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Best well drillers in Black Hawk County, Iowa
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 60 drilling companies with wells
on record in Black Hawk County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,655 logged
wells in the Iowa DNR Well Information System (IWIS) (records as of 2026-10-19). Every number links back to
the public record.
60companies on record
20active since 2022
2,655wells in county record
| # | Company | In Black Hawk Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Martin,Gary - 3845 | 75 | 129 | 1,470 |
| 2 | Speidel,Steve - 5240 | 31 | 123 | 934 |
| 3 | Erickson,Craig - 7918 | 13 | 20 | 934 |
| 4 | Manson,Mark - 11709 | 12 | 16 | 282 |
| 5 | Halweg,David - 2814 | 7 | 22 | 274 |
| 6 | Shawver,Gary - 5066 | 5 | 36 | 242 |
| 7 | Halweg, JR,David - 10712 | 5 | 5 | 192 |
| 8 | Brandenburg,Neil - 1610 | 2 | 17 | 665 |
| 9 | Gingerich,Corwin - 2638 | 1 | 13 | 2,322 |
| 10 | Freese,Dallas - 13585 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| 11 | Moellers,Adriel - 11925 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| 12 | Budke,Ryan - 7061 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| 13 | * Unknown, - | — | 1,688 | 97,406 |
| 14 | * Owner, - | — | 104 | 734 |
| 15 | Jones,Randy - 40309 | — | 85 | 585 |
| 16 | Speidel,Steve - 40253 | — | 57 | 614 |
| 17 | Brandenburg,Neil - 40120 | — | 51 | 577 |
| 18 | Jones,Randy - 3319 | — | 45 | 341 |
| 19 | Shawver,Gary - 40611 | — | 39 | 417 |
| 20 | Benter,Keith - 40119 | — | 20 | 76 |
| 21 | Mellick,Thomas - 7058 | — | 17 | 304 |
| 22 | Freese,Rick - 2544 | — | 15 | 707 |
| 23 | Coons, Raymond | — | 15 | 27 |
| 24 | Bunting,James - 40121 | — | 14 | 551 |
| 25 | Freese,Rick - 40520 | — | 13 | 248 |
| 26 | Seneca Environmental Services | — | 11 | 29 |
| 27 | Harris Iii, Alfred | — | 10 | 25 |
| 28 | Pieters,Kevin - 4541 | — | 8 | 503 |
| 29 | Shawver Well Co. | — | 8 | 785 |
| 30 | Turnis,James - 5535 | — | 8 | 123 |
| 31 | Gingerich,Klint - 2639 | — | 5 | 2,501 |
| 32 | Pieters,Kevin - 40559 | — | 5 | 132 |
| 33 | Speidel,David - 5239 | — | 5 | 30 |
| 34 | Greiner,Bradley - 40272 | — | 4 | 359 |
| 35 | Greiner,Kenneth - 2731 | — | 4 | 229 |
| 36 | Ogden,Jeffrey - 4326 | — | 4 | 154 |
| 37 | Speidel,David - 40254 | — | 4 | 69 |
| 38 | Cahoy Pump Service, Inc. | — | 4 | 53 |
| 39 | Ogden,Ben - 6714 | — | 2 | 1,057 |
| 40 | Halweg,David - 40162 | — | 2 | 561 |
| 41 | Martin,Gary - 40473 | — | 2 | 331 |
| 42 | Greiner,Bradley - 2729 | — | 2 | 94 |
| 43 | Akers,Allen - 1023 | — | 2 | 75 |
| 44 | Warth, Todd | — | 2 | 37 |
| 45 | Allen,Joseph - 1035 | — | 1 | 999 |
| 46 | Handke,James - 10838 | — | 1 | 116 |
| 47 | Ogden,Luke - 6715 | — | 1 | 37 |
| 48 | Gingerich,Klint - 40046 | — | 1 | 1,353 |
| 49 | Bunting,James - 1726 | — | 1 | 512 |
| 50 | Mcburney,Lyle - 3877 | — | 1 | 111 |
| 51 | Benter, Keith | — | 1 | 86 |
| 52 | Ogden,Richard - 40736 | — | 1 | 80 |
| 53 | Schumacher,Dale - 6471 | — | 1 | 60 |
| 54 | Weber,Loras - 40683 | — | 1 | 58 |
| 55 | Beemer, William | — | 1 | 57 |
| 56 | Barker, Jeremy | — | 1 | 46 |
| 57 | List,Todd - 40744 | — | 1 | 40 |
| 58 | Layne Western - Ia. | — | 1 | 36 |
| 59 | Cahoy,Darin - 1786 | — | 1 | 27 |
| 60 | Thorpe Water Development Co. | — | 1 | 25 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Black Hawk County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full Iowa DNR
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 Black Hawk County?
Martin,Gary - 3845 has drilled the most Black Hawk County wells in the recent record — 75 since 2016, 129 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Black Hawk County?
60 companies in the Iowa DNR record have drilled wells in Black Hawk County; 20 of them have drilled somewhere in Iowa since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Black Hawk County?
The median drilled depth in Black Hawk County is 106 ft, based on 3,978 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Black Hawk County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Black Hawk County wells page.
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