Best well drillers in Putnam County, Florida

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 317 drilling companies with wells on record in Putnam County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 7,591 logged wells in Florida's water-management districts and county well-permitting programs (records as of 2026-09-28). Every number links back to the public record.

317companies on record

138active since 2022

7,591wells in county record

#	Company	In Putnam Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	James Cornelio	453	889	1,123
2	Loyd Plaisted	442	726	956
3	Austin Layman	342	342	435
4	Jeff Kinard	208	208	257
5	Hunter Winkleman	145	145	160
6	Shawn Dowdy	134	540	834
7	Tony Winkleman	109	738	803
8	Steve Feagin	104	155	193
9	Jeffrey Kinard	102	102	118
10	Shawn Brown	76	76	151
11	Dennis Layman	59	60	82
12	Caden Barrett	58	58	174
13	Tristan Andrews	41	41	145
14	Hunter	41	41	47
15	Melvin Sanchez	37	38	66
16	Taylor Scruggs	32	32	119
17	Dennis Layman, Cherin Layman	32	32	36
18	David Hardee	31	31	119
19	James Rhoad	28	28	786
20	Henry Colston	27	30	888
21	Tim Moyer	25	25	129
22	Robby Crofoot	23	23	717
23	Tyler Thomas	23	23	71
24	Loyd Plasted	22	25	50
25	Austin Layman, Cherin Layman	22	22	35
26	Cevin Hammock	18	18	30
27	Grady Christian	17	18	994
28	Andrew Van Wie	17	17	128
29	Randy Duncan	16	18	87
30	Dewayne Mcvay	16	16	200
31	Michael Griffith	15	15	25
32	Mickey Ritter	14	14	709
33	David Vanlandingham JR	13	13	235
34	Jamie Cornelio	12	113	182
35	Steve Houck	12	12	242
36	Diego Regis	12	12	44
37	Todd Clark	11	11	108
38	Jeff Zeigler	10	41	1,236
39	Trey Huddleston	10	10	722
40	Bobby Layman	9	273	417
41	Billy Moss	9	12	646
42	Dillan Clyatt	9	10	34
43	Jason Mance	8	8	407
44	Jay Mccubbin	7	7	63
45	Bart Andrews	6	57	169
46	Bubba Tait	6	7	33
47	Robby Crowfoot	6	6	1,104
48	Clayton Soden	6	6	737
49	Duane Taylor	6	6	691
50	Virgil Howell	6	6	350
51	Ruben Cabral	6	6	268
52	Brendan Busbee	6	6	143
53	Derek Dueling	6	6	81
54	Kamryn Underhill	6	6	62
55	R.duncan	6	6	28
56	Jared Link	5	49	1,076
57	Tony	5	6	41
58	Vcc	5	5	396
59	Justin B	5	5	373
60	Dan Gronholz	5	5	111
61	George Freeman	5	5	455
62	Dewayne Mcvvay	5	5	50
63	Will Rockenstyre	5	5	44
64	Jackie P	4	4	381
65	Sam Segarra	4	4	145
66	Brian Ehrhart	4	4	164
67	Alan Blackwood	4	4	115
68	Roy Rowland	3	15	53
69	Kenneth Riker	3	12	241
70	Paul Poorbaugh	3	11	194
71	Philip Miller	3	5	35
72	James	3	4	90
73	Jacob Ploss	3	3	215
74	C. Allen Daymon	3	3	259
75	Clay Walker	3	3	56
76	David W Vanlandingham JR	3	3	30
77	Gerald W Smith JR	3	3	97
78	Chris Perry	2	35	58
79	Bryan Nazworth	2	7	292
80	Danny Richards	2	2	393
81	Michael Tovet	2	2	566
82	Eric Membreno	2	2	187
83	Paul Otto	2	2	207
84	Paul A Poorbaugh	2	2	75
85	Brett Blanton	2	2	38
86	Jozsef D	2	2	91
87	Ronald Moore	1	62	192
88	Ricky Layman	1	38	46
89	Ariel Torres	1	29	397
90	Philip E Miller	1	19	126
91	W Smitherman	1	11	73
92	David Muffett	1	6	1,253
93	Everette Heffner	1	3	390
94	Kevin Lohr?	1	3	208
95	Burt Bishop?	1	2	639
96	Jon Morin	1	1	992
97	After Hours Well & Pump	1	1	362
98	Blair A	1	1	295
99	Alan K	1	1	254
100	Bobby Holtzapple	1	1	201
101	Luis A. Castillo	1	1	195
