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Best well drillers in Lake County, Florida

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 524 drilling companies with wells on record in Lake County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 16,040 logged wells in Florida's water-management districts and county well-permitting programs (records as of 2026-08-14). Every number links back to the public record.

524companies on record
221active since 2022
16,040wells in county record
#CompanyIn Lake Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
1 Cory Ratchford 424 726 2,049
2 Grady Christian 422 869 993
3 Taylor Wiggins 361 363 410
4 Ryan Hadden 147 147 627
5 Bobby Holtzapple 145 145 194
6 Clayton Soden 124 124 734
7 William Hagan 121 121 169
8 Jason Armstrong 116 116 168
9 Reggie Hardwicke 97 292 303
10 Henry Colston 97 105 888
11 Eddie Hull 94 333 379
12 Blake Bogart 91 91 111
13 Michael Tovet 87 87 566
14 Bobby J Holtzapple 75 75 104
15 Tim Myers 67 125 488
16 Reggie C. Hardwicke 61 64 88
17 Tim Simmons 57 72 520
18 Richard Trentham 54 55 675
19 Virgil Howell 53 53 350
20 Trey Huddleston 52 52 722
21 William D Tennant 47 48 171
22 Michael Myers 47 47 62
23 Richard D. Tripp 46 46 47
24 Luis A. Castillo 44 44 191
25 Jason Mance 43 55 407
26 Brandy Durham 42 42 47
27 Steve Young 41 99 470
28 Donald Tindall 41 42 111
29 Hull Well And Pump Service Inc. 39 106 649
30 Chris Phelps 39 60 811
31 Jared Link 38 55 1,075
32 Chad Hall 37 43 1,062
33 Shawn Fitzpatrick 37 37 133
34 Jeff Zeigler 36 53 1,226
35 Keith Ratchford 35 82 584
36 Ruben Cabral 33 33 268
37 Marcus Williams 32 55 455
38 Keith M Sikes 32 32 132
39 Levi Mainard 32 32 87
40 Latrell Lisbon 32 32 35
41 Steve Houck 31 31 242
42 Keith Olson 31 31 95
43 Tony Herrington 30 140 161
44 Danny Richards 30 30 393
45 Caden Barrett 30 30 174
46 Anthony Rizzo 29 33 34
47 Paul Maxwell 29 29 250
48 Dustin Woodrum 29 29 36
49 Allen Moose? 27 705 806
50 Jon Morin 26 34 984
51 Glen Pennington 25 39 399
52 Rick Trentham 25 26 767
53 Greg & Craig Fagan 25 25 35
54 Wesley A Wiggins 24 65 86
55 David Vanlandingham JR 24 24 235
56 John Alford 24 24 123
57 Christian Dodd 20 44 1,265
58 JB Wells And Water 20 20 252
59 Dan Gronholz 19 19 106
60 Kevin Humphrey 19 19 27
61 James Rhoad 18 18 786
62 Colton Stiefel 18 18 27
63 Kyle Ratchford 17 18 85
64 Jose Wagner 17 17 294
65 Tristan Andrews 17 17 145
66 Wesley Wiggins 15 52 63
67 Custom Drilling Services Inc. 15 21 17,556
68 Water Works Inc. 15 20 1,027
69 Shawn Brown 15 15 151
70 Tony Hudson 14 27 108
71 David Hardee 14 14 119
72 Preferred Drilling Solution Inc. 13 15 45,034
73 David Longino 13 13 151
74 Tim Moyer 13 13 129
75 Jacob Larkin 13 13 121
