Best well drillers in Dunklin County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 51 drilling companies with wells on record in Dunklin County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,469 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 Dunklin Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Shelby | 142 | 417 | 1,792 |
| 2 | Bobby Price | 93 | 423 | 1,144 |
| 3 | Forrest Jarvis | 43 | 43 | 150 |
| 4 | Eric Hicks | 33 | 33 | 104 |
| 5 | Hadley Vincent | 23 | 24 | 66 |
| 6 | Amy Nichols | 17 | 17 | 610 |
| 7 | Michael Tipton | 17 | 17 | 83 |
| 8 | J Jerome Sollis | 15 | 107 | 394 |
| 9 | William Scott Burge | 14 | 117 | 901 |
| 10 | Clinton Buckhanan | 14 | 14 | 35 |
| 11 | James Hagger | 13 | 258 | 366 |
| 12 | Charlie Agee | 12 | 106 | 194 |
| 13 | John Michael Sollis | 9 | 9 | 45 |
| 14 | Adam Hemby | 7 | 9 | 104 |
| 15 | William Burge | 5 | 39 | 668 |
| 16 | John Abner | 5 | 36 | 1,971 |
| 17 | Benjamin Jordan | 5 | 5 | 31 |
| 18 | Dave Gipson | 3 | 83 | 137 |
| 19 | Thomas Dluzniewski | 2 | 14 | 79 |
| 20 | Jason Byrd | 2 | 2 | 352 |
| 21 | James Douglas | 1 | 19 | 376 |
| 22 | Sam Tripp | 1 | 2 | 380 |
| 23 | Terry Russom | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| 24 | Michael Kirkland | 1 | 1 | 185 |
| 25 | Charles Allred | 1 | 1 | 215 |
| 26 | Ronald Mcgrew | — | 86 | 161 |
| 27 | Paul Gipson JR | — | 86 | 109 |
| 28 | Wilkie Russom | — | 69 | 198 |
| 29 | A Brent Marret | — | 58 | 59 |
| 30 | William Stewart | — | 55 | 110 |
| 31 | William Warth | — | 41 | 364 |
| 32 | Donald Clayton | — | 39 | 889 |
| 33 | Fred Brown | — | 30 | 1,180 |
| 34 | Robert Lawrence | — | 28 | 164 |
| 35 | Alan Sollis | — | 25 | 40 |
| 36 | George Merrell IV | — | 24 | 246 |
| 37 | Perry Manley | — | 22 | 166 |
| 38 | Arthur Brashear | — | 21 | 350 |
| 39 | Charles E Burns | — | 17 | 70 |
| 40 | Chad Engram | — | 15 | 102 |
| 41 | John Byrd | — | 14 | 812 |
| 42 | Charles Todd | — | 13 | 145 |
| 43 | Shannon Jones | — | 11 | 45 |
| 44 | John Nichols | — | 6 | 463 |
| 45 | James Bell JR | — | 3 | 237 |
| 46 | Richard Cooper | — | 3 | 89 |
| 47 | Andrew Harper | — | 1 | 318 |
| 48 | Richard Burton | — | 1 | 958 |
| 49 | Marshall Eye JR | — | 1 | 729 |
| 50 | Jeffrey Messenger | — | 1 | 569 |
| 51 | Wilbur Sutton | — | 1 | 69 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Dunklin 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 Dunklin County?
David Shelby has drilled the most Dunklin County wells in the recent record — 142 since 2016, 417 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Dunklin County?
51 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in Dunklin County; 24 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 Dunklin County?
The median drilled depth in Dunklin County is 100 ft, based on 2,564 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Dunklin County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Dunklin County wells page.
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