102	C. Allen Daymon Jr.	1	1	243
103	Justin Evans	1	1	237
104	Clyde Perry	1	1	183
105	Chris Adams	1	1	139
106	Ulises Torres	1	1	149
107	Justin Sullivan	1	1	230
108	Alex Cabral	1	1	96
109	Cory W	1	1	90
110	David Jones	1	1	90
111	Jonathan Britton	1	1	73
112	Brandy Durham	1	1	47
113	Jimmy Larsen	1	1	34
114	Lawrence Cuccurullo	1	1	301
115	Charles Norris	1	1	28
116	Clay Soden	1	1	491
117	Latrell Lisbon	1	1	35
118	AJ Melendez	1	1	25
119	Ronald D. Moore?	—	400	901
120	Winston Moore	—	246	437
121	Loyd	—	152	190
122	John Burkett?	—	116	122
123	Ricky	—	62	116
124	Mathew Dowdy	—	59	61
125	Tony Wink Leman	—	53	60
126	Jacob Larkin	—	33	121
127	Anton Suarez	—	32	79
128	Robert Suit	—	31	56
129	Anthony Moore	—	26	27
130	R. T. Vermeulen?	—	25	32
131	Glenn Mcgollie?	—	24	163
132	J. Reyome?	—	23	29
133	Christian Dodd	—	19	1,265
134	Richard Koltunski?	—	19	499
135	Marty Layman	—	15	34
136	Lee Tate?	—	14	91
137	Kevin Reffuse	—	13	173
138	Bob Evans?	—	13	143
139	David Hearne?	—	13	62
140	E. Smitherman	—	13	48
141	Jamie Cornelis	—	13	38
142	Sean Whalen	—	13	25
143	Raymond Lebron	—	12	650
144	Robert Smith	—	12	35
145	K. Florio?	—	11	201
146	Eddie Palmer	—	11	167
147	Anwar Hak	—	11	89
148	Dennis Gibbs	—	11	56
149	Glen Pennington	—	10	399
150	Russ Wilkie?	—	10	242
151	Tommy Layman	—	10	169
152	Doug Heath?	—	10	156
153	Daniel J. Race?	—	10	111
154	Carl Jenkins	—	10	26
155	James Hinst	—	9	139
156	Tony Hudson	—	9	108
157	Kevin Valentino	—	9	549
158	Mike Nicholson	—	9	441
159	P. T. Miller?	—	9	199
160	Chris Burger	—	8	49
161	Randall C Woodard SR	—	8	26
162	Lamar Wilson?	—	7	93
163	P E Miller	—	7	52
164	Shane Nowlen?	—	7	51
165	J. Lopez?	—	7	45
166	Tommy Higginbotham	—	6	1,335
167	Randy Conrad	—	6	228
168	Lawrence J Bowen	—	6	2,161
169	Jon Yarema	—	6	291
170	Vic Mansfield?	—	6	81
171	William Lindsey?	—	6	57
172	Jon Kriksciukas	—	6	36
173	Tony Hutchins?	—	5	109
174	Jeff Weatherford?	—	5	760
175	John Cornett	—	5	487
176	Albert Smith?	—	5	319
177	Pete Erdmann?	—	5	203
178	John Ward?	—	5	137
179	Jerry Mcdonald?	—	5	120
180	Leo Weaver?	—	5	83
181	Forrest L Moody?	—	5	39
182	Albert E Smith?	—	4	1,058
183	Randy Baker?	—	4	1,046
184	Richard Hazelton?	—	4	585
185	Daniel Curtin	—	4	136
186	Mitch Ousley?	—	4	126
187	Jim Roberts?	—	4	85
188	Dennis Perez?	—	4	71
189	D. Spencer?	—	4	67
190	Clyde Gnann	—	4	52
191	Clinton Smith	—	4	32
192	Lance Starling?	—	4	27
193	William Young?	—	4	26
194	George Matchett	—	4	26
195	Chris Phelps	—	3	814
196	Ira Merritt	—	3	34
197	Roy Rushing?	—	3	39
198	Don Schilling	—	3	1,241
199	Rickey Parker?	—	3	1,078
200	Jim Mason	—	3	729
201	Bill Johnson	—	3	721
202	David Coulter	—	3	717
203	Mike Muffett	—	3	633
204	Alan Kelly	—	3	511
205	Clarence A Daymon?	—	3	378
206	Charles Griggs	—	3	284
207	Kenneth T Riker?	—	3	249
208	Allen Hardwicke?	—	3	248
209	Jeff Stillson?	—	3	183
210	Nick Smarrito?	—	3	170
211	Mark Murray?	—	3	105
212	Jim Moson?	—	3	99
213	Dusty Dunaway	—	3	89
214	Donald L. Moody?	—	3	86
215	Gary Wagner?	—	3	81
216	Edwin Broxton?	—	3	70
217	John A Sharp	—	3	59
218	Isacc Gallant	—	3	48
219	Marty	—	3	39
220	RJ Soto	—	3	38
221	Tony Hotchins?	—	3	27
222	Dave Longino	—	2	478
