Best well drillers in Jefferson County, Washington
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 64 drilling companies with wells on record in Jefferson County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,750 logged wells in Washington State Department of Ecology well construction reports (records as of 2026-07-28). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In Jefferson Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raymond Bauer | 38 | 141 | 397 |
| 2 | Richard Debler | 30 | 80 | 522 |
| 3 | James Tillia | 29 | 29 | 359 |
| 4 | Jack Wilson | 26 | 44 | 132 |
| 5 | Joshua Koepp | 21 | 26 | 1,327 |
| 6 | Donald Lofall | 19 | 111 | 290 |
| 7 | Rogeray Phythian | 18 | 52 | 2,809 |
| 8 | Eugene Williams | 12 | 123 | 397 |
| 9 | Donald Duckworth | 12 | 53 | 235 |
| 10 | James Johnson | 6 | 6 | 68 |
| 11 | Keith Winter | 5 | 100 | 646 |
| 12 | Allen Nesper | 3 | 139 | 503 |
| 13 | Matthew Call | 3 | 5 | 250 |
| 14 | Clayton Pitts | 3 | 5 | 436 |
| 15 | Cory Johnson | 3 | 3 | 112 |
| 16 | Jacob Hansen | 3 | 3 | 146 |
| 17 | Chad Gresham | 2 | 9 | 226 |
| 18 | Dale Westby | 2 | 2 | 415 |
| 19 | Richard Miller | 2 | 2 | 62 |
| 20 | Lyle Pitts | 1 | 1 | 341 |
| 21 | William Maberry SR | — | 169 | 195 |
| 22 | Charles Sherk | — | 153 | 157 |
| 23 | Craig Gresham | — | 124 | 1,037 |
| 24 | Melvin Williams | — | 81 | 202 |
| 25 | Paul Stoican | — | 49 | 158 |
| 26 | Allen Paden | — | 30 | 33 |
| 27 | Ronald Duckworth | — | 28 | 168 |
| 28 | Myrl Hancock | — | 28 | 31 |
| 29 | Louis Rychlik | — | 17 | 721 |
| 30 | Grant Haney | — | 17 | 38 |
| 31 | Eric Selberg | — | 16 | 34 |
| 32 | Brandon Hall | — | 13 | 92 |
| 33 | Richard Bekkevar | — | 12 | 77 |
| 34 | Self Self | — | 10 | 216 |
| 35 | Brandon Hicks | — | 7 | 337 |
| 36 | Glen Crabtree | — | 7 | 181 |
| 37 | Brigham Ward | — | 6 | 264 |
| 38 | Christopher Jones | — | 4 | 3,742 |
| 39 | David Deremer | — | 4 | 614 |
| 40 | Fred Grant | — | 4 | 107 |
| 41 | George Burt | — | 4 | 43 |
| 42 | NA Unknown | — | 3 | 139 |
| 43 | Jerry Crabtree | — | 3 | 114 |
| 44 | Nicolas Sample | — | 2 | 543 |
| 45 | Billy Dodge | — | 2 | 90 |
| 46 | Lynn Bartholomew | — | 2 | 410 |
| 47 | Michael Mitchell | — | 2 | 81 |
| 48 | Darrel Gaydeski | — | 2 | 27 |
| 49 | Thomas Dannison JR | — | 2 | 26 |
| 50 | Mark Wiese | — | 1 | 1,760 |
| 51 | Ralph Riggles | — | 1 | 1,881 |
| 52 | Charles Moore | — | 1 | 914 |
| 53 | Daniel Rayton | — | 1 | 665 |
| 54 | Nicholas Ernst | — | 1 | 429 |
| 55 | Lawrence Johnson | — | 1 | 381 |
| 56 | Chris Town | — | 1 | 318 |
| 57 | Mark Nelson | — | 1 | 279 |
| 58 | Roger Oelke | — | 1 | 244 |
| 59 | Wesley Glessner | — | 1 | 206 |
| 60 | Corbie Chance II | — | 1 | 38 |
| 61 | Francis Tanner | — | 1 | 35 |
| 62 | James Niederkorn | — | 1 | 33 |
| 63 | Bruce Predmore | — | 1 | 27 |
| 64 | Joshua Hail | — | 1 | 27 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Jefferson County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full Ecology 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 Jefferson County?
Raymond Bauer has drilled the most Jefferson County wells in the recent record — 38 since 2016, 141 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Jefferson County?
64 companies in the Ecology record have drilled wells in Jefferson County; 25 of them have drilled somewhere in Washington since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Jefferson County?
The median drilled depth in Jefferson County is 160 ft, based on 1,906 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Jefferson County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Jefferson County wells page.
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