Best well drillers in St. Johns County, Florida

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 283 drilling companies with wells on record in St. Johns County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 9,604 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.

283companies on record

68active since 2022

9,604wells in county record

#	Company	In St. Johns Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Loyd Plaisted	26	35	946
2	James Cornelio	11	14	1,121
3	Richard C	7	7	227
4	Austin Layman	6	6	430
5	Lance Partridge	5	26	59
6	Blake Hare	5	5	28
7	Randy Baker?	4	147	1,046
8	Randy B	4	4	138
9	Alan Kelly	3	122	511
10	Steve Martin	3	47	196
11	Steven R. Martin	3	19	71
12	Clay Walker	3	3	56
13	Dennis Layman, Cherin Layman	3	3	36
14	Austin Layman, Cherin Layman	3	3	35
15	James	3	3	90
16	Jackie Padgett	2	14	180
17	C. Allen Daymon	2	11	259
18	Marty Layman	2	5	34
19	Blair A	2	2	295
20	Loyd Plasted	2	2	50
21	Jack P	2	2	47
22	Burt Bishop?	1	518	639
23	George Freeman	1	20	454
24	Allen Daymon	1	10	293
25	Raymond Lebron	1	10	650
26	Jared Link	1	9	1,075
27	Steve R Martin	1	6	55
28	J Meeks	1	3	32
29	Ira Merritt	1	2	34
30	Justin B	1	1	373
31	Jackie P	1	1	375
32	C. Allen Daymon Jr.	1	1	239
33	Kyle Peterson	1	1	131
34	Jeffrey Kinard	1	1	113
35	Noah E	1	1	82
36	Meeks	1	1	45
37	AJ Melendez	1	1	25
38	Virgil Fox?	—	777	795
39	Greg Gatchell?	—	758	782
40	Calvin Coward JR?	—	385	404
41	James Black?	—	381	385
42	K Lohr?	—	323	329
43	L. N. Williams?	—	277	1,134
44	Charles Griggs	—	275	284
45	Martin C. Nuss?	—	274	297
46	James Osteen?	—	251	253
47	Tom George	—	227	232
48	Kevin Lohr?	—	195	207
49	Earl Reichelt?	—	180	1,523
50	Martin Nuss?	—	179	185
51	Kevin C. Lohr?	—	176	182
52	Geoff Zitver	—	157	159
53	Jeff Weatherford?	—	156	760
54	Tommy Layman	—	151	169
55	Charles Osteen JR	—	121	123
56	David Weeks	—	119	208
57	John Nemeskery?	—	117	898
58	Charlie Hendricks	—	111	112
59	Ray Pruitt?	—	101	132
60	Paul Destin	—	97	119
61	James Osteen JR?	—	92	92
62	Joe Soto?	—	78	980
63	Robert Phillips	—	73	75
64	Jeremy Destin	—	67	96
65	Billy Moss	—	64	646
66	JT Myers	—	64	362
67	Robert J. Wetzork?	—	63	136
68	David Coulter	—	62	717
69	Mike Nicholson	—	61	441
70	Michael Cain?	—	54	56
71	Anthony Farmer	—	49	50
72	Kenneth Keller	—	47	47
73	Andy Bates?	—	46	492
74	Winston Moore	—	45	437
75	Richard Hazelton?	—	44	585
76	Chris Van Vleet	—	43	97
77	Charlie Herdricks?	—	41	41
78	Ricky	—	40	116
79	J. V. Osteen?	—	40	40
80	J Conselice?	—	39	101
81	P. T. Miller?	—	37	199
82	Richard W Rainey	—	36	103
83	A Kelly?	—	36	70
84	Ronald D. Moore?	—	35	901
85	Wayne L Jannette	—	35	104
86	Charles Hendricks	—	34	34
87	Daniel B Moore	—	32	105
88	Bobby Layman	—	32	417
89	Ken Durham	—	31	92
90	Claude Hendry?	—	31	32
91	Charle Hendricks	—	31	31
92	Paul Buchler	—	29	51
93	Michael Sheridan?	—	28	32
