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Best well drillers in Shelby County, Iowa

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 31 drilling companies with wells on record in Shelby County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,522 logged wells in the Iowa DNR Well Information System (IWIS) (records as of 2026-08-24). Every number links back to the public record.

31companies on record
16active since 2022
1,522wells in county record
#CompanyIn Shelby Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Rollins,Paul - 4809 19 40 471
2 Meeker,Rick - 7276 4 27 278
3 Arkfeld,Jayme - 1251 2 38 124
4 Jacobs,David - 3204 2 32 585
5 Gingerich,Corwin - 2638 1 5 2,281
6 Warrick,John - 5708 1 4 187
7 Bresnahan,Ron - 1626 1 2 801
8 Rieschick,Roy - 4749 1 1 46
9 * Unknown, - 1,219 96,967
10 Jacobs,David - 40528 37 318
11 Arkfeld, Clem & Sons 27 34
12 Meeker,Ronald - 3971 19 565
13 Arkfeld,Jayme - 40624 15 51
14 * Owner, - 10 733
15 Meeker,Ronald - 40277 7 200
16 Tebedo,Michael - 40529 6 35
17 Rollins,Paul - 40052 5 394
18 Rewerts, Justin 4 98
19 Gingerich,Klint - 2639 3 2,501
20 Allen,Joseph - 1035 3 997
21 Meeker Well Company 3 32
22 Carey,James - 8244 2 162
23 Andersen,Gary - 10145 2 80
24 Weilage,Don - 1138 2 364
25 Henry,Fred S - 40596 2 190
26 Adams,Trint - 7075 2 38
27 Anderson,Nathan - 7386 1 130
28 Akers,Allen - 1023 1 75
29 Meeker, Ronald 1 33
30 Jacobs,Charles - 40069 1 32
31 Adams,Michael - 7432 1 31

Ranked by wells drilled in Shelby 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 Shelby County?

Rollins,Paul - 4809 has drilled the most Shelby County wells in the recent record — 19 since 2016, 40 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Shelby County?

31 companies in the Iowa DNR record have drilled wells in Shelby County; 16 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 Shelby County?

The median drilled depth in Shelby County is 36 ft, based on 2,586 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Shelby County wells page.

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

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