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Best well drillers in Buena Vista County, Iowa

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 31 drilling companies with wells on record in Buena Vista County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,809 logged wells in the Iowa DNR Well Information System (IWIS) (records as of 2026-08-24). Every number links back to the public record.

31companies on record
15active since 2022
1,809wells in county record
#CompanyIn Buena Vista Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Wernimont,Gary - 6669 24 71 593
2 Scheiber,Brady - 11512 20 35 226
3 Strand,Michael - 5350 15 68 305
4 Steece,Larry - 5273 8 68 278
5 * Unknown, - 2 1,009 96,967
6 Middendorff,Craig - 4021 2 50 561
7 Middendorff Well Co. 1 114 239
8 Beemer,Guy - 7278 1 1 181
9 Middendorff,Craig - 40093 149 445
10 Middendorff, Craig 110 225
11 Steece,Larry - 40492 57 129
12 Winkler, James 19 39
13 Vandebrake,Larry - 40074 8 402
14 Winkler,James - 40228 8 134
15 Strand,Michael - 40631 7 25
16 Winkler,James - 5893 5 147
17 Winkler Well Drilling 5 36
18 Baskerville Plumbing 4 27
19 Thein,Robert - 5442 3 96
20 Gingerich,Klint - 2639 2 2,501
21 Bresnahan,Ron - 1626 2 801
22 * Owner, - 2 733
23 Elbert,Rick - 40131 2 323
24 Van Gerpen,Bruce - 5600 2 218
25 Van Gerpen,Mark - 6502 2 88
26 Allen,Joseph - 1035 1 997
27 Rehse,Kevin - 4684 1 385
28 Walker,Jeremy - 6087 1 656
29 Anderson,Nathan - 7386 1 130
30 Vogt,Randy - 5647 1 44
31 Layne Western - Ia. 1 36

Ranked by wells drilled in Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista County?

Wernimont,Gary - 6669 has drilled the most Buena Vista County wells in the recent record — 24 since 2016, 71 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Buena Vista County?

31 companies in the Iowa DNR record have drilled wells in Buena Vista County; 15 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 Buena Vista County?

The median drilled depth in Buena Vista County is 74 ft, based on 2,470 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Buena Vista County wells page.

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

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