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Best well drillers in Calhoun County, Iowa
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 57 drilling companies with wells
on record in Calhoun County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,787 logged
wells in the Iowa DNR Well Information System (IWIS) (records as of 2026-08-24). Every number links back to
the public record.
57companies on record
23active since 2022
1,787wells in county record
| # | Company | In Calhoun Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Wernimont,Gary - 6669 | 40 | 48 | 593 |
| 2 | Scheiber,Brady - 11512 | 20 | 22 | 226 |
| 3 | Estlund,Matt - 2379 | 19 | 48 | 1,567 |
| 4 | Middendorff,Craig - 4021 | 15 | 111 | 561 |
| 5 | Strand,Michael - 5350 | 10 | 14 | 305 |
| 6 | Bresnahan,Ron - 1626 | 6 | 17 | 801 |
| 7 | Walker,Jeremy - 6087 | 4 | 8 | 656 |
| 8 | Gingerich,Corwin - 2638 | 3 | 9 | 2,281 |
| 9 | Larson,Riley - 8416 | 2 | 3 | 594 |
| 10 | Wunschel,Adam - 7381 | 2 | 2 | 35 |
| 11 | Gingerich,Dillon - 10177 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| 12 | Steece,Larry - 5273 | 1 | 5 | 278 |
| 13 | Allen,Joseph - 1035 | 1 | 3 | 997 |
| 14 | Carey,James - 8244 | 1 | 1 | 162 |
| 15 | * Unknown, - | — | 1,288 | 96,967 |
| 16 | Winkler,James - 5893 | — | 30 | 147 |
| 17 | Middendorff,Craig - 40093 | — | 27 | 445 |
| 18 | Rosenquist,Lynn - 4824 | — | 18 | 91 |
| 19 | Rosenquist,Lynn - 40034 | — | 15 | 184 |
| 20 | Hicks,Donald - 40092 | — | 11 | 276 |
| 21 | Winkler,James - 40228 | — | 9 | 134 |
| 22 | Winkler, James | — | 7 | 39 |
| 23 | Tell, Russell | — | 7 | 32 |
| 24 | Estlund,Matt - 40055 | — | 6 | 488 |
| 25 | Middendorff Well Co. | — | 6 | 239 |
| 26 | Middendorff, Craig | — | 6 | 225 |
| 27 | Bresnahan,Ron - 40687 | — | 5 | 79 |
| 28 | Winkler Well Drilling | — | 5 | 36 |
| 29 | Rosenquist, Lynn | — | 5 | 31 |
| 30 | * Owner, - | — | 4 | 733 |
| 31 | Rehse,Kevin - 4684 | — | 3 | 385 |
| 32 | Tell,Russell - 40014 | — | 3 | 37 |
| 33 | Baskerville Plumbing | — | 3 | 27 |
| 34 | Gingerich,Klint - 2639 | — | 2 | 2,501 |
| 35 | Pieters,Kevin - 4541 | — | 2 | 502 |
| 36 | Parris,David - 6604 | — | 2 | 71 |
| 37 | Van Gerpen,Bruce - 5600 | — | 2 | 218 |
| 38 | Steece,Larry - 40492 | — | 2 | 129 |
| 39 | Beemer,William - 1406 | — | 2 | 90 |
| 40 | Hicks Well Co. | — | 2 | 62 |
| 41 | Hicks,Donald - 3030 | — | 2 | 59 |
| 42 | R & R Well Co. | — | 2 | 54 |
| 43 | Joslyn,Jeffrey - 3331 | — | 2 | 38 |
| 44 | Adams,Bryan - 8500 | — | 2 | 26 |
| 45 | Strand,Michael - 40631 | — | 2 | 25 |
| 46 | Stoll,Austen - 9987 | — | 1 | 850 |
| 47 | Andersen,Gary - 10145 | — | 1 | 80 |
| 48 | Elbert,Rick - 2335 | — | 1 | 918 |
| 49 | Christiansen,John - 1887 | — | 1 | 325 |
| 50 | Elbert,Rick - 40131 | — | 1 | 323 |
| 51 | Schumacher,Jim - 40097 | — | 1 | 312 |
| 52 | Mellick,Thomas - 7058 | — | 1 | 304 |
| 53 | Schumacher, Jim | — | 1 | 107 |
| 54 | Van Gerpen,Mark - 6502 | — | 1 | 88 |
| 55 | Elbert Bros Well Drilling | — | 1 | 83 |
| 56 | Ealy, Mary | — | 1 | 52 |
| 57 | Layne Western - Ia. | — | 1 | 36 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County?
Wernimont,Gary - 6669 has drilled the most Calhoun County wells in the recent record — 40 since 2016, 48 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Calhoun County?
57 companies in the Iowa DNR record have drilled wells in Calhoun County; 23 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 Calhoun County?
The median drilled depth in Calhoun County is 80 ft, based on 2,577 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Calhoun County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Calhoun County wells page.
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