Best well drillers in Seminole County, Florida

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 234 drilling companies with wells on record in Seminole County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 3,986 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.

234companies on record

68active since 2022

3,986wells in county record

#	Company	In Seminole Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Cory Ratchford	27	277	2,049
2	Tim Simmons	20	132	520
3	Steve Young	15	168	470
4	Tim Myers	15	70	488
5	Billy Moss	13	36	646
6	George Freeman	12	21	454
7	Ryan Hadden	11	11	627
8	Christian Dodd	10	67	1,265
9	Raymond Lebron	10	64	650
10	Keith Ratchford	7	114	584
11	Kevin Valentino	6	28	549
12	David Longino	6	7	151
13	Paul Otto	5	5	207
14	Jared Link	4	24	1,075
15	Tony Hudson	4	6	108
16	Mickey Ritter	4	4	703
17	Eddie Hull	3	6	379
18	Richard Trentham	3	3	675
19	Timothy Simmons?	2	78	175
20	Dan Loucks	2	56	214
21	Clay Soden	2	3	491
22	Clayton Soden	2	2	734
23	Paul Smith	2	2	1,732
24	Ulises Torres	2	2	149
25	Dalvise Curry	2	2	25
26	Jeff Zeigler	1	39	1,226
27	Jerry Thompson JR	1	6	35
28	Grady Christian	1	5	993
29	Dave Longino	1	3	479
30	William Hagan	1	1	169
31	Randy Buchhold	1	1	318
32	Ziaire Brown	1	1	48
33	Eric Parsons	1	1	43
34	Timothy Myers?	—	724	1,392
35	Mike Burk?	—	143	277
36	Frank Harrington?	—	112	654
37	Jimmy Trentham?	—	103	2,392
38	John Hardison	—	86	95
39	Albert E Smith?	—	60	1,058
40	Pete Erdmann?	—	60	203
41	Jimmy Trantham?	—	47	279
42	Nick Smarrito?	—	44	170
43	Michael E. Burk?	—	40	74
44	Peter Erdmann?	—	38	240
45	David A. Stewart, Jr.?	—	38	156
46	William Mckinney	—	35	70
47	Tommy Higginbotham	—	34	1,335
48	Charles Bucher?	—	28	201
49	William Tennant	—	26	60
50	John Mitchell	—	25	31
51	Richard Koltunski?	—	24	499
52	Robert Schmidt?	—	23	54
53	Jon Yarema	—	22	291
54	Lamar Wilson?	—	21	93
55	L. Tate?	—	21	73
56	Rick Ward?	—	21	38
57	Ricky Ward?	—	20	40
58	Daniel J. Race?	—	19	111
59	Allen Moose?	—	18	806
60	James Przemieniecki?	—	18	279
61	Ben Huss	—	18	36
62	Jerry E Thompson JR	—	17	173
63	Gary Clippard?	—	17	98
64	Floyd N Goodall JR	—	17	33
65	Timothy L Myers	—	17	29
66	Bobby Williams	—	16	40
67	Jim Dodge	—	16	67
68	Glenn Caldwell?	—	16	55
69	Michael Burk?	—	16	31
70	F N Goodall JR?	—	16	25
71	Kenyon Howard	—	15	38
72	James L Feeley?	—	15	231
73	Russ Wilkie?	—	14	242
74	Dan Meister?	—	14	110
75	Ken Durham	—	14	92
76	Greg Waxel?	—	14	74
77	Bob Evans?	—	13	143
78	John Ward?	—	13	137
79	F. N. Goodall	—	13	32
80	Michael A. Brewer?	—	12	130
81	Lee Tate?	—	12	91
82	Gary Wagner?	—	12	81
83	Robert A. Sams?	—	12	37
84	George W Freeman	—	11	87
85	Randall Schimmel?	—	11	48
86	Paul Thomas	—	11	33
87	David L Shanaway?	—	11	32
88	Jim Hinst?	—	10	152
89	Reggie Reis?	—	10	63
90	Harold T Snyder	—	10	26
91	Nick Bishop	—	9	203
92	Grimmer Mapp	—	9	25
93	Jeff Hausinger	—	9	25
94	Eddie Palmer	—	9	167
95	Daniel Meister?	—	9	155
96	Lonnie Vanzant	—	8	402
97	Bryan Nazworth	—	8	292
98	Isaac Gallant	—	8	90
99	Lewis Dykes?	—	8	56
100	Rodney Ethridge	—	8	51
101	Victor Sadusky?	—	8	38
102	David A Stewart JR 30265	—	8	27
103	Jerry Thompson	—	7	76
104	Peter Lankenau	—	7	1,589
105	Durell Langford?	—	7	770
106	Lewis M. Dykes?	—	7	75
107	Bill Hammond	—	7	59
108	John Hildereth	—	7	45
109	Donald H. Stevison?	—	7	43
110	James Hare	—	7	35
111	Tom Corson?	—	7	32
112	William Boogar?	—	7	28
113	Kyle Ratchford	—	6	85
114	Tuck Trentham	—	6	1,544
115	Brian Evans	—	6	975
116	Charlie Christian	—	6	430
117	William L. Sima Jr.?	—	6	196
118	Doug Heath?	—	6	156
119	Mark Murray?	—	6	105
120	Bill Pemberton?	—	6	87
121	Dennis Perez?	—	6	71
122	Edwin Broxton?	—	6	70
