Michael Cyrier	58	189	1,083
9	Tim Maxey	20	1,218	1,256
10	Cory Johnson	17	17	112
11	Daniel King	16	25	780
12	Eric Brasher	16	16	155
13	Rick Swanson	14	422	434
14	Jacob Hansen	14	15	146
15	Terry Gavin	12	745	1,554
16	Matthew Call	12	17	250
17	James Johnson	12	12	68
18	Chris Gregory	9	9	185
19	Darrell Feavel	7	15	226
20	Trent Burrell	6	6	28
21	John Brazeau	4	4	198
22	Lance Sabey	4	4	168
23	Gray Rich	3	3	262
24	John Arfman	2	17	725
25	Billy Dodge	2	6	96
26	Robert Carper	1	4	53
27	Michael Ramlo	1	3	33
28	Austin Gee	1	1	275
29	Joseph Dunkin	1	1	255
30	Lanny Carpenter	—	541	714
31	Arthur Doughty	—	380	380
32	George Clovis	—	314	335
33	Thomas Needham	—	244	256
34	Rick Vernon	—	210	499
35	Edwin King	—	203	670
36	William Anderson	—	179	203
37	David Deremer	—	172	643
38	Earl Hilliker	—	168	560
39	Ronald Bornmann	—	161	767
40	Chris Town	—	140	318
41	Brandon Hicks	—	135	337
42	Boyd Dart	—	127	386
43	Kelly Edwards	—	122	226
44	William Russell	—	111	242
45	Shane Averette	—	110	452
46	Neil Richardson	—	104	564
47	Keith Kincy	—	102	106
48	Ronald Jones	—	95	368
49	Chester King	—	94	228
50	Corbie Chance	—	84	103
51	ED Nelson	—	83	426
52	Curtis King	—	82	208
53	Willie Williams	—	80	985
54	Kevin Mckenna	—	73	698
55	Jeffrey Gavin	—	71	101
56	Roger Oelke	—	66	796
57	Jeremy Palin	—	62	114
58	Eric Hansen	—	57	566
59	Daniel Rayton	—	55	683
60	Mark Nelson	—	55	316
61	Rick Wanzer	—	48	51
62	Dave Kincy	—	47	47
63	Richard Braun	—	46	387
64	Jason Waldrop	—	43	188
65	Ronald Weist	—	41	50
66	Gerald Bluhm	—	39	138
67	Jeff Gavin	—	36	65
68	Brigham Ward	—	35	301
69	David Scoggins	—	35	66
70	Kenneth Williams	—	34	570
71	Ronald Dean	—	32	34
72	Charles Gill	—	31	247
73	Siegfried Mehr	—	30	190
74	William Neal II	—	29	107
75	Kenneth Witham	—	27	864
76	Lynn Bartholomew	—	25	439
77	Terry Burns	—	24	255
78	David Sullivan SR	—	24	225
79	Forrest Chance	—	24	29
80	Charles Smith	—	23	341
81	Dwane Knapp	—	21	615
82	Charles Whisnant	—	21	78
83	Martin Brown	—	19	76
84	William Neal Iii	—	19	50
85	Corbie Chance II	—	16	38
86	Richard Deremer II	—	15	1,149
87	Randall Holt	—	15	189
88	Thomas Craney	—	14	296
89	Jon Hansen	—	14	189
90	William Dover	—	14	86
91	Carl Bauer	—	14	60
92	Robert Lundin	—	13	79
93	ED Moerke	—	12	320
94	NA Unknown	—	12	140
95	Roy Mudge	—	11	54
96	Donald Read JR	—	10	508
97	Stephen Kreider	—	10	191
98	Edwin Rath	—	10	109
99	James ST Pierre	—	10	84
100	Arthur Merzoian	—	10	28
101	Dave Charon	—	9	92
102	Ronnie King	—	9	213
103	John Armstrong	—	9	49
104	Tom Markle	—	9	46
105	Mark Cox	—	9	31
106	Bradley Johnson	—	8	2,789
107	Albin Butler	—	8	503
108	Thomas Dannison JR	—	8	68
109	Allen Young	—	8	44
110	Randy Smith	—	7	274
111	William Lee	—	7	196
112	Marvin Fengel	—	7	153
