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Best well drillers in Otero County, Colorado
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 56 drilling companies with wells
on record in Otero County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 987 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.
56companies on record
18active since 2022
987wells in county record
| # | Company | In Otero Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Broce Drilling | 39 | 141 | 402 |
| 2 | Hydro Resources | 3 | 4 | 306 |
| 3 | Pearson Drilling & Pump Service | 2 | 6 | 491 |
| 4 | Mack's Drilling Inc. | 2 | 3 | 121 |
| 5 | Pavati Pumps & Drilling | 2 | 2 | 128 |
| 6 | Can-America Drilling, Inc. | 1 | 16 | 5,159 |
| 7 | Sharpe Drilling Co. | 1 | 6 | 994 |
| 8 | Rocky Mountain Waterworks LLC | 1 | 2 | 893 |
| 9 | H A Crandall | — | 200 | 436 |
| 10 | Hoffman | — | 120 | 1,335 |
| 11 | Parrish Drilling | — | 61 | 570 |
| 12 | Earl Beegles | — | 43 | 55 |
| 13 | Harry D. Folger & Son | — | 36 | 109 |
| 14 | R Drilling | — | 35 | 36 |
| 15 | W O Heinlein | — | 34 | 36 |
| 16 | W C Rains | — | 32 | 34 |
| 17 | Harry Watson | — | 26 | 30 |
| 18 | Layne, Christensen Co. | — | 20 | 1,963 |
| 19 | Arkansas Valley Drilling | — | 18 | 3,041 |
| 20 | Vine Laboratories, Inc. | — | 16 | 167 |
| 21 | Fred Wratislaw | — | 14 | 217 |
| 22 | J Dixon | — | 13 | 82 |
| 23 | Timber Line Drilling | — | 12 | 415 |
| 24 | Ark Valley Pump & Supply | — | 10 | 348 |
| 25 | Camp Drilling Co. | — | 10 | 66 |
| 26 | Kunau Drilling LLC | — | 9 | 7,195 |
| 27 | S. E. Camp Drilling | — | 8 | 144 |
| 28 | Konkel Drilling | — | 7 | 190 |
| 29 | Eastwood Drilling | — | 7 | 1,739 |
| 30 | Lorraine Pearson | — | 7 | 167 |
| 31 | C. W. Grimshaw Drilling Co. | — | 7 | 97 |
| 32 | Harold Thurman | — | 7 | 38 |
| 33 | Schaal Drilling Co. | — | 6 | 2,203 |
| 34 | Don Stewart & Son Drilling | — | 6 | 654 |
| 35 | Hamacher Well Works Inc. | — | 4 | 10,445 |
| 36 | Kunau Drilling & Excavation | — | 4 | 465 |
| 37 | James E Leatherman | — | 4 | 278 |
| 38 | Spradlin Drilling | — | 4 | 210 |
| 39 | C M Robison | — | 4 | 29 |
| 40 | Schroder Drilling | — | 2 | 123 |
| 41 | Virginia Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 2 | 2,167 |
| 42 | O.k. Hamacher Well Works | — | 2 | 394 |
| 43 | Grande Pump Service & Ojo Sprgs Drlng & | — | 2 | 265 |
| 44 | Norman Hill Drilling Co. | — | 2 | 39 |
| 45 | Baca Drilling Co. | — | 2 | 34 |
| 46 | Terracon Consultants Inc. | — | 1 | 391 |
| 47 | Don Eastwood Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 1,672 |
| 48 | Pro Well & Pump | — | 1 | 615 |
| 49 | Routt Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 524 |
| 50 | K. L. Rutt Company | — | 1 | 520 |
| 51 | Adams City Mfg. Co. | — | 1 | 254 |
| 52 | M A Garner | — | 1 | 60 |
| 53 | Ram Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 60 |
| 54 | James P Tolson | — | 1 | 49 |
| 55 | Fulton Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 37 |
| 56 | Richey Construction | — | 1 | 26 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Otero 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 Otero County?
Broce Drilling has drilled the most Otero County wells in the recent record — 39 since 2016, 141 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Otero County?
56 companies in the DWR record have drilled wells in Otero County; 18 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 Otero County?
The median drilled depth in Otero County is 40 ft, based on 3,076 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Otero County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Otero County wells page.
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