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Best well drillers in Pocahontas County, Iowa

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 42 drilling companies with wells on record in Pocahontas County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,600 logged wells in the Iowa DNR Well Information System (IWIS) (records as of 2026-08-24). Every number links back to the public record.

42companies on record
15active since 2022
1,600wells in county record
#CompanyIn Pocahontas Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Elbert,Rick - 2335 25 98 918
2 Scheiber,Brady - 11512 21 26 226
3 Wernimont,Gary - 6669 19 57 593
4 Strand,Michael - 5350 18 31 305
5 Elbert,Joshua - 13022 9 12 66
6 Middendorff,Craig - 4021 5 45 561
7 Estlund,Matt - 2379 5 21 1,567
8 Walker,Jeremy - 6087 5 7 656
9 Middendorff Well Co. 1 13 239
10 Bresnahan,Ron - 1626 1 2 801
11 Merriman,Larry - 3996 1 1 298
12 * Unknown, - 1,021 96,967
13 Elbert,Rick - 40131 61 323
14 Middendorff,Craig - 40093 59 445
15 Steece,Larry - 5273 22 278
16 Middendorff, Craig 16 225
17 Baskerville Plumbing 16 27
18 Winkler,James - 40228 11 134
19 Rewerts, Jerry 10 103
20 Steece,Larry - 40492 9 129
21 * Owner, - 8 733
22 Elbert Bros Well Drilling 8 83
23 Elbert,Bill - 40130 8 82
24 Rosenquist,Lynn - 40034 6 184
25 Estlund,Matt - 40055 4 488
26 Schumacher,Jim - 40097 4 312
27 Rosenquist,Lynn - 4824 3 91
28 Larson,Riley - 8416 2 594
29 Vandebrake,Larry - 40074 2 402
30 Schumacher Well Co. 2 161
31 Schumacher,Dale - 6471 2 60
32 Winkler, James 2 39
33 Winkler Well Drilling 2 36
34 Gingerich,Corwin - 2638 1 2,281
35 Christiansen,John - 1887 1 325
36 Winkler,James - 5893 1 147
37 Christensen,Bob - 40144 1 125
38 Thein,David - 5441 1 97
39 Ulrich,Jerry - 5553 1 53
40 Beemer,Patrick - 1405 1 45
41 Cahoy,Darin - 1786 1 27
42 Strand,Michael - 40631 1 25

Ranked by wells drilled in Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County?

Elbert,Rick - 2335 has drilled the most Pocahontas County wells in the recent record — 25 since 2016, 98 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Pocahontas County?

42 companies in the Iowa DNR record have drilled wells in Pocahontas County; 15 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 Pocahontas County?

The median drilled depth in Pocahontas County is 105 ft, based on 2,160 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Pocahontas County wells page.

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

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