113	William Halbert	—	7	94
114	James Stair	—	7	57
115	Mark Hambleton	—	7	29
116	Self Self	—	6	216
117	Thomas Preheim	—	6	178
118	Herbert Battell	—	6	29
119	Joshua Hail	—	6	27
120	Theodore Rieckers	—	5	828
121	Randy Harris	—	5	279
122	Lyle Pitts	—	4	543
123	Nicolas Sample	—	4	543
124	James Vignalli	—	4	157
125	Jeffrey Hendrickson	—	4	82
126	John Morris	—	4	40
127	Brian Oelke	—	4	35
128	John Williams	—	4	30
129	Lawrence Johnson	—	3	749
130	Gary Bartholomew	—	3	540
131	Daryl Bartholomew	—	3	500
132	George Burt	—	3	471
133	James Mcghee	—	3	461
134	Donald Duckworth	—	3	430
135	Fred Emerson	—	3	362
136	James Trepanier	—	3	145
137	Terry Johnson	—	3	123
138	Michael Mitchell	—	3	119
139	Thomas Fulgham	—	3	101
140	Roger Indrebo	—	3	74
141	Tony Fehrenbach	—	3	40
142	Richard Smith	—	2	473
143	Timothy Lapham	—	2	885
144	Richard Miller	—	2	64
145	Jon Ricard JR	—	2	1,532
146	Kirk Jeffries	—	2	369
147	John Hall	—	2	292
148	Richard Murray	—	2	253
149	Glen Hicks	—	2	193
150	Michael Branklin	—	2	68
151	Edwin Brown	—	2	62
152	Glen Dale	—	2	61
153	Terrance Ramlo	—	2	57
154	Patrick Miller	—	2	47
155	Todd Mickelsen	—	2	41
156	David Nakano	—	2	31
157	Darin Minden	—	1	828
158	Rodney Gilseth JR	—	1	186
159	Brett Phythian	—	1	3,487
160	Clayton Pitts	—	1	437
161	Michael Davis	—	1	627
162	Gordon Millar	—	1	199
163	E Himebaugh	—	1	559
164	Delos Boyce	—	1	94
165	Bill Clothier	—	1	1,952
166	Louis Rychlik	—	1	1,454
167	Michael Learn	—	1	677
168	Gerlof Boonstra	—	1	639
169	Albert Smith	—	1	467
170	Richard Bekkevar	—	1	451
171	Nicholas Ernst	—	1	435
172	Larry Olsen	—	1	422
173	Harold Fowler	—	1	374
174	Wesley Glessner	—	1	347
175	Ronald Duckworth	—	1	190
176	Charles Lantau	—	1	150
177	Ronald Stanfill	—	1	126
178	Scott Reed	—	1	113
179	Pete Smith	—	1	109
180	Wallace Robinson	—	1	81
181	Raymond Hahn	—	1	72
182	Steven Saenz	—	1	67
183	Roy Miller	—	1	56
184	Shawn Beebe	—	1	48
185	Dennis Huhn	—	1	47
186	Glen Maddox	—	1	36
187	Dale Smith	—	1	35
188	Stevan Butler	—	1	34
189	Jack Mcdonald	—	1	34
190	Myrl Hancock	—	1	31

Ranked by wells drilled in Thurston 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 Thurston County?

Daniel Carpenter has drilled the most Thurston County wells in the recent record — 350 since 2016, 425 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Thurston County?

190 companies in the Ecology record have drilled wells in Thurston County; 44 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 Thurston County?

The median drilled depth in Thurston County is 94 ft, based on 16,588 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Thurston County wells page.

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

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