Best well drillers in Bates County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 25 drilling companies with wells on record in Bates County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 169 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 Bates Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Spradling | 12 | 13 | 1,102 |
| 2 | Jesse Yoakum | 3 | 62 | 691 |
| 3 | Matty Yoakum | 3 | 3 | 88 |
| 4 | Eddie Barnes | 2 | 26 | 1,227 |
| 5 | Don Howe | 2 | 13 | 1,829 |
| 6 | Thomas Schroeder | 1 | 2 | 2,845 |
| 7 | Lathan Cobb | — | 13 | 914 |
| 8 | Ronald Pense | — | 7 | 41 |
| 9 | Lee Ervin Barnes | — | 6 | 521 |
| 10 | Walter Heisterberg | — | 3 | 2,781 |
| 11 | Howard Trower | — | 3 | 730 |
| 12 | William T. Beckett | — | 3 | 360 |
| 13 | W F Schnell | — | 2 | 1,512 |
| 14 | Owner Installed | — | 2 | 34 |
| 15 | Gregory Bonnot | — | 1 | 6,665 |
| 16 | Jeremy Mccarthy | — | 1 | 2,948 |
| 17 | Larry Gulick | — | 1 | 1,396 |
| 18 | Andrew Harper | — | 1 | 318 |
| 19 | Charles Heckert | — | 1 | 42 |
| 20 | Tommy Schnell | — | 1 | 1,900 |
| 21 | Arnold Robinson | — | 1 | 406 |
| 22 | Ron Roberts | — | 1 | 395 |
| 23 | Clinton Harper | — | 1 | 359 |
| 24 | Francis E Young | — | 1 | 71 |
| 25 | Scott Evans | — | 1 | 56 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Bates 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 Bates County?
Gary Spradling has drilled the most Bates County wells in the recent record — 12 since 2016, 13 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Bates County?
25 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in Bates County; 11 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 Bates County?
The median drilled depth in Bates County is 450 ft, based on 189 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Bates County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Bates County wells page.
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