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Best well drillers in Pitkin County, Colorado
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 45 drilling companies with wells
on record in Pitkin County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,585 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.
45companies on record
16active since 2022
2,585wells in county record
| # | Company | In Pitkin Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Shelton Drilling Corporation | 159 | 1,408 | 6,154 |
| 2 | Water Pump Supply | 3 | 3 | 450 |
| 3 | Steve Shelton Drilling, Inc. | 1 | 283 | 1,160 |
| 4 | Valley Pump Company | 1 | 2 | 2,579 |
| 5 | Artesian Services Inc. | 1 | 1 | 221 |
| 6 | Collins Drilling Co. | — | 429 | 1,331 |
| 7 | Mountain Drilling Co. | — | 134 | 487 |
| 8 | Golden Eagle Drilling Corporation | — | 117 | 3,979 |
| 9 | Lawrence Drilling | — | 63 | 123 |
| 10 | Buena Vista Drilling | — | 31 | 1,367 |
| 11 | Darrell L. Sorensen | — | 21 | 226 |
| 12 | Syracuse Drilling & Pump Co., Inc. | — | 14 | 107 |
| 13 | Jonathon D Pinkerton | — | 14 | 46 |
| 14 | Ground Exploration LLC | — | 7 | 1,454 |
| 15 | Parrish Drilling | — | 6 | 570 |
| 16 | Mccluer & Son's Drilling Inc. | — | 6 | 137 |
| 17 | Himes Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 5 | 218 |
| 18 | Collins Construction | — | 5 | 48 |
| 19 | Ingram Drilling Inc. | — | 3 | 5,075 |
| 20 | Hull Drilling | — | 3 | 601 |
| 21 | Western Drilling Services, LLC | — | 3 | 600 |
| 22 | Aspen Drilling Company Inc. | — | 2 | 2,648 |
| 23 | Virginia Drilling Co. Inc. | — | 2 | 2,167 |
| 24 | Stoneman Drilling | — | 2 | 274 |
| 25 | Crandall Drilling & Pump Service | — | 1 | 3,578 |
| 26 | James Drilling Company | — | 1 | 6,736 |
| 27 | Wildcat Drilling & Pump, Inc. | — | 1 | 1,251 |
| 28 | Canfield Drilling Company | — | 1 | 3,439 |
| 29 | Environmental Works Inc. | — | 1 | 50 |
| 30 | Bob Williams Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 3,521 |
| 31 | Layne, Christensen Co. | — | 1 | 1,963 |
| 32 | Aqua Tec Systems, Inc. | — | 1 | 25 |
| 33 | Holden & Holden | — | 1 | 1,000 |
| 34 | Mcpherson Drilling Company | — | 1 | 2,664 |
| 35 | Reaksecker Well Drilling | — | 1 | 1,435 |
| 36 | Stan's Drilling | — | 1 | 1,365 |
| 37 | High Plains Drilling | — | 1 | 688 |
| 38 | Oliver Well Works | — | 1 | 465 |
| 39 | Dallas D. Werner | — | 1 | 437 |
| 40 | Mark A. Huffington | — | 1 | 272 |
| 41 | B & M Well Drillers Inc. | — | 1 | 173 |
| 42 | Ormsbee Development Co. | — | 1 | 120 |
| 43 | Johnson Brothers | — | 1 | 112 |
| 44 | Howard C Bainbridge | — | 1 | 64 |
| 45 | Milburn W Schoene | — | 1 | 62 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Pitkin 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 Pitkin County?
Shelton Drilling Corporation has drilled the most Pitkin County wells in the recent record — 159 since 2016, 1,408 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Pitkin County?
45 companies in the DWR record have drilled wells in Pitkin County; 16 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 Pitkin County?
The median drilled depth in Pitkin County is 100 ft, based on 4,056 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Pitkin County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Pitkin County wells page.
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