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Best well drillers in Jackson County, Ohio

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 34 drilling companies with wells on record in Jackson County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 906 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.

34companies on record
5active since 2022
906wells in county record
#CompanyIn Jackson Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Smith's Well Drilling LLC 20 78 1,966
2 Warthman Drilling Inc. 1 1 4,411
3 Forshey (Joseph) 197 239
4 Snoddy Well Drilling 147 207
5 Sherman (Hobart) 132 193
6 Kessler (L H) Well Drilling 60 215
7 Gillum Well Drilling 50 625
8 Halls Well Drilling 39 149
9 Hughes (Hargis) 30 215
10 Ruby (Stan) Well Drilling 25 750
11 Coffey Well Drilling 24 124
12 Ramsey Drilling 22 614
13 Gillum Water Well Drilling 16 46
14 Wright (Larry) Drilling 12 293
15 Accurate Well Drilling 11 111
16 Hall And Jenkins Well Drilling 10 968
17 Lykins (Herbert) 8 146
18 F & S Well Drilling 8 25
19 Ellis & Morris Drilling Co. 5 539
20 R & J Well Drilling (Randy) 5 94
21 Havens & Sons Drilling 4 516
22 Estep Water Well Drilling 4 181
23 Sherman Well Drilling 3 169
24 R & J Well Drilling 3 101
25 Gobel Well Drilling 2 1,184
26 Diehl Pump & Supply Co. Inc. 2 38
27 R G Stockert Drilling Co. 1 3,130
28 Paul W Wright Drilling 1 1,236
29 Garrison Well Drilling 1 640
30 Smith Drilling Contractors 1 609
31 Sherman (Glen A) 1 422
32 Hughes Well Drilling 1 373
33 Layne Ohio (Layne Christensen) 1 346
34 Ron Johnson Drilling 1 32

Ranked by wells drilled in Jackson 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 Jackson County?

Smith's Well Drilling LLC has drilled the most Jackson County wells in the recent record — 20 since 2016, 78 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Jackson County?

34 companies in the ODNR record have drilled wells in Jackson County; 5 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 Jackson County?

The median drilled depth in Jackson County is 85 ft, based on 931 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Jackson County wells page.

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

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