Best well drillers in Stevens County, Washington

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 116 drilling companies with wells on record in Stevens County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 7,158 logged wells in Washington State Department of Ecology well construction reports (records as of 2026-08-26). Every number links back to the public record.

116companies on record

48active since 2022

7,158wells in county record

#	Company	In Stevens Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Sam Beardslee	234	356	410
2	Austin Gee	221	221	275
3	John Arfman	209	209	725
4	Chris Macpherson	155	158	444
5	Morgan Joy	104	335	1,587
6	Todd Lively	86	254	2,052
7	Darin Minden	85	225	822
8	Brian Schaefer	80	80	249
9	Billy Sanders	78	83	112
10	Derek Wilson-Weiler	77	77	210
11	Joseph Dunkin	72	72	255
12	Alex Vermillion	58	74	945
13	Oliver Huntsman	55	55	79
14	David Meyer	44	904	1,150
15	Andrew Olson	43	43	150
16	Troy Tarbert	40	119	1,128
17	Markel Basargin	40	40	112
18	Jonathan Payne	37	47	80
19	Audie Mccurdy	35	56	818
20	Randy Sharratt	32	32	77
21	Colby Morris	26	26	53
22	Nicholas Boone	24	24	196
23	Jim Mcleslie	22	36	397
24	Charles Parsons	18	18	45
25	Gray Rich	17	115	262
26	Brian Mosset	13	29	2,269
27	Martin Jensen	12	39	258
28	Justin Egeland	12	14	73
29	Monte Judd	12	12	158
30	Samuel Shutt	12	12	52
31	Justin Ricard	10	10	242
32	John Ayers	6	9	99
33	Rodney Fogle	5	37	59
34	Clay Ross	4	4	113
35	Kenneth Hoyer	2	3	63
36	Joshua Richardson	2	2	44
37	Jon Ricard JR	1	170	1,527
38	Earl Howard JR	1	109	129
39	Marty Rugo	1	50	1,041
40	Rich Miller	1	16	44
41	Thomas Richardson	1	2	31
42	Rodney Gilseth JR	1	1	183
43	Jacob Hansen	1	1	146
44	Ronald Hurn	—	785	979
45	Michael Learn	—	345	463
46	Terry Corkill	—	224	287
47	James Noonan JR	—	186	300
48	David Brown	—	163	403
49	Andrew Baker	—	163	191
50	Karl Jones	—	150	176
51	Kenneth Kane	—	110	123
52	David Wines	—	109	881
53	Michael Ball	—	96	118
54	Kenneth Minden	—	84	330
55	Benson Carpenter	—	61	850
56	Lynn Bartholomew	—	61	410
57	Michael Robinson	—	37	731
58	James Doyle	—	34	265
59	Bart Moorehead	—	28	214
60	Jeffrey Sharp	—	27	222
61	Keith Vermillion	—	23	191
62	Stacy Sams	—	22	201
63	Mitchell Kelly	—	22	86
64	Philip Wood	—	20	116
65	Randy Liebman	—	16	25
66	Dave Ricard	—	14	242
67	Duane Lincoln	—	14	164
68	Forrest Tennant	—	13	189
69	Richard Miller	—	11	62
70	Louie Hanner	—	10	221
71	James Jones	—	10	29
72	Don Anderson	—	9	1,028
73	Douglas Lane	—	9	374
74	Robert Dehle	—	9	80
75	Edmund Morgan	—	9	68
76	William Davis	—	7	62
77	Self Self	—	7	216
78	William Corbin	—	7	60
79	Douglas Williams	—	7	34
80	Jason Beckham	—	6	77
81	Brigham Ward	—	6	264
82	Steven Pitts	—	5	341
83	Brad Forman	—	5	132
84	Floyd Garrison	—	5	129
85	Timothy Volking	—	5	35
86	Michael Halterman	—	4	56
87	Brett Dejong	—	3	270
88	Roger Kelly	—	3	115
89	Joseph Booth JR	—	2	335
90	Bill Clothier	—	2	1,700
91	Bradley Johnson	—	2	975
92	James Kiltoff	—	2	393
93	NA Unknown	—	2	140
94	Michael Young	—	2	41
95	Stan Sams	—	2	34
96	Rogeray Phythian	—	1	2,809
97	Robert Laymon	—	1	965
98	Richard Debler	—	1	522
99	Charlie Slocum	—	1	361
100	Wayne Prince	—	1	447
101	Mitch Mathews	—	1	1,370
102	David Deremer	—	1	614
103	Lawrence Johnson	—	1	381
104	Edwin King	—	1	334
105	Ronald Jones	—	1	323
106	William Maberry SR	—	1	195
107	Chester Lafountaine	—	1	167
108	David Sullivan SR	—	1	148
109	Carl Pitts	—	1	117
110	Mike Harding	—	1	66
111	Howard Bronson	—	1	61
112	Scott Woolley	—	1	51
113	Boyd Wood	—	1	44
114	Anthony Kraut	—	1	36
115	Mike Herman	—	1	34
116	Scott Kiltoff	—	1	29

Ranked by wells drilled in Stevens 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 Stevens County?

Sam Beardslee has drilled the most Stevens County wells in the recent record — 234 since 2016, 356 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Stevens County?

116 companies in the Ecology record have drilled wells in Stevens County; 48 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 Stevens County?

The median drilled depth in Stevens County is 220 ft, based on 7,342 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Stevens County wells page.

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

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