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Best well drillers in Buchanan County, Iowa
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 67 drilling companies with wells
on record in Buchanan County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,602 logged
wells in the Iowa DNR Well Information System (IWIS) (records as of 2026-08-24). Every number links back to
the public record.
67companies on record
23active since 2022
2,602wells in county record
| # | Company | In Buchanan Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Speidel,Steve - 5240 | 50 | 259 | 930 |
| 2 | Ogden,Ben - 6714 | 41 | 74 | 1,040 |
| 3 | * Unknown, - | 30 | 1,394 | 96,967 |
| 4 | Halweg, JR,David - 10712 | 10 | 13 | 192 |
| 5 | Martin,Gary - 3845 | 9 | 29 | 1,472 |
| 6 | Gingerich,Klint - 2639 | 7 | 15 | 2,501 |
| 7 | Allen,Joseph - 1035 | 6 | 21 | 997 |
| 8 | Erickson,Craig - 7918 | 5 | 7 | 917 |
| 9 | Manson,Mark - 11709 | 5 | 6 | 278 |
| 10 | Ogden,Jeffrey - 4326 | 4 | 41 | 154 |
| 11 | Handke,James - 10838 | 4 | 4 | 115 |
| 12 | Brandenburg,Neil - 1610 | 3 | 23 | 662 |
| 13 | Gelement,Valentin - 10711 | 3 | 4 | 383 |
| 14 | Gingerich,Corwin - 2638 | 2 | 21 | 2,281 |
| 15 | Shawver Well Co. | 2 | 7 | 784 |
| 16 | Shawver,Gary - 5066 | 1 | 85 | 242 |
| 17 | Meyer,Seth - 10205 | 1 | 3 | 232 |
| 18 | Speidel,David - 5239 | 1 | 2 | 30 |
| 19 | Gingerich Well Co. | 1 | 1 | 525 |
| 20 | Speidel,Steve - 40253 | — | 90 | 614 |
| 21 | Weber,Loras - 6478 | — | 72 | 134 |
| 22 | Mcburney,Lyle - 40651 | — | 44 | 197 |
| 23 | Mcburney,Lyle - 3877 | — | 31 | 111 |
| 24 | Jones,Randy - 40309 | — | 30 | 585 |
| 25 | Greiner,Bradley - 40272 | — | 26 | 359 |
| 26 | Ogden,Richard - 40736 | — | 24 | 80 |
| 27 | Brandenburg,Neil - 40120 | — | 20 | 577 |
| 28 | Greiner,Kenneth - 2731 | — | 20 | 229 |
| 29 | Freese,Rick - 2544 | — | 19 | 704 |
| 30 | Shawver,Gary - 40611 | — | 19 | 417 |
| 31 | Weber,Loras - 40683 | — | 17 | 58 |
| 32 | Shawver,Ryan - 6475 | — | 17 | 56 |
| 33 | Turnis,James - 5535 | — | 16 | 123 |
| 34 | Greiner,Bradley - 2729 | — | 13 | 94 |
| 35 | Halweg,David - 2814 | — | 12 | 274 |
| 36 | Bunting,James - 1726 | — | 11 | 512 |
| 37 | Halweg,David - 40162 | — | 10 | 561 |
| 38 | Jones,Randy - 3319 | — | 9 | 341 |
| 39 | Speidel,David - 40254 | — | 9 | 69 |
| 40 | Mcburney,Dan - 3876 | — | 9 | 33 |
| 41 | * Owner, - | — | 8 | 733 |
| 42 | Ogden,Jeffrey - 40478 | — | 7 | 219 |
| 43 | Bunting,James - 40121 | — | 6 | 551 |
| 44 | Gaffney,Jeffery - 10108 | — | 5 | 30 |
| 45 | Mcburney Well Co. | — | 5 | 27 |
| 46 | Harris Iii, Alfred | — | 5 | 25 |
| 47 | Martin,Gary - 40473 | — | 4 | 331 |
| 48 | Mineart,Matthew - 7920 | — | 4 | 57 |
| 49 | Mcburney,Chad - 9240 | — | 4 | 34 |
| 50 | Mellick,Thomas - 7058 | — | 3 | 304 |
| 51 | Brown, Scott | — | 3 | 29 |
| 52 | Gingerich,Dillon - 10177 | — | 2 | 30 |
| 53 | Freese,Rick - 40520 | — | 2 | 248 |
| 54 | Kelso,James - 3391 | — | 2 | 132 |
| 55 | Harmon,Tony - 6503 | — | 2 | 71 |
| 56 | Miller,Rodney - 6955 | — | 2 | 68 |
| 57 | Andersen,Gary - 10145 | — | 1 | 80 |
| 58 | Thorpe,Tommy - 8508 | — | 1 | 44 |
| 59 | Grimm,Cynthia - 40103 | — | 1 | 963 |
| 60 | Ogden,Luke - 6715 | — | 1 | 37 |
| 61 | Gingerich,Klint - 40046 | — | 1 | 1,353 |
| 62 | Benter, Keith | — | 1 | 86 |
| 63 | Benter,Keith - 40119 | — | 1 | 76 |
| 64 | Dewoody,Bradley - 6630 | — | 1 | 54 |
| 65 | List,Todd - 40744 | — | 1 | 40 |
| 66 | Budke,Ryan - 7061 | — | 1 | 36 |
| 67 | Lewis,Mark - 40675 | — | 1 | 32 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Buchanan 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 Buchanan County?
Speidel,Steve - 5240 has drilled the most Buchanan County wells in the recent record — 50 since 2016, 259 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Buchanan County?
67 companies in the Iowa DNR record have drilled wells in Buchanan County; 23 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 Buchanan County?
The median drilled depth in Buchanan County is 145 ft, based on 4,089 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Buchanan County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Buchanan County wells page.
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