Best well drillers in Putnam County, Florida

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 314 drilling companies with wells on record in Putnam County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 7,553 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.

314companies on record

134active since 2022

7,553wells in county record

#	Company	In Putnam Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	James Cornelio	451	887	1,121
2	Loyd Plaisted	435	719	946
3	Austin Layman	340	340	430
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	101	152	190
9	Jeffrey Kinard	99	99	113
10	Shawn Brown	76	76	151
11	Caden Barrett	58	58	174
12	Dennis Layman	56	57	76
13	Tristan Andrews	41	41	145
14	Melvin Sanchez	37	38	66
15	Taylor Scruggs	32	32	119
16	Dennis Layman, Cherin Layman	32	32	36
17	David Hardee	31	31	119
18	Hunter	29	29	35
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	993
28	Andrew Van Wie	17	17	128
29	Randy Duncan	16	18	87
30	Dewayne Mcvay	16	16	196
31	Michael Griffith	15	15	25
32	Mickey Ritter	14	14	703
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	1,226
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	734
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	R.duncan	6	6	28
55	Tony	5	6	41
56	Vcc	5	5	394
57	Justin B	5	5	373
58	Dan Gronholz	5	5	106
59	George Freeman	5	5	454
60	Dewayne Mcvvay	5	5	50
61	Will Rockenstyre	5	5	44
62	Jared Link	4	48	1,075
63	Jackie P	4	4	375
64	Sam Segarra	4	4	141
65	Brian Ehrhart	4	4	164
66	Alan Blackwood	4	4	115
67	Kamryn Underhill	4	4	60
68	Roy Rowland	3	15	53
69	Kenneth Riker	3	12	241
70	Paul Poorbaugh	3	11	191
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	180
83	Paul Otto	2	2	207
84	Paul A Poorbaugh	2	2	75
85	Brett Blanton	2	2	35
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	207
95	Burt Bishop?	1	2	639
96	Jon Morin	1	1	984
97	After Hours Well & Pump	1	1	358
98	Blair A	1	1	295
99	Alan K	1	1	251
100	Luis A. Castillo	1	1	191
101	Bobby Holtzapple	1	1	194
102	Justin Evans	1	1	236
103	Chris Adams	1	1	135
104	Clyde Perry	1	1	164
105	Ulises Torres	1	1	149
106	Justin Sullivan	1	1	230
107	Alex Cabral	1	1	96
108	Jonathan Britton	1	1	73
109	Brandy Durham	1	1	47
110	Jimmy Larsen	1	1	34
111	Lawrence Cuccurullo	1	1	301
112	Charles Norris	1	1	27
113	Clay Soden	1	1	491
114	Latrell Lisbon	1	1	35
115	AJ Melendez	1	1	25
116	Ronald D. Moore?	—	400	901
117	Winston Moore	—	246	437
118	Loyd	—	152	190
119	John Burkett?	—	116	122
120	Ricky	—	62	116
121	Mathew Dowdy	—	59	61
122	Tony Wink Leman	—	53	60
123	Jacob Larkin	—	33	121
124	Anton Suarez	—	32	79
125	Robert Suit	—	31	56
126	Anthony Moore	—	26	27
127	R. T. Vermeulen?	—	25	32
128	Glenn Mcgollie?	—	24	163
129	J. Reyome?	—	23	29
130	Christian Dodd	—	19	1,265
131	Richard Koltunski?	—	19	499
132	Marty Layman	—	15	34
133	Lee Tate?	—	14	91
134	Kevin Reffuse	—	13	173
135	Bob Evans?	—	13	143
136	David Hearne?	—	13	62
137	E. Smitherman	—	13	48
138	Jamie Cornelis	—	13	38
139	Sean Whalen	—	13	25
140	Raymond Lebron	—	12	650
141	Robert Smith	—	12	35
142	K. Florio?	—	11	201
143	Eddie Palmer	—	11	167
144	Anwar Hak	—	11	89
145	Dennis Gibbs	—	11	56
146	Glen Pennington	—	10	399
147	Russ Wilkie?	—	10	242
148	Tommy Layman	—	10	169
149	Doug Heath?	—	10	156
150	Daniel J. Race?	—	10	111
151	Carl Jenkins	—	10	26
152	James Hinst	—	9	139
153	Tony Hudson	—	9	108
154	Kevin Valentino	—	9	549
155	Mike Nicholson	—	9	441
156	P. T. Miller?	—	9	199
157	Chris Burger	—	8	49
158	Randall C Woodard SR	—	8	26
159	Lamar Wilson?	—	7	93
160	P E Miller	—	7	52
161	Shane Nowlen?	—	7	51
162	J. Lopez?	—	7	45
163	Tommy Higginbotham	—	6	1,335
164	Randy Conrad	—	6	228
165	Lawrence J Bowen	—	6	2,161
166	Jon Yarema	—	6	291
167	Vic Mansfield?	—	6	81
168	William Lindsey?	—	6	57
169	Jon Kriksciukas	—	6	36
170	Tony Hutchins?	—	5	107
171	Jeff Weatherford?	—	5	760
172	John Cornett	—	5	487
173	Albert Smith?	—	5	319
174	Pete Erdmann?	—	5	203
175	John Ward?	—	5	137
176	Jerry Mcdonald?	—	5	120