94	David Swindull?	—	28	29
95	AL Ramsey?	—	27	117
96	Danny Buchler?	—	27	90
97	David M Weeks?	—	26	170
98	Charlie Hadricks?	—	26	27
99	Leon Bennett?	—	25	202
100	Marty	—	25	39
101	Julio Perez?	—	24	827
102	Richard Koltunski?	—	24	499
103	Gary Oakes?	—	24	243
104	Dick Hyland?	—	23	992
105	Tommy Higginbotham	—	22	1,335
106	Pete Erdmann?	—	19	203
107	Richard Hyland?	—	18	859
108	Lee Tate?	—	18	91
109	Steven Mather	—	18	52
110	Eugene Baur?	—	17	76
111	Albert E Smith?	—	16	1,058
112	L. Cuccurullo?	—	16	613
113	Joe ?	—	16	144
114	Andy Bater?	—	16	101
115	Anton Suarez	—	16	79
116	Tony Winkleman	—	15	803
117	Clarence A Daymon?	—	14	378
118	Shawn Dowdy	—	13	834
119	J Weatherford?	—	13	69
120	Bob Wetzork	—	13	59
121	Don Mixon?	—	13	36
122	Robert J. Wetzork SR?	—	13	25
123	Jacob Larkin	—	12	121
124	Steve Roberge?	—	12	810
125	Steve Lewis?	—	12	146
126	John Roberts?	—	12	78
127	R Baker?	—	12	55
128	Joel Laks	—	11	144
129	Bryan Nazworth	—	11	292
130	Loyd	—	11	190
131	Eddie Palmer	—	11	167
132	E Reichelt	—	11	93
133	Paul Young?	—	11	75
134	Juan Carlos Ayala	—	10	303
135	J Nemeskery?	—	10	78
136	Joe Conselice?	—	10	69
137	Jerry Mcdonald?	—	9	120
138	Edwin Broxton?	—	9	70
139	Tony Hudson	—	8	108
140	Kevin Valentino	—	8	549
141	John W. Nemeskery?	—	8	181
142	David Hearne?	—	8	62
143	William Lindry?	—	8	45
144	Michael ?	—	8	38
145	Jeff Zeigler	—	7	1,226
146	Christian Dodd	—	7	1,265
147	David	—	7	338
148	A. W. Floyd Jr.?	—	7	401
149	Russ Wilkie?	—	7	242
150	Dennis Perez?	—	7	71
151	L. N. Willi?	—	7	71
152	Larry J. Floyd?	—	7	61
153	Bill Gray?	—	7	29
154	Michael Brewer?	—	7	26
155	Lewis Johnson	—	6	251
156	Philip T Miller?	—	6	31
157	Peter Erdmann?	—	6	240
158	K. Florio?	—	6	201
159	Ronald Moore	—	6	192
160	Nick Smarrito?	—	6	170
161	Allen Moore	—	6	139
162	Jeffrey D Weatherford?	—	6	86
163	Leo Weaver?	—	6	83
164	L. N. Will?	—	6	67
165	Randy Haire?	—	6	65
166	Glenn Ward?	—	6	60
167	Glenn Caldwell?	—	6	55
168	G Oakes?	—	6	55
169	John Catron	—	6	52
170	Michael J Murphy	—	6	35
171	Chris Burger	—	5	49
172	Earl Reichert?	—	5	207
173	Jim Hinst?	—	5	152
174	Rick Miller?	—	5	87
175	Jim Roberts?	—	5	85
176	Brad Schmidt?	—	5	53
177	Chuck Schmidt	—	5	38
178	D. B Moore?	—	5	30
179	Randy Conrad	—	4	228
180	Bill Johnson	—	4	721
181	Rich Degennaro	—	4	641
182	James Przemieniecki?	—	4	279
183	Franz P. Victor?	—	4	244
184	Jim Raposa?	—	4	177
185	Mike Miller	—	4	163
186	John Ward?	—	4	137
187	Bobbie R Johnson?	—	4	96
188	Donald L. Moody?	—	4	86
189	David Francis?	—	4	82
190	Gary Wagner?	—	4	81
191	James Kelly?	—	4	77
192	D Coulter?	—	4	40
193	David Shanaway?	—	4	33
194	Jeffrey Hovell?	—	4	31
195	Rondy Baker	—	4	27
196	Ariel Torres	—	3	397
197	Raymond Robinson	—	3	123
198	Charles Bucher?	—	3	201
199	Philip E Miller	—	3	126
200	Albert Smith?	—	3	319
201	Michael A. Brewer?	—	3	130
