Best well drillers in Yakima County, Washington

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 125 drilling companies with wells on record in Yakima County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 8,192 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.

125companies on record

53active since 2022

8,192wells in county record

#	Company	In Yakima Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Derrick Rank	288	453	470
2	Thomas Mcguire	280	1,397	1,491
3	Gary Lydin	251	952	985
4	Justin Wamsley	249	378	517
5	Michael Robinson	168	377	727
6	Craig Wamsley	55	199	659
7	Lyle Amos	33	100	745
8	Kevin Lydin	28	28	28
9	Daniel Waterman	19	20	108
10	Chad Gregory	18	18	242
11	Jeremy Bach	11	24	739
12	Rick Poulin	6	489	510
13	Stephen Schneider	6	24	90
14	Forest Hoopes	6	12	182
15	Clay Ross	6	6	112
16	William Davis	6	6	62
17	Kevin Boyd	5	5	445
18	Rod Cox	4	50	679
19	Salvador Valenciano	4	8	348
20	Thomas Giles	4	4	46
21	Brandon Brown	3	7	106
22	Brady Voth	3	5	607
23	Derek Vahanian	3	4	28
24	Derek Wilson-Weiler	3	3	210
25	Alex Kerslake	3	3	186
26	Matthew Call	3	3	250
27	Larry Webley	2	4	235
28	Jerry Rank	1	1,246	1,282
29	David Cox	1	26	311
30	Dwayne Person	1	10	208
31	Todd Haney	1	7	705
32	David Smith	1	6	43
33	Audie Mccurdy	1	4	818
34	Blake Harding	1	2	187
35	Justin Egeland	1	2	70
36	Jose Rojas	1	1	268
37	Gerald Gibson	1	1	98
38	Jacob Hansen	1	1	146
39	Andres Alatorre	1	1	70
40	Ryan Harris	1	1	117
41	Daniel Eilers	1	1	536
42	Tyler Schaffer	1	1	29
43	Paul Lodder	1	1	28
44	Brian Heinlen	1	1	80
45	Vernon Rank	—	542	551
46	Larry Cassel	—	231	233
47	Charles White	—	203	206
48	Alan Johns	—	158	164
49	Steven Mills	—	147	719
50	John Riebe	—	121	177
51	William Wentz	—	104	115
52	Dave Ricard	—	90	242
53	Chris Hayes	—	74	256
54	Ronald Ball	—	67	166
55	Jim Hansen	—	54	343
56	Larry Hull	—	42	42
57	Kenneth Blackman	—	37	50
58	Guy Kelly	—	34	176
59	Mike Bach SR	—	30	245
60	Todd Lively	—	25	2,052
61	Michael Young	—	22	41
62	Frank Crowe	—	20	66
63	Jody Carpenter	—	17	120
64	Matt Hammons	—	17	53
65	Marty Rugo	—	16	1,041
66	Larry Mclanahan	—	14	240
67	Roger Kelly	—	14	115
68	Douglas Lane	—	12	374
69	Louie Hanner	—	11	221
70	Bart Moorehead	—	11	214
71	James Robling	—	11	25
72	Frank Crow	—	10	36
73	John Ayers	—	8	99
74	Brendan Peck	—	8	108
75	Mark Wiese	—	7	1,760
76	Brett Phythian	—	7	3,428
77	Peter ST George JR	—	7	501
78	Kelly Olson	—	7	154
79	NA Unknown	—	7	139
80	Richard Crow	—	7	63
81	Robert Kern	—	7	58
82	Brent Barker	—	6	249
83	Brad Forman	—	6	132
84	Joshua Carman	—	6	32
85	Rogeray Phythian	—	5	2,809
86	Daniel Oconnell	—	5	458
87	Self Self	—	5	216
88	Robert Dehle	—	5	80
89	Martin Jensen	—	4	258
90	Brandon Hicks	—	4	337
91	William Bolyard	—	4	108
92	Robert Dobush	—	4	29
93	William Seward	—	3	368
94	Jeffrey Sharp	—	3	222
95	Laurie Faulkes	—	3	48
96	Joshua Koepp	—	2	1,327
97	Matthew Golec	—	2	272
98	Delos Boyce	—	2	83
99	Lynn Bartholomew	—	2	410
100	Timothy Jones	—	2	230
101	Duane Lincoln	—	2	164
102	Randall Holt	—	2	162
103	Thomas ST George	—	2	60
104	John Lewis	—	2	34
105	Rodney Gilseth JR	—	1	183
106	Jim Mcleslie	—	1	393
107	Charles Moore	—	1	914
108	Mitch Mathews	—	1	1,370
109	David Meyer	—	1	1,150
110	Rick Vernon	—	1	416
111	Donald Read JR	—	1	338
112	Michael Morefield	—	1	320
113	James Noonan JR	—	1	300
114	Karl Moore JR	—	1	279
115	Brett Dejong	—	1	270
116	Jeremy Rude	—	1	203
117	Forrest Tennant	—	1	189
118	Fred Emerson	—	1	185
119	Matthew Henningsen	—	1	148
120	Terry Johnson	—	1	107
121	William Corbin	—	1	60
122	Michael Halterman	—	1	56
123	George Burt	—	1	43
124	Edwin Brown	—	1	40
125	Leonard Mcalpine	—	1	35

Ranked by wells drilled in Yakima 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 Yakima County?

Derrick Rank has drilled the most Yakima County wells in the recent record — 288 since 2016, 453 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Yakima County?

125 companies in the Ecology record have drilled wells in Yakima County; 53 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 Yakima County?

The median drilled depth in Yakima County is 185 ft, based on 8,438 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Yakima County wells page.

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

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