Best well drillers in St. Johns County, Florida

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 286 drilling companies with wells on record in St. Johns County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 9,615 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.

286companies on record

72active since 2022

9,615wells in county record

#	Company	In St. Johns Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Loyd Plaisted	26	35	956
2	James Cornelio	11	14	1,123
3	Austin Layman	7	7	435
4	Richard C	7	7	227
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	Noah E	4	4	89
10	Alan Kelly	3	122	511
11	Steve Martin	3	47	196
12	Steven R. Martin	3	19	71
13	Clay Walker	3	3	56
14	Dennis Layman, Cherin Layman	3	3	36
15	Austin Layman, Cherin Layman	3	3	35
16	James	3	3	90
17	Jackie Padgett	2	14	180
18	C. Allen Daymon	2	11	259
19	Marty Layman	2	5	34
20	Jackie P	2	2	381
21	Blair A	2	2	295
22	Jeffrey Kinard	2	2	118
23	Loyd Plasted	2	2	50
24	Jack P	2	2	47
25	Burt Bishop?	1	518	639
26	Kevin Lohr?	1	196	208
27	Kevin C. Lohr?	1	177	183
28	George Freeman	1	20	455
29	Allen Daymon	1	10	293
30	Raymond Lebron	1	10	650
31	Jared Link	1	9	1,076
32	Steve R Martin	1	6	55
33	J Meeks	1	3	32
34	Ira Merritt	1	2	34
35	Justin B	1	1	373
36	Alan K	1	1	254
37	C. Allen Daymon Jr.	1	1	243
38	Chris Adams	1	1	139
39	Kyle Peterson	1	1	131
40	Meeks	1	1	46
41	Anthony	1	1	25
42	AJ Melendez	1	1	25
43	Virgil Fox?	—	777	795
44	Greg Gatchell?	—	758	782
45	Calvin Coward JR?	—	385	404
46	James Black?	—	381	385
47	K Lohr?	—	323	329
48	L. N. Williams?	—	277	1,134
49	Charles Griggs	—	275	284
50	Martin C. Nuss?	—	274	297
51	James Osteen?	—	251	253
52	Tom George	—	227	232
53	Earl Reichelt?	—	180	1,523
54	Martin Nuss?	—	179	185
55	Geoff Zitver	—	157	159
56	Jeff Weatherford?	—	156	760
57	Tommy Layman	—	151	169
58	Charles Osteen JR	—	121	123
59	David Weeks	—	119	208
60	John Nemeskery?	—	117	898
61	Charlie Hendricks	—	111	112
62	Ray Pruitt?	—	101	132
63	Paul Destin	—	97	119
64	James Osteen JR?	—	92	92
65	Joe Soto?	—	78	980
66	Robert Phillips	—	73	75
67	Jeremy Destin	—	67	96
68	Billy Moss	—	64	646
69	JT Myers	—	64	362
70	Robert J. Wetzork?	—	63	136
71	David Coulter	—	62	717
72	Mike Nicholson	—	61	441
73	Michael Cain?	—	54	56
74	Anthony Farmer	—	49	50
75	Kenneth Keller	—	47	47
76	Andy Bates?	—	46	492
77	Winston Moore	—	45	437
78	Richard Hazelton?	—	44	585
79	Chris Van Vleet	—	43	97
80	Charlie Herdricks?	—	41	41
81	Ricky	—	40	116
82	J. V. Osteen?	—	40	40
83	J Conselice?	—	39	101
84	P. T. Miller?	—	37	199
85	Richard W Rainey	—	36	103
86	A Kelly?	—	36	70
87	Ronald D. Moore?	—	35	901
88	Wayne L Jannette	—	35	104
89	Charles Hendricks	—	34	34
90	Daniel B Moore	—	32	105