76 David Muffett 12 75 1,253
77 Robby Crowfoot 11 11 1,104
78 David Jones 11 11 75
79 Omar Velazquez 11 11 54
80 Dewayne Mcvvay 10 10 50
81 Jacob Harris 10 10 47
82 Raymond Lebron 9 33 650
83 Clay Soden 9 31 491
84 Justin Evans 9 9 236
85 Keith M Sikes SR 9 9 31
86 Daniel J Loucks 9 9 25
87 Randy Buchhold 8 26 318
88 Affordable Well Drilling & Serv 8 23 6,225
89 Donald Smith 8 21 60
90 William Tennant 8 15 60
91 Brian Ehrhart 8 11 164
92 Tony Neese 8 10 335
93 Mendez Drilling 8 8 2,028
94 Randy Conrad 8 8 228
95 Lane Veal 8 8 35
96 Dave Longino 7 28 479
97 Craig Taylor 7 14 223
98 Kyle Reeves 7 12 101
99 Andrews Site Prep 7 8 2,699
100 Sam Segarra 7 7 141
101 Ulises Torres 7 7 149
102 James Evans IV 7 7 75
103 Jimmy Nussbaumer 6 27 32
104 David Hays 6 15 29
105 Will 6 10 225
106 Todd Townsend 6 8 26
107 Fussell Well Drilling Inc. 6 7 2,682
108 Matthew Montana 6 6 295
109 Derek Dueling 6 6 81
110 Jordan Stone 6 6 29
111 Charles Norris 6 6 27
112 Dan Loucks 5 68 214
113 Jaee Environmental Services 5 5 1,660
114 Dewayne Mcvay 5 5 196
115 Alan Blackwood 5 5 115
116 Alex Cabral 5 5 96
117 Tim Fussell 5 5 60
118 Jesse Delamater 5 5 38
119 R.duncan 5 5 28
120 Huss Drilling Inc. 4 25 15,747
121 Dan Richards 4 16 159
122 T&c Well & Pump LLC 4 5 745
123 Nick Bishop 4 5 203
124 Jacob Ploss 4 4 215
125 Eric Membreno 4 4 180
126 Erik Dankerl (Ces) 4 4 692
127 Tyler Thomas 4 4 71
128 Tim Myers/Ryan Hadden 4 4 43
129 Stephen A Hunt 4 4 57
130 Charlie Christian 3 408 430
131 Eric Parsons 3 33 43
132 Billy Moss 3 30 646
133 Ace Well & Pump 3 27 56
134 Henry Towns 3 20 36
135 Daniel Curtin 3 9 136
136 Roy Rowland 3 9 53
137 Timothy Simmons? 3 6 175
138 Dick Joyce Well Drilling 3 4 242
139 Robby Crofoot 3 3 717
140 Jimmy Skaggs 3 3 98
141 TI Williams 3 3 56
142 Diego Regis 3 3 44
143 Montana Well Drilling Inc. 3 3 72
144 Mitch Pennington 3 3 25
145 Tim Meyers 3 3 29
146 Kenny Brown 3 3 136
147 Allen Moore 2 42 139
148 James Nichols 2 22 284
149 All American Well Drilling 2 18 682
150 Jerry E Thompson JR 2 12 173
151 Jerry Thompson JR 2 8 35
152 Earl's Well Drilling & Pump Ser. 2 7 8,584
153 Charlie 2 6 151
154 Trey Creamer 2 5 92
155 Justin Selway 2 5 41
156 Mickey Ritter 2 4 703
157 Gregory Campbell 2 4 257
158 Paul Otto 2 3 207
159 Jorge Cabrera 2 2 1,152
160 Ground Water Protection 2 2 4,902
161 Greg Fagan Well & Pump Service 2 2 345
162 Jack Patterson 2 2 94
163 Tyler Duncan 2 2 79
164 Angel Coss 2 2 63
165 All County Water LLC 2 2 70
166 Efrain Perdomo 2 2 25
167 DJ Penny 2 2 25
168 Kevin Wiggins? 1 755 804
169 Timothy Myers? 1 126 1,392
170 Wesley Allen Wiggins 1 49 58
171 Robert Herrington? 1 48 48
172 James 1 10 90
173 Salvador Cruz 1 8 72
174 Bryan Nazworth 1 7 292