223	Tim Myers	—	2	488
224	Salvador Cruz	—	2	72
225	Partridge Well Drilling Co. Inc.	—	2	63
226	Allen Daymon	—	2	293
227	Kevin C. Lohr?	—	2	183
228	Timothy Myers?	—	2	1,392
229	Brian Evans	—	2	975
230	Richard Hyland?	—	2	859
231	Greg Gatchell?	—	2	782
232	Cecil Collier	—	2	690
233	Andy Bates?	—	2	492
234	Charlie Christian	—	2	430
235	George Taylor	—	2	411
236	Donnie Smith	—	2	358
237	Robert E Warensford	—	2	337
238	K Lohr?	—	2	329
239	John W. Nemeskery?	—	2	181
240	Jim Hinst?	—	2	152
241	Trey Creamer	—	2	92
242	Danny Buchler?	—	2	90
243	Greg Waxel?	—	2	74
244	Paul Grimes?	—	2	51
245	Hank Howard	—	2	42
246	Mike Cole?	—	2	40
247	Robert Warensford	—	2	38
248	Marvin Sheppard	—	2	38
249	Lester Burch	—	2	34
250	Curtis L. Clyatt?	—	2	31
251	Donald Moody?	—	2	27
252	Cory Ratchford	—	1	2,051
253	Marcus Williams	—	1	455
254	David Schmidt	—	1	1,390
255	Donald Tindall	—	1	111
256	Dan Richards	—	1	159
257	Charles Bucher?	—	1	201
258	Putnam Well Drilling	—	1	117
259	Lewis Johnson	—	1	251
260	Mike Mizell	—	1	487
261	Paul Buchler	—	1	51
262	Jerry Thompson	—	1	76
263	Kenny Brown	—	1	136
264	Philip T Miller?	—	1	31
265	Paul	—	1	1,223
266	John Nemeskery?	—	1	898
267	Virgil Fox?	—	1	795
268	Calvin Coward JR?	—	1	404
269	James Black?	—	1	385
270	Harry J. Mumford?	—	1	373
271	Bill Johnson Well Drilling?	—	1	297
272	Mike Burk?	—	1	277
273	Jack Brooks?	—	1	266
274	James Osteen?	—	1	253
275	Tom George	—	1	232
276	Michael E Nicholson?	—	1	184
277	Geoff Zitver	—	1	159
278	David Spencer?	—	1	154
279	Don Matz?	—	1	151
280	Allen Moore	—	1	139
281	Herman Minton?	—	1	123
282	Carl Vanzant	—	1	112
283	Richard W Rainey	—	1	103
284	Andy Bater?	—	1	101
285	E Reichelt	—	1	93
286	Bill Pemberton?	—	1	87
287	Bobby R Griner?	—	1	83
288	Mike Slipp	—	1	80
289	J Nemeskery?	—	1	78
290	J Weatherford?	—	1	69
291	Brett Rimes	—	1	67
292	Jay K Wasden?	—	1	64
293	Robert T Mcneill	—	1	64
294	Reggie Reis?	—	1	63
295	Gregory Chapman	—	1	61
296	Bill Hammond	—	1	59
297	Josh Welch	—	1	57
298	Richard Reed?	—	1	55
299	Glenn Caldwell?	—	1	55
300	Roderick Fuller?	—	1	53
301	Alan C. Kelly?	—	1	49
302	Toby Hill	—	1	46
303	David Searfoss	—	1	42
304	D Coulter?	—	1	40
305	M Nicholson?	—	1	38
306	Michael ?	—	1	38
307	James Alexander?	—	1	36
308	Scott	—	1	35
309	Larry Pitt?	—	1	35
310	Shawn Ouellette	—	1	35
311	Luke Floyd?	—	1	35
312	Butch Krapf?	—	1	31
313	John Mitchell	—	1	31
314	George Matthew?	—	1	29
315	Billy?	—	1	26
316	Bryan Godwin	—	1	26
317	J D Holland	—	1	25

Ranked by wells drilled in Putnam 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 Putnam County?

James Cornelio has drilled the most Putnam County wells in the recent record — 453 since 2016, 889 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Putnam County?

317 companies in the FL WMD/county record have drilled wells in Putnam County; 138 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 Putnam County?

The median drilled depth in Putnam County is 160 ft, based on 14,242 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Putnam County wells page.

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

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