Best well drillers in Athens County, Ohio

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 56 drilling companies with wells on record in Athens County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 693 logged wells in the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Geological Survey water-well log database (records as of 2026-08-13). Every number links back to the public record.

56companies on record

13active since 2022

693wells in county record

#	Company	In Athens Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Smith's Well Drilling LLC	17	47	1,966
2	Warthman Drilling Inc.	14	22	4,411
3	Jet Water Well Drilling	8	9	123
4	National Water Services (Lanc)	1	6	91
5	Keen Well And Pump	1	5	10,231
6	D & L Drilling LLC	1	4	310
7	Jamison Well Drilling Inc.	1	1	11,219
8	Moody's OF Dayton Inc.	1	1	361
9	Ellis & Morris Drilling Co.	—	230	539
10	Easterling (D L)	—	99	138
11	Darrell's Water Well Drilling	—	43	58
12	Board Water Well Drilling	—	33	177
13	Wright (Larry) Drilling	—	32	293
14	Treadway (V L)	—	25	462
15	Fouts Drilling	—	21	61
16	Quinter Well Drilling LLC	—	12	12,078
17	Peck (Carl) Well Drilling	—	9	412
18	Hoffman Drilling Co.	—	7	98
19	Layne Ohio (Layne Christensen)	—	6	346
20	Burfield Brothers	—	6	69
21	Hatfield (R A) & Son Inc.	—	5	243
22	Cain Well Drilling	—	5	64
23	Vickroy Well Drilling	—	4	260
24	Smith (R) Water Well Drilling	—	4	190
25	Ruby (Stan) Well Drilling	—	3	750
26	Benjamin (C B)	—	3	213
27	Watkins & Son Drilling	—	3	203
28	Turner (George L)	—	3	184
29	Hoover Water Systems	—	3	143
30	Lemon (Chester) & Son	—	3	79
31	Heaton Drilling Co.	—	3	69
32	Mcdaniel Well Drilling	—	3	35
33	Williams Drilling Co.	—	2	65
34	Roux's Water Well Drilling	—	2	72
35	Mills (Dale N)	—	2	317
36	Shamrock Drilling	—	2	315
37	Poole's Water Well Drilling	—	2	293
38	Cook Drilling	—	2	251
39	Treadway (Gerald) Well Drilling	—	2	225
40	Diehl Pump & Supply Co. Inc.	—	2	38
41	Campbell (Robert)	—	2	30
42	Dean's Drilling	—	1	1,010
43	Bjaam Environmental Inc.	—	1	156
44	Barry (R C)	—	1	1,392
45	Westfall Well Drilling	—	1	846
46	Poling Drilling	—	1	485
47	Agua Well Drilling Inc.	—	1	449
48	Wright Well Drilling	—	1	366
49	Kessler (L H) Well Drilling	—	1	215
50	Reynolds Inc.	—	1	186
51	Odnr (Water)	—	1	185
52	Price (Dwight E)	—	1	161
53	Michel Water Well Drilling	—	1	141
54	Miller (Floyd) Well Drilling	—	1	126
55	Taylor & Holden	—	1	94
56	Ace Drilling	—	1	88

Ranked by wells drilled in Athens County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full ODNR 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 Athens County?

Smith's Well Drilling LLC has drilled the most Athens County wells in the recent record — 17 since 2016, 47 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Athens County?

56 companies in the ODNR record have drilled wells in Athens County; 13 of them have drilled somewhere in Ohio since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

How deep is a typical well in Athens County?

The median drilled depth in Athens County is 80 ft, based on 927 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Athens County wells page.

Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Athens County wells page.

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