175 Dunham Well Drilling Inc. 1 6 8,110
176 Dusty Dunaway 1 6 89
177 Bart Andrews 1 4 169
178 Toby Hill 1 3 46
179 Independent Drilling Inc. 1 1 790
180 Apex Well Drilling LLC 1 1 231
181 Paul Poorbaugh 1 1 191
182 Steve Haney LLC 1 1 1,135
183 Jay Mccubbin 1 1 63
184 Joe Baker 1 1 68
185 James Enis 1 1 56
186 Joseph Baker 1 1 39
187 Timothy Gallagher 1 1 34
188 David W Vanlandingham JR 1 1 30
189 Justin Smith 1 1 56
190 George Brandt Well Drilling 1 1 700
191 Jeff Hausinger 1 1 25
192 Randy Nimeth 1 1 56
193 Kenneth Mcneill 1 1 26
194 Rickey Parker? — 977 1,079
195 Durell Langford? — 691 770
196 Lonnie Vanzant — 335 402
197 Johnny Strickland? — 198 202
198 Allen Hardwicke? — 195 248
199 William L. Sima Jr.? — 166 196
200 Coy J. Rainey? — 149 203
201 Tom Seddon — 144 148
202 William Creech? — 141 161
203 Don Schilling — 100 1,241
204 Jackie Fagan? — 99 117
205 Bruce Perry — 89 102
206 John Moore — 83 94
207 Bill Brooks? — 83 88
208 Mike Wells? — 75 86
209 ED Cehi? — 70 77
210 Donald Roberts JR? — 69 73
211 Mike Muffett — 66 633
212 Tom Mccune — 66 81
213 Rod Fagan? — 63 74
214 George E. Hull? — 63 63
215 Joe Cogburn? — 61 61
216 Frank Harrington? — 60 654
217 Tracy Pendarvis — 60 60
218 Andy Fagan? — 59 68
219 Dan Kuhns — 56 60
220 Shane Mccormick — 55 56
221 Mike Miller — 50 163
222 Bruce Cummings? — 50 54
223 Jason Hull — 50 50
224 William Moses — 49 51
225 Coy J. Rainey Jr.? — 43 58
226 David Durden? — 43 45
227 AL Volner? — 42 42
228 Jimmy Trentham? — 40 2,392
229 Eric Teri-Savage? — 40 232
230 Lawrence J Bowen — 39 2,161
231 Clyde Gnann — 39 52
232 Ariel Torres — 38 397
233 Richard Harris? — 38 46
234 James Hullett? — 38 38
235 Randy Dean? — 37 45
236 Durell? — 37 39
237 Sam Wiggins? — 35 47
238 Steve A Wallace — 35 43
239 Mike Wills? — 35 40
240 Don Matz? — 34 151
241 Jim Dodge — 32 67
242 Brian Ross? — 31 32
243 Edward J Cehi? — 30 31
244 Joe ? — 29 144
245 William L. Sima Jr. Ellis Well Drilling? — 29 33
246 Locke Well & Pump Co. — 28 62
247 F. L. Hicks? — 28 29
248 John Rochford? — 28 29
249 Richard Koltunski? — 27 499
250 Kevin Wigg? — 27 28
251 Jim Dodge 7276 — 26 26
252 Jon Yarema — 25 291
253 Darren Pscion — 25 174
254 Eddie Palmer — 25 167
255 Eugene Baur? — 25 76
256 Kevin Reffuse — 24 173
257 Edward Cehi — 23 25
258 Ken Wiggs? — 22 30
259 Swallace? — 22 27
260 Leo Cruz — 21 43
261 Earthwork Company OF Central — 20 130
262 Ron Moore? — 20 79
263 Randall Buchhold? — 20 59
264 J. Lopez? — 20 45
265 Hank Howard — 20 42
266 Mike Konders? — 20 27
267 Durell Landford — 19 32
268 Allens Well Drilling Inc. — 18 208
269 Jimmy Trantham? — 18 279
270 Peter Erdmann? — 18 240
271 Mike Burk? — 17 277
272 Rick Miller? — 17 87
273 Reggie Reis? — 17 63
