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Best well drillers in Cherokee County, Iowa

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 30 drilling companies with wells on record in Cherokee County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 873 logged wells in the Iowa DNR Well Information System (IWIS) (records as of 2026-08-24). Every number links back to the public record.

30companies on record
15active since 2022
873wells in county record
#CompanyIn Cherokee Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Wernimont,Gary - 6669 7 39 593
2 Hoogland,Barry - 10091 5 6 63
3 Strand,Michael - 5350 4 16 305
4 Steece,Larry - 5273 4 10 278
5 Scheiber,Brady - 11512 3 9 226
6 Vandebrake,Larry - 5578 1 43 489
7 Bresnahan,Ron - 1626 1 11 801
8 * Unknown, - 640 96,967
9 Vandebrake,Larry - 40074 33 402
10 Middendorff,Craig - 4021 13 561
11 Middendorff,Craig - 40093 13 445
12 Merriman,Larry - 40075 11 125
13 Alton Well & Concrete Co., Inc. 4 92
14 Merriman,Larry - 3996 3 298
15 Middendorff, Craig 3 225
16 Swenson,Robert - 6466 2 31
17 Bunting,James - 40121 2 551
18 Bresnahan,Ron - 40687 2 79
19 Rehse,Kevin - 40553 2 64
20 Gingerich,Klint - 2639 1 2,501
21 Halweg,David - 2814 1 274
22 Walsh,Dennis - 5683 1 131
23 * Owner, - 1 733
24 Middendorff Well Co. 1 239
25 Vogt,Randy - 5647 1 44
26 Gingerich,Dillon - 10177 1 30
27 Winkler,James - 5893 1 147
28 Winkler,James - 40228 1 134
29 Steece,Larry - 40492 1 129
30 Layne Western - Ia. 1 36

Ranked by wells drilled in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County?

Wernimont,Gary - 6669 has drilled the most Cherokee County wells in the recent record — 7 since 2016, 39 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Cherokee County?

30 companies in the Iowa DNR record have drilled wells in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County?

The median drilled depth in Cherokee County is 40 ft, based on 1,234 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Cherokee County wells page.

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

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