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Best well drillers in Richland County, Montana
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 72 drilling companies with wells
on record in Richland County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 3,466 logged
wells in Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Ground Water Information Center (GWIC) (records as of 2026-07-27). Every number links back to
the public record.
72companies on record
28active since 2022
3,466wells in county record
| # | Company | In Richland Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Thermal Drill Inc. | 98 | 400 | 465 |
| 2 | Sharp Drilling Inc. | 80 | 256 | 772 |
| 3 | Solid Waterwell Drilling | 65 | 91 | 104 |
| 4 | Agri Industries Inc. | 64 | 428 | 1,429 |
| 5 | Montana Highway Dept. | 49 | 49 | 370 |
| 6 | Dls Contracting | 27 | 34 | 140 |
| 7 | H & H Drilling | 25 | 89 | 1,083 |
| 8 | Mbmg | 16 | 16 | 30 |
| 9 | MT Bureau OF Mines & Geology | 13 | 15 | 620 |
| 10 | MT Dept OF Transportation | 10 | 29 | 5,869 |
| 11 | SK Geotechnical Co. | 10 | 10 | 434 |
| 12 | Erickson Drilling & Pump Co. | 8 | 8 | 803 |
| 13 | Askin Drilling | 7 | 44 | 5,092 |
| 14 | S & S Drilling | 7 | 8 | 63 |
| 15 | Badger Drilling & Well Service LLC | 7 | 7 | 44 |
| 16 | Bridger Drilling Inc. | 5 | 21 | 2,382 |
| 17 | Pioneer Technical Services Inc. | 5 | 5 | 204 |
| 18 | Terracon | 4 | 4 | 122 |
| 19 | Montana Tech | 4 | 4 | 43 |
| 20 | Hansen Environmental Drilling | 3 | 93 | 1,195 |
| 21 | Clayton Larson | 3 | 15 | 111 |
| 22 | West Central Environmental Consultants | 3 | 3 | 291 |
| 23 | Wahl Construction | 1 | 2 | 245 |
| 24 | Aaqua Drilling Inc. | 1 | 1 | 5,240 |
| 25 | Boyce Drilling | — | 615 | 831 |
| 26 | Gendron | — | 312 | 330 |
| 27 | Salsbury Well Drilling Inc. | — | 276 | 317 |
| 28 | Gulbraa | — | 129 | 158 |
| 29 | Petersen | — | 103 | 104 |
| 30 | Haggerty Drilling | — | 41 | 3,618 |
| 31 | Schmid | — | 37 | 37 |
| 32 | Jimison | — | 33 | 133 |
| 33 | Mocko | — | 30 | 34 |
| 34 | Lloyd | — | 28 | 130 |
| 35 | Montana Salinity Control Association | — | 24 | 2,583 |
| 36 | Pickett | — | 23 | 347 |
| 37 | Haz Tech Drilling Inc. | — | 20 | 2,135 |
| 38 | Mark Adair Drilling | — | 17 | 844 |
| 39 | Braun | — | 17 | 129 |
| 40 | Higgins Drilling Company | — | 14 | 953 |
| 41 | E.c. Gendron | — | 12 | 45 |
| 42 | Simpson | — | 11 | 124 |
| 43 | Douglas Drilling | — | 8 | 1,060 |
| 44 | Anderson Drilling | — | 8 | 1,057 |
| 45 | Carlson | — | 8 | 115 |
| 46 | Western | — | 7 | 202 |
| 47 | Y-Environmental | — | 6 | 94 |
| 48 | Starr | — | 6 | 90 |
| 49 | MT Poverty Water Well Drilling | — | 5 | 408 |
| 50 | Whitmer & Sons Drilling | — | 5 | 72 |
| 51 | Johnson | — | 4 | 658 |
| 52 | Wwc Engineering | — | 3 | 52 |
| 53 | Gordon Drilling Inc. | — | 3 | 1,128 |
| 54 | Sunrise Drilling Inc. | — | 3 | 392 |
| 55 | Adair Drilling | — | 3 | 45 |
| 56 | Central Drilling Inc. | — | 2 | 1,101 |
| 57 | Western Drilling Co. | — | 2 | 229 |
| 58 | H & R | — | 2 | 211 |
| 59 | Starz | — | 2 | 71 |
| 60 | Northern Pacific Railway | — | 2 | 63 |
| 61 | Adkison | — | 2 | 51 |
| 62 | Eslinger Drilling & Pump Service | — | 1 | 4,560 |
| 63 | Kelly Drilling | — | 1 | 153 |
| 64 | Advanced Well Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 811 |
| 65 | Carlson Drilling | — | 1 | 470 |
| 66 | Simpson Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 354 |
| 67 | Joe Johnson Drilling | — | 1 | 126 |
| 68 | Whitmer Drilling | — | 1 | 121 |
| 69 | Woelich Drilling | — | 1 | 88 |
| 70 | Russell | — | 1 | 80 |
| 71 | Berkholtz | — | 1 | 52 |
| 72 | Walt Fasch Drilling | — | 1 | 41 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Richland County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full GWIC
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 Richland County?
Thermal Drill Inc. has drilled the most Richland County wells in the recent record — 98 since 2016, 400 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Richland County?
72 companies in the GWIC record have drilled wells in Richland County; 28 of them have drilled somewhere in Montana since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Richland County?
The median drilled depth in Richland County is 80 ft, based on 5,003 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Richland County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Richland County wells page.
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