91	Bobby Layman	—	32	417
92	Ken Durham	—	31	92
93	Claude Hendry?	—	31	32
94	Charle Hendricks	—	31	31
95	Paul Buchler	—	29	51
96	Michael Sheridan?	—	28	32
97	David Swindull?	—	28	29
98	AL Ramsey?	—	27	117
99	Danny Buchler?	—	27	90
100	David M Weeks?	—	26	170
101	Charlie Hadricks?	—	26	27
102	Leon Bennett?	—	25	202
103	Marty	—	25	39
104	Julio Perez?	—	24	827
105	Richard Koltunski?	—	24	499
106	Gary Oakes?	—	24	243
107	Dick Hyland?	—	23	992
108	Tommy Higginbotham	—	22	1,335
109	Pete Erdmann?	—	19	203
110	Richard Hyland?	—	18	859
111	Lee Tate?	—	18	91
112	Steven Mather	—	18	52
113	Eugene Baur?	—	17	76
114	Albert E Smith?	—	16	1,058
115	L. Cuccurullo?	—	16	613
116	Joe ?	—	16	144
117	Andy Bater?	—	16	101
118	Anton Suarez	—	16	79
119	Tony Winkleman	—	15	803
120	Clarence A Daymon?	—	14	378
121	Shawn Dowdy	—	13	834
122	J Weatherford?	—	13	69
123	Bob Wetzork	—	13	59
124	Don Mixon?	—	13	36
125	Robert J. Wetzork SR?	—	13	25
126	Jacob Larkin	—	12	121
127	Steve Roberge?	—	12	810
128	Steve Lewis?	—	12	146
129	John Roberts?	—	12	78
130	R Baker?	—	12	55
131	Joel Laks	—	11	144
132	Bryan Nazworth	—	11	292
133	Loyd	—	11	190
134	Eddie Palmer	—	11	167
135	E Reichelt	—	11	93
136	Paul Young?	—	11	75
137	Juan Carlos Ayala	—	10	303
138	J Nemeskery?	—	10	78
139	Joe Conselice?	—	10	69
140	Jerry Mcdonald?	—	9	120
141	Edwin Broxton?	—	9	70
142	Tony Hudson	—	8	108
143	Kevin Valentino	—	8	549
144	John W. Nemeskery?	—	8	181
145	David Hearne?	—	8	62
146	William Lindry?	—	8	45
147	Michael ?	—	8	38
148	Jeff Zeigler	—	7	1,236
149	Christian Dodd	—	7	1,265
150	David	—	7	338
151	A. W. Floyd Jr.?	—	7	401
152	Russ Wilkie?	—	7	242
153	L. N. Willi?	—	7	71
154	Dennis Perez?	—	7	71
155	Larry J. Floyd?	—	7	61
156	Bill Gray?	—	7	29
157	Michael Brewer?	—	7	26
158	Lewis Johnson	—	6	251
159	Philip T Miller?	—	6	31
160	Peter Erdmann?	—	6	240
161	K. Florio?	—	6	201
162	Ronald Moore	—	6	192
163	Nick Smarrito?	—	6	170
164	Allen Moore	—	6	139
165	Jeffrey D Weatherford?	—	6	86
166	Leo Weaver?	—	6	83
167	L. N. Will?	—	6	67
168	Randy Haire?	—	6	65
169	Glenn Ward?	—	6	60
170	G Oakes?	—	6	55
171	Glenn Caldwell?	—	6	55
172	John Catron	—	6	52
173	Michael J Murphy	—	6	35
174	Chris Burger	—	5	49
175	Earl Reichert?	—	5	207
176	Jim Hinst?	—	5	152
177	Rick Miller?	—	5	87
178	Jim Roberts?	—	5	85
179	Brad Schmidt?	—	5	53
180	Chuck Schmidt	—	5	38
181	D. B Moore?	—	5	30
182	Randy Conrad	—	4	228
183	Bill Johnson	—	4	721
184	Rich Degennaro	—	4	641
185	James Przemieniecki?	—	4	279
186	Franz P. Victor?	—	4	244
187	Jim Raposa?	—	4	177
188	Mike Miller	—	4	163
189	John Ward?	—	4	137
190	Bobbie R Johnson?	—	4	96
191	Donald L. Moody?	—	4	86
192	David Francis?	—	4	82
193	Gary Wagner?	—	4	81
194	James Kelly?	—	4	77