274 Justin Cockayne — 17 39
275 Jerry Thompson — 16 76
276 David Vanlandingham — 16 263
277 A & B Well Drilling Inc. — 16 236
278 Roderick Fuller? — 16 53
279 Jeff Stillson? — 15 183
280 Danny Buchler? — 15 90
281 Budy W. Mis? — 15 25
282 Tuck Trentham — 14 1,544
283 Carey Maxwell? — 14 35
284 Water Ser. Incd/B/A Ellis W D — 13 37
285 Randy Duncan — 12 87
286 A T I-Drilling Inc. — 12 5,935
287 Albert Wootens Well Drilling — 12 5,425
288 Earl Muffett? — 12 182
289 Kilpatrick Well Drilling — 12 32
290 George Taylor — 11 411
291 Michael Ferguson? — 11 29
292 Jerry E Thompson — 10 59
293 John Cornett — 10 487
294 Carl Vanzant — 10 112
295 Brian Evans — 9 975
296 Kevin Valentino — 9 549
297 Russ Wilkie? — 9 242
298 Michael A. Brewer? — 9 130
299 Dmc Industries, Inc. — 8 4,370
300 Charles Bucher? — 8 201
301 Wiggins Bros. Well Drilling Inc. — 8 30
302 Central State Well Drilling — 8 1,775
303 Doug Heath? — 8 156
304 Edwin Broxton? — 8 70
305 Mike Brewer? — 8 59
306 Ralph Jennings — 8 52
307 Tim Borne — 8 45
308 Doug Jurss — 8 41
309 David A. Stewart, Jr.? — 7 156
310 Greg Campbell — 7 142
311 Jerry Mcdonald? — 7 120
312 Mark Murray? — 7 105
313 Mike Claytor? — 7 94
314 Isaac Gallant — 7 90
315 Lewis M. Dykes? — 7 75
316 Shayne Wallace — 7 73
317 Robert Schmidt? — 7 54
318 Isacc Gallant — 7 48
319 Fred Argabrite Well & Pump — 7 47
320 Lake Well & Service — 7 39
321 Terry — 6 121
322 David Schmidt — 6 1,390
323 Permit Personal — 6 1,601
324 Toomer & Associates — 6 1,594
325 Albert E Smith? — 6 1,058
326 Bob Taylor Well Drilling — 6 983
327 Donnie Smith — 6 358
328 Bob Evans? — 6 143
329 John Bryant — 6 127
330 Garry Lentz? — 6 95
331 Lee Tate? — 6 91
332 Martin Drilling — 6 52
333 Coy Rainey — 6 46
334 Eric Teri Sauage — 6 38
335 Russ Everett? — 6 33
336 Clinton Smith — 6 32
337 Raymond Robinson — 5 123
338 Patterson Well Drilling Co. — 5 219
339 Roy Rushing? — 5 39
340 S.w.f.w.m.d. — 5 1,685
341 Cecil Collier — 5 690
342 Kenneth Brown — 5 464
343 Albert Smith? — 5 319
344 Lamar Wilson? — 5 93
345 Gary Wagner? — 5 81
346 Chris Odom — 5 81
347 Roger Hutchison — 5 80
348 Greg Waxel? — 5 74
349 Michael E. Burk? — 5 74
350 Cory Cone — 5 67
351 Green Well Drilling LLC — 4 2,072
352 James Cornelio — 4 1,121
353 Smith Well Drilling — 4 1,182
354 A. W. Floyd Jr.? — 4 401
355 Armand Rigby — 4 244
356 Pete Erdmann? — 4 203
357 Nick Smarrito? — 4 170
358 Ronald Bassett — 4 131
359 Daniel J. Race? — 4 111
360 Dennis Nix — 4 84
361 Larry Pugh? — 4 65
362 Central Testing Laboratory — 4 63
363 Josh Welch — 4 57
364 Lewis Dykes? — 4 56
365 Keith? — 4 36
366 Larry Pitt? — 4 35
367 David Shanaway? — 4 33
368 Floyd N Goodall JR — 4 33
369 L B — 4 29
370 Jim Jewett? — 4 29
371 Tony Winkleman — 3 803
