Best well drillers in St. Francois County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 66 drilling companies with wells on record in St. Francois County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 4,366 logged wells in the Missouri Department of Natural Resources water well database (records as of 2026-10-12). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In St. Francois Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Mann | 155 | 1,714 | 3,209 |
| 2 | Sam Tripp | 112 | 112 | 381 |
| 3 | Felix Eye | 48 | 48 | 398 |
| 4 | Ron Heath | 32 | 202 | 2,027 |
| 5 | Dominique Durbin | 26 | 26 | 131 |
| 6 | Gerald Buechting | 16 | 39 | 630 |
| 7 | Alan Burgess | 15 | 15 | 656 |
| 8 | Adam Morton | 13 | 13 | 31 |
| 9 | Daniel Flynn | 12 | 18 | 5,100 |
| 10 | Richard David Henry | 7 | 284 | 2,104 |
| 11 | Todd Robinson | 7 | 14 | 678 |
| 12 | Gregory Bonnot | 5 | 5 | 6,715 |
| 13 | Jacob Buechting | 5 | 5 | 156 |
| 14 | Ricky Coleman | 4 | 30 | 442 |
| 15 | Jason Boyce | 4 | 4 | 1,185 |
| 16 | Steve Turnbeaugh | 2 | 22 | 422 |
| 17 | David Guzy | 2 | 2 | 1,589 |
| 18 | Joshua Lavy | 1 | 1 | 654 |
| 19 | Mark Replogle | 1 | 1 | 2,470 |
| 20 | Shane Crites | 1 | 1 | 242 |
| 21 | William Woolman | 1 | 1 | 490 |
| 22 | William Ward | 1 | 1 | 819 |
| 23 | Russell Albert | 1 | 1 | 48 |
| 24 | Dean Shocklee | 1 | 1 | 65 |
| 25 | Brian Stegeman | 1 | 1 | 372 |
| 26 | Robert Bussa | 1 | 1 | 370 |
| 27 | Carl Pelton | 1 | 1 | 139 |
| 28 | James Klinkhardt | — | 791 | 1,240 |
| 29 | Earl W Buechting | — | 258 | 1,576 |
| 30 | C Felix Eye | — | 187 | 711 |
| 31 | Marshall Eye JR | — | 143 | 729 |
| 32 | Stanley Grantham | — | 109 | 499 |
| 33 | Johnny Patterson | — | 92 | 869 |
| 34 | Willie Patterson | — | 42 | 493 |
| 35 | Richard Cauley | — | 30 | 44 |
| 36 | Roy Carr | — | 23 | 211 |
| 37 | Lawrence Maurer | — | 19 | 103 |
| 38 | Roger Brewington | — | 18 | 441 |
| 39 | Colby Scott | — | 13 | 479 |
| 40 | Eddy Clark | — | 9 | 368 |
| 41 | Douglas Montgomery | — | 7 | 70 |
| 42 | Wayne Johnson | — | 6 | 454 |
| 43 | William Gibson | — | 6 | 26 |
| 44 | Tim R Hampton | — | 5 | 81 |
| 45 | Stevie Crawford | — | 4 | 1,063 |
| 46 | Arnold Robinson | — | 4 | 406 |
| 47 | Darriel Coleman | — | 4 | 126 |
| 48 | Douglas Luther | — | 3 | 35 |
| 49 | Jason Grantham | — | 3 | 324 |
| 50 | Matthew Heob | — | 3 | 188 |
| 51 | Donald Smith | — | 3 | 184 |
| 52 | Stephen Young | — | 3 | 34 |
| 53 | Jimmy Statler | — | 2 | 413 |
| 54 | Philip Luther | — | 2 | 106 |
| 55 | Kendell Conway | — | 2 | 63 |
| 56 | Ronald Pense | — | 2 | 41 |
| 57 | Clinton Mahan | — | 1 | 897 |
| 58 | Shannon Jones | — | 1 | 45 |
| 59 | Lloyd Moreland | — | 1 | 2,332 |
| 60 | Robert Wideman | — | 1 | 1,228 |
| 61 | Edward Mudd | — | 1 | 547 |
| 62 | Donald Flett | — | 1 | 366 |
| 63 | George Merrell IV | — | 1 | 246 |
| 64 | Mike Callaway | — | 1 | 243 |
| 65 | Arthur Jennewein | — | 1 | 218 |
| 66 | Verne Luther | — | 1 | 43 |
Ranked by wells drilled in St. Francois 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 St. Francois County?
George Mann has drilled the most St. Francois County wells in the recent record — 155 since 2016, 1,714 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in St. Francois County?
66 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in St. Francois County; 23 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 St. Francois County?
The median drilled depth in St. Francois County is 287 ft, based on 4,436 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the St. Francois County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the St. Francois County wells page.
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