Best well drillers in Aurora County, South Dakota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 20 drilling companies with wells on record in Aurora County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 542 logged wells in the South Dakota DANR well completion report database (NR68) (records as of 2026-08-24). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In Aurora Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pullman Well Drilling | 13 | 163 | 3,380 |
| 2 | Stretch's Well Service, Inc. | 7 | 11 | 1,175 |
| 3 | Geotek Engineering & Testing | 3 | 10 | 661 |
| 4 | Chase Drilling | 2 | 24 | 319 |
| 5 | Hutmacher Drilling, Inc. | 1 | 32 | 855 |
| 6 | Carl Meier & Sons | — | 136 | 396 |
| 7 | Meier Well Drilling | — | 68 | 149 |
| 8 | Bergeleen Well Drilling | — | 22 | 555 |
| 9 | Huron Drilling, Incorporated | — | 20 | 2,246 |
| 10 | Johnson Drilling | — | 18 | 25 |
| 11 | Grosz Drilling Company | — | 10 | 236 |
| 12 | Hinker Drilling Company | — | 10 | 203 |
| 13 | Prairie Consulting Group, Inc. | — | 6 | 296 |
| 14 | Hickey Well Drilling | — | 4 | 209 |
| 15 | Hammond-Wetmore Drilling | — | 2 | 403 |
| 16 | Independent Drilling Co., Inc. | — | 2 | 1,188 |
| 17 | Dakota Environmental, Inc. | — | 1 | 181 |
| 18 | Torgrude Well Drilling | — | 1 | 248 |
| 19 | Juracek Well Boring | — | 1 | 81 |
| 20 | Verley, Darryl A. | — | 1 | 52 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Aurora County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full SD DANR 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 Aurora County?
Pullman Well Drilling has drilled the most Aurora County wells in the recent record — 13 since 2016, 163 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Aurora County?
20 companies in the SD DANR record have drilled wells in Aurora County; 6 of them have drilled somewhere in South Dakota since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Aurora County?
The median drilled depth in Aurora County is 320 ft, based on 591 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Aurora County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Aurora County wells page.
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