372 James Hinst — 3 139
373 Tony — 3 41
374 Thompson Well & Pump Inc. — 3 45
375 Jimmy? — 3 42
376 Atlantic Directional Drilling — 3 6,261
377 Environmental Drilling Service — 3 4,764
378 Harry Cannon Well Drilling — 3 2,336
379 Whitman Well Drilling — 3 1,026
380 Al's Well Drilling — 3 735
381 Charles H. Trentham — 3 366
382 Paxton & Sons — 3 358
383 James Przemieniecki? — 3 279
384 John Ward? — 3 137
385 Michael Echols — 3 122
386 Dan Meister? — 3 110
387 John Hardison — 3 95
388 Anwar Hak — 3 89
389 James Hullett Well & Pump Inc. — 3 84
390 Frank Sherrouse — 3 78
391 Kevin Reeves — 3 75
392 Meredith Corporation — 3 68
393 John Catron — 3 52
394 Walter Hall — 3 48
395 David Searfoss — 3 42
396 Jeff Bair? — 3 37
397 David L Shanaway? — 3 32
398 Lance Starling? — 3 27
399 Spring Hill Well Drilling — 2 19,323
400 National Env Technology Inc. — 2 7,076
401 B & C Enterprises — 2 3,155
402 Tampa Well Drilling — 2 9,457
403 David Shelton Pump Repair Inc. — 2 2,048
404 Mortensen Engineering Inc. — 2 4,603
405 David — 2 338
406 Benjamin Skipper — 2 83
407 Dave — 2 40
408 Chris Burger — 2 49
409 Ricky — 2 116
410 Mid-Florida Well Drilling Inc. — 2 5,579
411 Tom Burke Services — 2 2,869
412 Discount Well & Pump Service Inc. — 2 1,455
413 Paul — 2 1,223
414 Whatley Pump & Well Co. — 2 527
415 Joe Johnson — 2 450
416 James H Nichols? — 2 305
417 Robert Uccello? — 2 303
418 Pritchard Well Drilling — 2 297
419 T & H Well Drilling — 2 268
420 Ward & Son Well Drilling — 2 193
421 Marquardt Well Drilling — 2 137
422 Mitch Ousley? — 2 126
423 Michael Bryson? — 2 90
424 Jay K Wasden? — 2 64
425 David Hearne? — 2 62
426 Richard Reed? — 2 55
427 Leroy A Winkler? — 2 54
428 John P Duane — 2 50
429 Billy K Mcclain? — 2 50
430 Eastern Drilling LLC/Richie Marl — 2 48
431 Duane Patten? — 2 38
432 Henry M Towns — 2 31
433 Michael Burk? — 2 31
434 Bill Gray? — 2 29
435 Timothy L Myers — 2 29
436 Jam H Nich? — 2 29
437 Kevin L. Reeves? — 2 28
438 Michael Brewer? — 2 26
439 Geoff Romano — 2 26
440 Citrus Park Well Drilling Inc. — 1 3,131
441 Larry Sheley — 1 1,742
442 Bass Well Drilling — 1 2,771
443 Tony Stamper — 1 2,950
444 Donnies Well Drilling, Inc. — 1 1,425
445 David Cannon Well Drilling Inc. — 1 5,520
446 Environmental Consulting — 1 1,158
447 Cascade Drilling LP — 1 7,025
448 Envirotrac — 1 1,404
449 Mid-South Well Drilling Inc. — 1 2,185
450 Steve Feagin — 1 190
451 Buren Alderman — 1 1,158
452 Brandon Selph? — 1 364
453 Douglas Well Drilling — 1 942
454 Grosch Drilling & Irrigation Co. — 1 161
455 Applied Drilling Engineering Inc. — 1 758
456 Kenyon Howard — 1 38
457 Bobby Layman — 1 417
458 Jamie Cornelio — 1 182
459 Bobby Williams — 1 40
460 Charles? — 1 30
