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Best well drillers in Gunnison County, Colorado
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 96 drilling companies with wells
on record in Gunnison County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 4,898 logged
wells in the Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) well permit database (records as of 2026-09-22). Every number links back to
the public record.
96companies on record
26active since 2022
4,898wells in county record
| # | Company | In Gunnison Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Bob Williams Drilling Co. | 166 | 3,046 | 3,521 |
| 2 | Williams Drilling Co. Inc. | 164 | 198 | 228 |
| 3 | Mccracken Well Drilling Inc. | 63 | 88 | 733 |
| 4 | Shelton Drilling Corporation | 34 | 238 | 6,154 |
| 5 | Wildcat Drilling & Pump, Inc. | 31 | 219 | 1,251 |
| 6 | Twin Peaks Drilling | 5 | 9 | 475 |
| 7 | Valley Drilling Co. | 3 | 35 | 1,166 |
| 8 | Mccoy Water Well/Precision Drilling | 2 | 5 | 88 |
| 9 | Authentic Drilling | 2 | 3 | 279 |
| 10 | Kelley Dewatering And Construction Company | 2 | 2 | 538 |
| 11 | Groundwater Dev. Inc. | 1 | 60 | 214 |
| 12 | Johnson Brothers | 1 | 8 | 112 |
| 13 | Western Drilling Services, LLC | — | 120 | 600 |
| 14 | Collins Drilling Co. | — | 114 | 1,331 |
| 15 | Bill Kissner Drilling Inc. | — | 84 | 1,313 |
| 16 | Clyde L Peeples | — | 78 | 95 |
| 17 | Allison Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 71 | 99 |
| 18 | Sharpe Drilling Co. | — | 69 | 994 |
| 19 | Mark A. Huffington | — | 69 | 272 |
| 20 | Steve Shelton Drilling, Inc. | — | 42 | 1,160 |
| 21 | Alpine Drilling & Pump Co. | — | 28 | 980 |
| 22 | Golden Eagle Drilling Corporation | — | 22 | 3,979 |
| 23 | J & J Drilling Inc. | — | 18 | 401 |
| 24 | K. W. Anderson Drilling | — | 17 | 316 |
| 25 | Timberline Aqua Tec | — | 17 | 191 |
| 26 | Rocky Mountain Drlg./Pump Svcs | — | 16 | 335 |
| 27 | DA Smith Drilling Company | — | 16 | 108 |
| 28 | Glen Cole | — | 16 | 84 |
| 29 | R. N. C. Drilling Co. | — | 16 | 56 |
| 30 | Layne, Christensen Co. | — | 12 | 1,963 |
| 31 | Nequette Drilling | — | 10 | 2,191 |
| 32 | Syracuse Drilling & Pump Co., Inc. | — | 10 | 107 |
| 33 | Wayne Drilling Service | — | 9 | 43 |
| 34 | Mccluer & Son's Drilling Inc. | — | 8 | 137 |
| 35 | Mountain Drilling Co. | — | 6 | 487 |
| 36 | Canon Drilling & Pump Svc. | — | 6 | 28 |
| 37 | Aspen Drilling Company Inc. | — | 5 | 2,648 |
| 38 | Darrell L. Sorensen | — | 5 | 226 |
| 39 | Western Star Drilling Co. | — | 5 | 94 |
| 40 | Smith Drilling C/O Gordon R. Smith | — | 5 | 83 |
| 41 | Asap Well Drilling Inc. | — | 4 | 1,108 |
| 42 | Whitewater Drilling Inc. | — | 4 | 1,277 |
| 43 | M & M Backhoe Service | — | 4 | 497 |
| 44 | Layne Environmental | — | 4 | 86 |
| 45 | American Drilling Service | — | 3 | 3,553 |
| 46 | W. V. Harding & Sons | — | 3 | 1,161 |
| 47 | Rocky Mountain Pump & Drilling | — | 3 | 508 |
| 48 | Gordon Smith And Company | — | 3 | 218 |
| 49 | J Dixon | — | 3 | 82 |
| 50 | Vista Geoscience | — | 3 | 72 |
| 51 | Prosonic Corporation | — | 3 | 59 |
| 52 | Walton, | — | 2 | 2,156 |
| 53 | Buena Vista Drilling | — | 2 | 1,367 |
| 54 | Bill Mccoy Enterprises | — | 2 | 385 |
| 55 | Craig Drilling | — | 2 | 334 |
| 56 | Blue Sky Drilling Inc. | — | 2 | 69 |
| 57 | Baski Drilling Inc. | — | 2 | 65 |
| 58 | Collins Construction | — | 2 | 48 |
| 59 | Pennell Drilling | — | 2 | 35 |
| 60 | Jerome M. Waler | — | 2 | 28 |
| 61 | K & R Drilling | — | 2 | 26 |
| 62 | AZ Drilling | — | 2 | 25 |
| 63 | Valley Pump Company | — | 1 | 2,579 |
| 64 | Canfield Drilling Company | — | 1 | 3,439 |
| 65 | Artesian Services Inc. | — | 1 | 221 |
| 66 | Can-America Drilling, Inc. | — | 1 | 5,159 |
| 67 | Kemp's Well Service | — | 1 | 567 |
| 68 | Nwp Drilling & Consulting | — | 1 | 634 |
| 69 | Himes Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 1 | 218 |
| 70 | Avco Ventures Inc. | — | 1 | 32 |
| 71 | Kugler Sales & Service | — | 1 | 111 |
| 72 | John's Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 1,460 |
| 73 | V. J. Stewart Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 1,156 |
| 74 | Boyles Bros. Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 1,088 |
| 75 | Bernard Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 696 |
| 76 | Werner Drilling & Excavating | — | 1 | 625 |
| 77 | H A Crandall | — | 1 | 436 |
| 78 | Genevieve L Dale | — | 1 | 414 |
| 79 | Henkle Drillng & Supply Co.inc | — | 1 | 384 |
| 80 | Stoneman Drilling | — | 1 | 274 |
| 81 | Campbell Drilling | — | 1 | 213 |
| 82 | Norris Brothers | — | 1 | 183 |
| 83 | Rule | — | 1 | 153 |
| 84 | Ormsbee Development Co. | — | 1 | 120 |
| 85 | Gary L. Hamacher | — | 1 | 95 |
| 86 | Kerr & Sons | — | 1 | 94 |
| 87 | Paul David Huff | — | 1 | 71 |
| 88 | Minter Wilson Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 68 |
| 89 | Brian Lake | — | 1 | 63 |
| 90 | Ram Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 60 |
| 91 | Clover Petroleum Co. | — | 1 | 49 |
| 92 | Ellithorpe & Putman | — | 1 | 39 |
| 93 | Story Drilling | — | 1 | 38 |
| 94 | Howard H Bell | — | 1 | 31 |
| 95 | Johnson Well Drilling | — | 1 | 29 |
| 96 | T. J. Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 25 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Gunnison County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full DWR
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 Gunnison County?
Bob Williams Drilling Co. has drilled the most Gunnison County wells in the recent record — 166 since 2016, 3,046 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Gunnison County?
96 companies in the DWR record have drilled wells in Gunnison County; 26 of them have drilled somewhere in Colorado since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Gunnison County?
The median drilled depth in Gunnison County is 70 ft, based on 7,878 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Gunnison County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Gunnison County wells page.
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