Best well drillers in Wright County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 64 drilling companies with wells on record in Wright County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,800 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 Wright Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy Grabher | 202 | 510 | 3,032 |
| 2 | Clayton Forrest | 100 | 139 | 746 |
| 3 | Seaman Mahan | 77 | 81 | 1,347 |
| 4 | Mark Replogle | 65 | 267 | 2,470 |
| 5 | Randy Foster | 53 | 63 | 898 |
| 6 | Clinton Chalfant | 38 | 180 | 752 |
| 7 | Roger Mepham | 20 | 20 | 100 |
| 8 | Timothy Stokes | 15 | 15 | 1,358 |
| 9 | Kurtis Jolander | 11 | 11 | 539 |
| 10 | Clinton Mahan | 10 | 16 | 897 |
| 11 | Luke Woolsey | 8 | 10 | 1,103 |
| 12 | Danny Rains | 7 | 9 | 618 |
| 13 | Jeremy Mccarthy | 5 | 5 | 3,051 |
| 14 | Trevor Mahan | 5 | 5 | 48 |
| 15 | David Trent | 4 | 9 | 387 |
| 16 | Mark Mccullough | 4 | 4 | 605 |
| 17 | Thomas Coffman | 3 | 16 | 1,342 |
| 18 | Richard Linebaugh | 3 | 5 | 422 |
| 19 | Merl Forrest | 3 | 4 | 38 |
| 20 | James Mallonee | 2 | 6 | 1,180 |
| 21 | Ryan Choate | 1 | 12 | 759 |
| 22 | Rickey 'harold' Cooper | 1 | 7 | 1,013 |
| 23 | Brad Lavy | 1 | 1 | 396 |
| 24 | Rickey Cooper | 1 | 1 | 160 |
| 25 | Robert Clark | — | 420 | 1,895 |
| 26 | Gregory Clark | — | 335 | 1,222 |
| 27 | Lee James Borders | — | 220 | 691 |
| 28 | Raymond Grabher | — | 128 | 1,219 |
| 29 | Verla Elliott | — | 67 | 287 |
| 30 | Lloyd Moreland | — | 60 | 2,332 |
| 31 | Gary Foster | — | 40 | 1,959 |
| 32 | Dustin Clark | — | 21 | 104 |
| 33 | Alfred E Elliott | — | 17 | 122 |
| 34 | Rex Hewitt | — | 12 | 1,941 |
| 35 | Tommy Schnell | — | 7 | 1,900 |
| 36 | Kenneth Broadaway | — | 7 | 296 |
| 37 | Tommie H Shelton JR | — | 7 | 36 |
| 38 | Mike Causey | — | 6 | 25 |
| 39 | W F Schnell | — | 5 | 1,512 |
| 40 | Rex Trent | — | 5 | 837 |
| 41 | Darren Belcher | — | 5 | 255 |
| 42 | Jerry Bader | — | 4 | 1,037 |
| 43 | Richard Frank | — | 4 | 57 |
| 44 | Michael Woolsey | — | 3 | 416 |
| 45 | Garlan Mcnew | — | 3 | 92 |
| 46 | Larry Gulick | — | 2 | 1,412 |
| 47 | Curt Wilson | — | 2 | 2,074 |
| 48 | James Willey | — | 2 | 579 |
| 49 | Scottie Wilson | — | 2 | 366 |
| 50 | Clinton Harper | — | 2 | 359 |
| 51 | Jim A Sweaney | — | 2 | 334 |
| 52 | Adam Baker | — | 2 | 306 |
| 53 | Myrl Bowler | — | 2 | 113 |
| 54 | Owner Installed | — | 2 | 34 |
| 55 | Eugene Just | — | 1 | 704 |
| 56 | Jesse Yoakum | — | 1 | 692 |
| 57 | Wendell Martin | — | 1 | 383 |
| 58 | James Bell JR | — | 1 | 241 |
| 59 | Fred Brown | — | 1 | 1,180 |
| 60 | Donald Mccarthy | — | 1 | 2,225 |
| 61 | Jeffrey Messenger | — | 1 | 569 |
| 62 | Clifford King | — | 1 | 228 |
| 63 | William Schnell | — | 1 | 188 |
| 64 | Derrick Palmer | — | 1 | 166 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Wright 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 Wright County?
Timothy Grabher has drilled the most Wright County wells in the recent record — 202 since 2016, 510 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Wright County?
64 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in Wright 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 Wright County?
The median drilled depth in Wright County is 365 ft, based on 2,866 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Wright County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Wright County wells page.
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