177	Leo Weaver?	—	5	83
178	Forrest L Moody?	—	5	39
179	Albert E Smith?	—	4	1,058
180	Randy Baker?	—	4	1,046
181	Richard Hazelton?	—	4	585
182	Daniel Curtin	—	4	136
183	Mitch Ousley?	—	4	126
184	Jim Roberts?	—	4	85
185	Dennis Perez?	—	4	71
186	D. Spencer?	—	4	67
187	Clyde Gnann	—	4	52
188	Clinton Smith	—	4	32
189	Lance Starling?	—	4	27
190	William Young?	—	4	26
191	George Matchett	—	4	26
192	Chris Phelps	—	3	811
193	Ira Merritt	—	3	34
194	Roy Rushing?	—	3	39
195	Don Schilling	—	3	1,241
196	Rickey Parker?	—	3	1,079
197	Jim Mason	—	3	729
198	Bill Johnson	—	3	721
199	David Coulter	—	3	717
200	Mike Muffett	—	3	633
201	Alan Kelly	—	3	511
202	Clarence A Daymon?	—	3	378
203	Charles Griggs	—	3	284
204	Kenneth T Riker?	—	3	249
205	Allen Hardwicke?	—	3	248
206	Jeff Stillson?	—	3	183
207	Nick Smarrito?	—	3	170
208	Mark Murray?	—	3	105
209	Jim Moson?	—	3	99
210	Dusty Dunaway	—	3	89
211	Donald L. Moody?	—	3	86
212	Gary Wagner?	—	3	81
213	Edwin Broxton?	—	3	70
214	John A Sharp	—	3	59
215	Isacc Gallant	—	3	48
216	Marty	—	3	39
217	RJ Soto	—	3	38
218	Tony Hotchins?	—	3	27
219	Dave Longino	—	2	479
220	Tim Myers	—	2	488
221	Salvador Cruz	—	2	72
222	Partridge Well Drilling Co. Inc.	—	2	63
223	Allen Daymon	—	2	293
224	Timothy Myers?	—	2	1,392
225	Brian Evans	—	2	975
226	Richard Hyland?	—	2	859
227	Greg Gatchell?	—	2	782
228	Cecil Collier	—	2	690
229	Andy Bates?	—	2	492
230	Charlie Christian	—	2	430
231	George Taylor	—	2	411
232	Donnie Smith	—	2	358
233	Robert E Warensford	—	2	337
234	K Lohr?	—	2	329
235	Kevin C. Lohr?	—	2	182
236	John W. Nemeskery?	—	2	181
237	Jim Hinst?	—	2	152
238	Trey Creamer	—	2	92
239	Danny Buchler?	—	2	90
240	Greg Waxel?	—	2	74
241	Paul Grimes?	—	2	51
242	Hank Howard	—	2	42
243	Mike Cole?	—	2	40
244	Marvin Sheppard	—	2	38
245	Robert Warensford	—	2	38
246	Lester Burch	—	2	34
247	Curtis L. Clyatt?	—	2	31
248	Donald Moody?	—	2	27
249	Cory Ratchford	—	1	2,049
250	Marcus Williams	—	1	455
251	David Schmidt	—	1	1,390
252	Donald Tindall	—	1	111
253	Dan Richards	—	1	159
254	Charles Bucher?	—	1	201
255	Lewis Johnson	—	1	251
256	Putnam Well Drilling	—	1	115
257	Mike Mizell	—	1	487
258	Paul Buchler	—	1	51
259	Jerry Thompson	—	1	76
260	Kenny Brown	—	1	136
261	Philip T Miller?	—	1	31
262	Paul	—	1	1,223
263	John Nemeskery?	—	1	898
264	Virgil Fox?	—	1	795
265	Calvin Coward JR?	—	1	404
266	James Black?	—	1	385
267	Harry J. Mumford?	—	1	373
268	Bill Johnson Well Drilling?	—	1	297
269	Mike Burk?	—	1	277
270	Jack Brooks?	—	1	266
271	James Osteen?	—	1	253
272	Tom George	—	1	232
273	Michael E Nicholson?	—	1	184
274	Geoff Zitver	—	1	159
275	David Spencer?	—	1	154
276	Don Matz?	—	1	151
277	Allen Moore	—	1	139
278	Herman Minton?	—	1	123
279	Carl Vanzant	—	1	112
280	Richard W Rainey	—	1	103
281	Andy Bater?	—	1	101
282	E Reichelt	—	1	93
283	Bill Pemberton?	—	1	87
284	Bobby R Griner?	—	1	83
285	Mike Slipp	—	1	80
286	J Nemeskery?	—	1	78
287	J Weatherford?	—	1	69
288	Brett Rimes	—	1	67
289	Jay K Wasden?	—	1	64
290	Robert T Mcneill	—	1	64
291	Reggie Reis?	—	1	63
292	Gregory Chapman	—	1	61
293	Bill Hammond	—	1	59
294	Josh Welch	—	1	57
295	Glenn Caldwell?	—	1	55
296	Richard Reed?	—	1	55
297	Roderick Fuller?	—	1	53
298	Alan C. Kelly?	—	1	49
299	Toby Hill	—	1	46
300	David Searfoss	—	1	42
301	D Coulter?	—	1	40
302	M Nicholson?	—	1	38
303	Michael ?	—	1	38
304	James Alexander?	—	1	36
305	Scott	—	1	35
306	Larry Pitt?	—	1	35
307	Shawn Ouellette	—	1	35
308	Luke Floyd?	—	1	35
309	Butch Krapf?	—	1	31
310	John Mitchell	—	1	31
311	George Matthew?	—	1	29
312	Billy?	—	1	26
313	Bryan Godwin	—	1	26
314	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 — 451 since 2016, 887 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Putnam County?

314 companies in the FL WMD/county record have drilled wells in Putnam County; 134 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 14,187 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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