195	D Coulter?	—	4	40
196	David Shanaway?	—	4	33
197	Jeffrey Hovell?	—	4	31
198	Rondy Baker	—	4	27
199	Ariel Torres	—	3	397
200	Raymond Robinson	—	3	123
201	Charles Bucher?	—	3	201
202	Philip E Miller	—	3	126
203	Albert Smith?	—	3	319
204	Michael A. Brewer?	—	3	130
205	Mark Murray?	—	3	105
206	Lamar Wilson?	—	3	93
207	Roger Hutchison	—	3	80
208	C Schmidt?	—	3	73
209	Scot Hall?	—	3	61
210	Mike Brewer?	—	3	59
211	Wolfgang Seibler Jr.?	—	3	57
212	Alan C. Kelly?	—	3	49
213	Luke Floyd?	—	3	35
214	L. N. Willim	—	3	30
215	Jommy Higginbotham?	—	3	28
216	Mickey Ritter	—	2	709
217	Chris Phelps	—	2	814
218	Dave Longino	—	2	478
219	Steve Feagin	—	2	193
220	James Hinst	—	2	139
221	Jamie Cornelio	—	2	182
222	Jeff	—	2	144
223	Michael E Nicholson?	—	2	184
224	Bart Andrews	—	2	169
225	R Pallock	—	2	164
226	Doug Heath?	—	2	156
227	Chuck Cobb	—	2	145
228	Daniel J. Race?	—	2	111
229	Ralph Newby	—	2	106
230	George W Freeman	—	2	87
231	Bill Pemberton?	—	2	87
232	Bobby R Griner?	—	2	83
233	R Pollock	—	2	75
234	W Smitherman	—	2	73
235	Bobbie Ward?	—	2	69
236	Jay K Wasden?	—	2	64
237	Robert Schmidt?	—	2	54
238	George O Smith?	—	2	50
239	Ricky Layman	—	2	46
240	M Nicholson?	—	2	38
241	Terry D Elmore?	—	2	34
242	William D. Gray?	—	2	33
243	Vance Biehl?	—	2	31
244	Walter Herndon	—	1	4,099
245	Dennis Layman	—	1	82
246	Joe Bennett	—	1	604
247	Cecil Freeman?	—	1	642
248	Nick Bishop	—	1	203
249	Lawrence Cuccurullo	—	1	301
250	Mike Mizell	—	1	487
251	Philip Miller	—	1	35
252	Jack Padgett	—	1	31
253	Jimmy Trentham?	—	1	2,392
254	Dale W. Foreman?	—	1	2,097
255	Harry Mumford	—	1	446
256	Lawrence H. Cuccurullo	—	1	350
257	Mark D Watkins	—	1	295
258	Bobbie Johnson?	—	1	191
259	Ron Reese	—	1	163
260	Daniel Meister?	—	1	155
261	Tim Henderson?	—	1	125
262	John Burkett?	—	1	122
263	L. N. Willm?	—	1	104
264	Nestor O Pagliaricci	—	1	103
265	M Roberge?	—	1	98
266	Richard Degennaro	—	1	86
267	Vic Mansfield?	—	1	81
268	Charles E Lesh?	—	1	66
269	Bobby Griner?	—	1	66
270	Richard Hylad?	—	1	59
271	Lewis Dykes?	—	1	56
272	Roy Rowland	—	1	53
273	Willie Johnson?	—	1	52
274	William Moses	—	1	51
275	Timothy A. Henderson?	—	1	49
276	Monica Roberge	—	1	47
277	David Searfoss	—	1	42
278	Jamie Cornelis	—	1	38
279	RJ Soto	—	1	38
280	Lance Chaney	—	1	34
281	Russ Everett?	—	1	33
282	Richard E. Stuckey?	—	1	33
283	Tom Corson?	—	1	32
284	Mike	—	1	27
285	Anthony Moore	—	1	27
286	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?

286 companies in the FL WMD/county record have drilled wells in St. Johns County; 72 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 17,620 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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