Best well drillers in Yakima County, Washington

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 134 drilling companies with wells on record in Yakima County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 8,276 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.

134companies on record

54active since 2022

8,276wells in county record

#	Company	In Yakima Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Derrick Rank	317	484	501
2	Thomas Mcguire	280	1,397	1,498
3	Gary Lydin	252	953	987
4	Justin Wamsley	250	379	518
5	Michael Robinson	173	384	817
6	Craig Wamsley	55	200	660
7	Lyle Amos	33	100	762
8	Kevin Lydin	28	28	28
9	Daniel Waterman	19	20	109
10	Chad Gregory	19	19	243
11	Jeremy Bach	11	24	744
12	Forest Hoopes	10	16	186
13	Rick Poulin	6	490	520
14	Stephen Schneider	6	24	99
15	Clay Ross	6	6	114
16	William Davis	6	6	560
17	Kevin Boyd	5	5	446
18	Rod Cox	4	50	682
19	Salvador Valenciano	4	8	357
20	Alex Kerslake	4	4	191
21	Thomas Giles	4	4	46
22	Derek Vahanian	4	4	28
23	Brandon Brown	3	7	107
24	Brady Voth	3	5	612
25	Derek Wilson-Weiler	3	3	210
26	Matthew Call	3	3	250
27	Larry Webley	2	4	325
28	Jerry Rank	1	1,247	1,286
29	David Cox	1	26	311
30	Dwayne Person	1	10	211
31	Todd Haney	1	7	715
32	Audie Mccurdy	1	4	818
33	Blake Harding	1	2	187
34	Justin Egeland	1	2	74
35	Jose Rojas	1	1	273
36	Joshua Burns	1	1	530
37	Gerald Gibson	1	1	107
38	Jacob Hansen	1	1	146
39	Andres Alatorre	1	1	70
40	Ryan Harris	1	1	118
41	Daniel Eilers	1	1	536
42	Tyler Schaffer	1	1	29
43	Paul Lodder	1	1	28
44	Brian Heinlen	1	1	80
45	Vernon Rank	—	548	573
46	Larry Cassel	—	231	233
47	Charles White	—	203	206
48	Alan Johns	—	158	164
49	Steven Mills	—	147	742
50	John Riebe	—	123	184
51	William Wentz	—	104	117
52	Dave Ricard	—	90	247
53	Chris Hayes	—	74	268
54	Ronald Ball	—	67	167
55	Jim Hansen	—	55	352
56	Larry Hull	—	42	42
57	Kenneth Blackman	—	38	147
58	Guy Kelly	—	34	177
59	Mike Bach SR	—	30	263
60	Todd Lively	—	25	2,056
61	Michael Young	—	22	48
62	Frank Crowe	—	20	144
63	Jody Carpenter	—	17	120
64	Matt Hammons	—	17	70
65	Marty Rugo	—	16	1,076
66	Larry Mclanahan	—	14	266
67	Roger Kelly	—	14	148
68	Douglas Lane	—	12	675
69	Louie Hanner	—	11	365
70	Bart Moorehead	—	11	221
71	James Robling	—	11	25
72	Frank Crow	—	10	36
73	John Wheeler	—	9	36
74	John Ayers	—	8	99
75	Brendan Peck	—	8	108
76	Mark Wiese	—	7	1,776
77	Brett Phythian	—	7	3,487
78	Peter ST George JR	—	7	738
79	Kelly Olson	—	7	169
80	NA Unknown	—	7	140
81	Richard Crow	—	7	64
82	Robert Kern	—	7	58
83	Brent Barker	—	6	250
84	Brad Forman	—	6	160
85	Joshua Carman	—	6	33
86	Rogeray Phythian	—	5	2,940
87	Daniel Oconnell	—	5	754
88	Self Self	—	5	216
89	Robert Dehle	—	5	109
90	David Smith	—	5	42
91	Martin Jensen	—	4	267
92	Brandon Hicks	—	4	337
93	William Bolyard	—	4	113
94	Robert Dobush	—	4	29
95	Leo Kay II	—	4	26
96	William Seward	—	3	390
97	Jeffrey Sharp	—	3	222
98	James Vignalli	—	3	157
99	Laurie Faulkes	—	3	87
100	Arnold Holman	—	3	30
101	Joshua Koepp	—	2	1,327
102	Matthew Golec	—	2	272
103	Delos Boyce	—	2	94
104	Donald Read JR	—	2	508
105	Lynn Bartholomew	—	2	439
106	Timothy Jones	—	2	262
107	Randall Holt	—	2	189
108	Duane Lincoln	—	2	179
109	Thomas ST George	—	2	60
110	John Lewis	—	2	34
111	Larry Burd	—	2	29
112	Rodney Gilseth JR	—	1	186
113	Jim Mcleslie	—	1	397
114	Charles Moore	—	1	1,335
115	Mitch Mathews	—	1	1,418
116	David Meyer	—	1	1,153
117	James Noonan JR	—	1	528
118	Rick Vernon	—	1	499
119	George Burt	—	1	471
120	Karl Moore JR	—	1	368
121	Fred Emerson	—	1	362
122	Michael Morefield	—	1	320
123	Brett Dejong	—	1	286
124	Jeremy Rude	—	1	203
125	Forrest Tennant	—	1	189
126	Matthew Henningsen	—	1	148
127	W Close JR	—	1	145
128	Terry Johnson	—	1	123
129	Edwin Brown	—	1	62
130	William Corbin	—	1	60
131	Michael Halterman	—	1	58
132	Leonard Mcalpine	—	1	54
133	Dale Smith	—	1	35
134	Steven Berg	—	1	25

Ranked by wells drilled in Yakima 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 Yakima County?

Derrick Rank has drilled the most Yakima County wells in the recent record — 317 since 2016, 484 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Yakima County?

134 companies in the Ecology record have drilled wells in Yakima County; 54 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 Yakima County?

The median drilled depth in Yakima County is 165 ft, based on 16,418 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Yakima County wells page.

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

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