202	Mark Murray?	—	3	105
203	Lamar Wilson?	—	3	93
204	Roger Hutchison	—	3	80
205	C Schmidt?	—	3	73
206	Scot Hall?	—	3	61
207	Mike Brewer?	—	3	59
208	Wolfgang Seibler Jr.?	—	3	57
209	Alan C. Kelly?	—	3	49
210	Luke Floyd?	—	3	35
211	L. N. Willim	—	3	30
212	Jommy Higginbotham?	—	3	28
213	Mickey Ritter	—	2	703
214	Chris Phelps	—	2	811
215	Dave Longino	—	2	479
216	Steve Feagin	—	2	190
217	James Hinst	—	2	139
218	Jamie Cornelio	—	2	182
219	Jeff	—	2	144
220	Michael E Nicholson?	—	2	184
221	Bart Andrews	—	2	169
222	R Pallock	—	2	164
223	Doug Heath?	—	2	156
224	Chuck Cobb	—	2	145
225	Daniel J. Race?	—	2	111
226	Ralph Newby	—	2	106
227	Bill Pemberton?	—	2	87
228	George W Freeman	—	2	87
229	Bobby R Griner?	—	2	83
230	R Pollock	—	2	75
231	W Smitherman	—	2	73
232	Bobbie Ward?	—	2	69
233	Jay K Wasden?	—	2	64
234	Robert Schmidt?	—	2	54
235	George O Smith?	—	2	50
236	Ricky Layman	—	2	46
237	M Nicholson?	—	2	38
238	Terry D Elmore?	—	2	34
239	William D. Gray?	—	2	33
240	Vance Biehl?	—	2	31
241	Walter Herndon	—	1	4,094
242	Dennis Layman	—	1	76
243	Joe Bennett	—	1	604
244	Cecil Freeman?	—	1	642
245	Nick Bishop	—	1	203
246	Lawrence Cuccurullo	—	1	301
247	Mike Mizell	—	1	487
248	Philip Miller	—	1	35
249	Jack Padgett	—	1	31
250	Jimmy Trentham?	—	1	2,392
251	Dale W. Foreman?	—	1	2,097
252	Harry Mumford	—	1	446
253	Lawrence H. Cuccurullo	—	1	350
254	Mark D Watkins	—	1	295
255	Bobbie Johnson?	—	1	191
256	Ron Reese	—	1	163
257	Daniel Meister?	—	1	155
258	Tim Henderson?	—	1	125
259	John Burkett?	—	1	122
260	L. N. Willm?	—	1	104
261	Nestor O Pagliaricci	—	1	103
262	M Roberge?	—	1	98
263	Richard Degennaro	—	1	86
264	Vic Mansfield?	—	1	81
265	Bobby Griner?	—	1	66
266	Charles E Lesh?	—	1	66
267	Richard Hylad?	—	1	59
268	Lewis Dykes?	—	1	56
269	Roy Rowland	—	1	53
270	Willie Johnson?	—	1	52
271	William Moses	—	1	51
272	Timothy A. Henderson?	—	1	49
273	Monica Roberge	—	1	47
274	David Searfoss	—	1	42
275	RJ Soto	—	1	38
276	Jamie Cornelis	—	1	38
277	Lance Chaney	—	1	34
278	Russ Everett?	—	1	33
279	Richard E. Stuckey?	—	1	33
280	Tom Corson?	—	1	32
281	Mike	—	1	27
282	Anthony Moore	—	1	27
283	Charles Weaver?	—	1	25

Ranked by wells drilled in St. Johns 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 St. Johns County?

Loyd Plaisted has drilled the most St. Johns County wells in the recent record — 26 since 2016, 35 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in St. Johns County?

283 companies in the FL WMD/county record have drilled wells in St. Johns 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 St. Johns County?

The median drilled depth in St. Johns County is 90 ft, based on 17,575 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the St. Johns County wells page.

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

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