123	Larry Pugh?	—	6	65
124	RJ Soto	—	6	38
125	Lance Chaney	—	6	34
126	James Hinst	—	5	139
127	Lewis Johnson	—	5	251
128	Roy Rushing?	—	5	39
129	Kevin Wiggins?	—	5	804
130	Jackie Fagan?	—	5	117
131	Vic Mansfield?	—	5	81
132	Mark Scanlon?	—	5	74
133	William Lindsey?	—	5	57
134	Leroy A Winkler?	—	5	54
135	Sam Wiggins?	—	5	47
136	Vance Biehl?	—	5	31
137	Butch Krapf?	—	5	31
138	Raymond Robinson	—	4	123
139	Mike Claytor?	—	4	94
140	Leo Weaver?	—	4	83
141	Tom Mccune	—	4	81
142	Jay K Wasden?	—	4	64
143	John Catron	—	4	52
144	Shane Nowlen?	—	4	51
145	Tim Borne	—	4	45
146	Tony Herrington	—	3	161
147	Albert Smith?	—	3	319
148	Ralph Newby	—	3	106
149	Tim Smith?	—	3	59
150	Randall Buchhold?	—	3	59
151	Steve A Wallace	—	3	43
152	Tommy Higginbothan?	—	3	36
153	William D. Gray?	—	3	33
154	William L. Sima Jr. Ellis Well Drilling?	—	3	33
155	Charles Lesh	—	3	27
156	C Wallace	—	3	26
157	Jon Morin	—	2	984
158	Rick Trentham	—	2	767
159	Randy Conrad	—	2	228
160	Kyle Reeves	—	2	101
161	Jerry E Thompson	—	2	59
162	Jimmy?	—	2	42
163	Chris Perry	—	2	58
164	David Vanlandingham	—	2	263
165	Walter T. Herndon?	—	2	2,751
166	Lawrence J Bowen	—	2	2,161
167	Paul	—	2	1,223
168	Charles H. Trentham	—	2	366
169	Gordon Teston	—	2	175
170	Mike Miller	—	2	163
171	William Creech?	—	2	161
172	Daniel Curtin	—	2	136
173	Billy Douglas?	—	2	126
174	David Fout	—	2	91
175	David Hearne?	—	2	62
176	Jeff Bair?	—	2	37
177	Clinton Smith	—	2	32
178	Bill Gray?	—	2	29
179	Darin Hoffman	—	2	28
180	Lance Starling?	—	2	27
181	Mike Konders?	—	2	27
182	Charles Weaver?	—	2	25
183	Chad Hall	—	1	1,062
184	Dmc Industries, Inc.	—	1	4,370
185	Henry Colston	—	1	888
186	Chris Phelps	—	1	811
187	Tampa Well Drilling	—	1	9,457
188	Paul Poorbaugh	—	1	191
189	William Seglund	—	1	111
190	Jeffrey Hausinger	—	1	63
191	Poorbaugh, Paul	—	1	401
192	Jacob Larkin	—	1	121
193	Fred Mckay	—	1	3,636
194	James Nichols	—	1	284
195	Exum Elwyn Well Drilling LLC	—	1	1,607
196	Keith Barnes	—	1	1,132
197	Rickey Parker?	—	1	1,079
198	Jake's Pump Service	—	1	425
199	Young's Well Drilling	—	1	399
200	Dale Foreman?	—	1	383
201	Brad Gary?	—	1	311
202	James H Nichols?	—	1	305
203	Dale Leighty?	—	1	278
204	James Evans JR	—	1	278
205	Johnson Well Drilling	—	1	245
206	Eric Teri-Savage?	—	1	232
207	Craig Taylor	—	1	223
208	Coy J. Rainey?	—	1	203
209	Kevin Reffuse	—	1	173
210	David Spencer?	—	1	154
211	Tom Seddon	—	1	148
212	Bruce Perry	—	1	102
213	Gerald R Frink	—	1	96
214	Peter Lankenan	—	1	90
215	Anwar Hak	—	1	89
216	Jim Roberts?	—	1	85
217	James H Nich	—	1	78
218	Kevin Reeves	—	1	75
219	Wesley Wiggins	—	1	63
220	Bruce Cummings?	—	1	54
221	Brad Schmidt?	—	1	53
222	Walter Hall	—	1	48
223	Isacc Gallant	—	1	48
224	Hank Howard	—	1	42
225	Will Young?	—	1	39
226	Keith?	—	1	36
227	Henry Towns	—	1	36
228	Durell Landford	—	1	32
229	Henry M Towns	—	1	31
230	Ken Wiggs?	—	1	30
231	Robert J Beery?	—	1	29
232	Kevin L. Reeves?	—	1	28
233	Kevin Wigg?	—	1	28
234	X Jimmy Trentham	—	1	26

Ranked by wells drilled in Seminole 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 Seminole County?

Cory Ratchford has drilled the most Seminole County wells in the recent record — 27 since 2016, 277 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Seminole County?

234 companies in the FL WMD/county record have drilled wells in Seminole County; 68 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 Seminole County?

The median drilled depth in Seminole County is 120 ft, based on 10,026 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Seminole County wells page.

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

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