461 Luffman Well Drilling LLC — 1 578
462 Mixon Foundation & Drilling — 1 5,121
463 F.b.mccray Well Drilling Inc. — 1 2,996
464 Sherrouse Well Drilling — 1 2,225
465 Guest Well Drilling Company, Inc. — 1 2,168
466 C.s. Paxton & Sons Well Drilling — 1 1,697
467 Ken Whatley Well Drilling — 1 1,539
468 Joseph C Cannon Sr. — 1 1,458
469 Charlie Chandler Jr.? — 1 1,294
470 Hydrologic Florida, Inc. — 1 1,200
471 Luther A Tullis SR — 1 1,169
472 Darryl E. Wertz Well Drilling — 1 1,011
473 George W Jean Well Drilling — 1 918
474 Bill's Well Drilling — 1 672
475 Drilling C Delta — 1 635
476 Bishops Pump Repair — 1 630
477 Lamphere Well Drilling — 1 577
478 Curtis Newberry JR Well Drilling — 1 551
479 Chief's Well Drilling — 1 453
480 Robert E Warensford — 1 337
481 Gordy Drilling — 1 331
482 Springs Pump Co. — 1 289
483 Jack Brooks? — 1 266
484 Cargill Fertilizer Inc. — 1 247
485 Kenneth Riker — 1 241
486 James L Feeley? — 1 231
487 Jim Hinst? — 1 152
488 Lowell H Cray — 1 146
489 Ward. Marion — 1 108
490 Murdock Well Drilling — 1 108
491 Corey L Hook — 1 98
492 Gary Clippard? — 1 98
493 Gerald R Frink — 1 96
494 Greg Mcneill — 1 94
495 Leo Weaver? — 1 83
496 Vic Mansfield? — 1 81
497 Anton Suarez — 1 79
498 James H Nich — 1 78
499 Frank Pittsley — 1 76
500 Thomas Gunderman — 1 74
501 David P. Ciehanoski — 1 74
502 Tony Wink Leman — 1 60
503 Tim Smith? — 1 59
504 William Lindsey? — 1 57
505 L J B — 1 56
506 Rodney Ethridge — 1 51
507 E. Smitherman — 1 48
508 Universal Drilling Services Co. — 1 46
509 RJ Soto — 1 38
510 Don Mixon? — 1 36
511 Terry D Elmore? — 1 34
512 Lance Chaney — 1 34
513 Bubba Tait — 1 33
514 Tom Corson? — 1 32
515 F. N. Goodall — 1 32
516 Rick Bass — 1 31
517 John Mitchell — 1 31
518 Randolph Morgan? — 1 29
519 J. Reyome? — 1 29
520 Darin Hoffman — 1 28
521 L J Bow — 1 27
522 Carl Jenkins — 1 26
523 George Matchett — 1 26
524 Bryan Godwin — 1 26

Ranked by wells drilled in Lake County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full FL WMD/county 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 Lake County?

Cory Ratchford has drilled the most Lake County wells in the recent record — 424 since 2016, 726 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Lake County?

524 companies in the FL WMD/county record have drilled wells in Lake County; 221 of them have drilled somewhere in Florida since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

How deep is a typical well in Lake County?

The median drilled depth in Lake County is 150 ft, based on 28,897 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Lake County wells page.

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

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