Best well drillers in Phelps County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 70 drilling companies with wells on record in Phelps County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 3,080 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 Phelps Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Woolman | 86 | 120 | 490 |
| 2 | W Eugene Tennyson | 74 | 534 | 837 |
| 3 | Justin Hughes | 73 | 73 | 145 |
| 4 | Gary Hughes | 61 | 1,185 | 1,790 |
| 5 | Brad Lavy | 41 | 41 | 375 |
| 6 | David Schnell | 21 | 200 | 1,253 |
| 7 | Gregory Bonnot | 19 | 53 | 6,665 |
| 8 | Daniel Flynn | 17 | 23 | 5,100 |
| 9 | Steven Stephens | 12 | 70 | 583 |
| 10 | Seaman Mahan | 11 | 14 | 1,326 |
| 11 | Joshua Lavy | 9 | 9 | 636 |
| 12 | Luke Woolsey | 7 | 8 | 1,078 |
| 13 | Mark Replogle | 6 | 25 | 2,457 |
| 14 | Jeff Hatfield | 6 | 6 | 246 |
| 15 | Thomas Ridenhour | 6 | 6 | 52 |
| 16 | Jason Boyce | 5 | 9 | 1,152 |
| 17 | Clinton Mahan | 4 | 24 | 897 |
| 18 | Brent Lee Southard | 4 | 22 | 173 |
| 19 | Alan Burgess | 4 | 4 | 637 |
| 20 | David Guzy | 4 | 4 | 1,574 |
| 21 | Kevin Sybert | 2 | 21 | 187 |
| 22 | Jay Gallagher | 2 | 14 | 248 |
| 23 | Thomas Gilliam | 2 | 9 | 1,142 |
| 24 | Allen Willey | 2 | 2 | 889 |
| 25 | Felix Eye | 2 | 2 | 398 |
| 26 | Brian Stegeman | 2 | 2 | 372 |
| 27 | Diane Schroepfer-Kline | 1 | 2 | 1,127 |
| 28 | David Weatherford | 1 | 1 | 148 |
| 29 | Roger Mepham | 1 | 1 | 95 |
| 30 | Russell Albert | 1 | 1 | 48 |
| 31 | Michael Woolsey | 1 | 1 | 416 |
| 32 | Alvin Tennyson | — | 261 | 506 |
| 33 | Jesse Gallagher | — | 70 | 519 |
| 34 | Donald Flett | — | 66 | 366 |
| 35 | Neal Stephens | — | 33 | 273 |
| 36 | Russell Guill | — | 25 | 38 |
| 37 | Scottie Wilson | — | 17 | 366 |
| 38 | Kenneth Boessen | — | 16 | 340 |
| 39 | Teddy Moman | — | 14 | 146 |
| 40 | Richard David Henry | — | 13 | 2,104 |
| 41 | Edward E Bonnot | — | 7 | 222 |
| 42 | Anthony Baretich | — | 7 | 63 |
| 43 | W F Schnell | — | 6 | 1,512 |
| 44 | Clinton Chalfant | — | 5 | 734 |
| 45 | Marshall Eye JR | — | 5 | 729 |
| 46 | Robert Clark | — | 4 | 1,895 |
| 47 | Leroy Blankenship | — | 4 | 275 |
| 48 | Timothy Grabher | — | 3 | 3,000 |
| 49 | Robert Wideman | — | 3 | 1,228 |
| 50 | Gary D Thompson | — | 3 | 406 |
| 51 | Clinton Harper | — | 3 | 359 |
| 52 | Unpermitted Driller | — | 3 | 39 |
| 53 | Lloyd Moreland | — | 2 | 2,332 |
| 54 | Gregory Clark | — | 2 | 1,222 |
| 55 | William Carlson | — | 2 | 687 |
| 56 | James Bonnot | — | 2 | 464 |
| 57 | Dale E Lewis | — | 2 | 381 |
| 58 | Lesley Hayes | — | 2 | 40 |
| 59 | Richard Martin | — | 2 | 36 |
| 60 | Loyola Sommer | — | 2 | 30 |
| 61 | Randy Foster | — | 1 | 898 |
| 62 | Greg Bonnot | — | 1 | 80 |
| 63 | Walter Heisterberg | — | 1 | 2,781 |
| 64 | Stevie Crawford | — | 1 | 1,063 |
| 65 | Johnny Patterson | — | 1 | 869 |
| 66 | C Felix Eye | — | 1 | 711 |
| 67 | Arnold Robinson | — | 1 | 406 |
| 68 | William West | — | 1 | 70 |
| 69 | Eric Hoog | — | 1 | 66 |
| 70 | Joel Yingling | — | 1 | 27 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Phelps 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 Phelps County?
William Woolman has drilled the most Phelps County wells in the recent record — 86 since 2016, 120 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Phelps County?
70 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in Phelps County; 29 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 Phelps County?
The median drilled depth in Phelps County is 272 ft, based on 3,206 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Phelps County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Phelps County wells page.
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