Best well drillers in Barton County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 27 drilling companies with wells on record in Barton County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 159 logged wells in the Missouri Department of Natural Resources water well database (records as of 2026-08-21). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In Barton Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Harper | 14 | 20 | 318 |
| 2 | Jeremy Mccarthy | 6 | 6 | 2,948 |
| 3 | Eugene Just | 6 | 6 | 702 |
| 4 | Charles Heckert | 3 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | G Dale Gulick | 3 | 4 | 1,091 |
| 6 | Timothy Stokes | 3 | 3 | 1,356 |
| 7 | Clinton Harper | 1 | 45 | 359 |
| 8 | Karl Jacobs | 1 | 3 | 1,358 |
| 9 | Larry Gulick | 1 | 2 | 1,396 |
| 10 | Jason Boyce | 1 | 1 | 1,152 |
| 11 | Ryan Choate | 1 | 1 | 749 |
| 12 | Mark Mccullough | 1 | 1 | 605 |
| 13 | Norman Houston | — | 10 | 757 |
| 14 | Howard Trower | — | 10 | 730 |
| 15 | Jesse Yoakum | — | 6 | 691 |
| 16 | Jerry Bader | — | 5 | 1,037 |
| 17 | John Geller | — | 4 | 2,275 |
| 18 | Myrl Bowler | — | 4 | 113 |
| 19 | Wendell Martin | — | 3 | 383 |
| 20 | Thomas Coffman | — | 3 | 1,342 |
| 21 | James Mallonee | — | 2 | 1,180 |
| 22 | Brian Keith Bauer | — | 2 | 96 |
| 23 | Justin Houston | — | 1 | 480 |
| 24 | John Schnell | — | 1 | 464 |
| 25 | Philip Luther | — | 1 | 106 |
| 26 | Kevin Rose | — | 1 | 87 |
| 27 | Tommie H Shelton JR | — | 1 | 36 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Barton County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full MoDNR 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 Barton County?
Andrew Harper has drilled the most Barton County wells in the recent record — 14 since 2016, 20 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Barton County?
27 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in Barton County; 15 of them have drilled somewhere in Missouri since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Barton County?
The median drilled depth in Barton County is 741 ft, based on 175 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Barton County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Barton County wells page.
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