Best well drillers in Hanson County, South Dakota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 23 drilling companies with wells on record in Hanson County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 172 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 Hanson Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pullman Well Drilling | 9 | 84 | 3,380 |
| 2 | Stretch's Well Service, Inc. | 5 | 8 | 1,175 |
| 3 | Dave Putzke Well Drilling, Inc. | 3 | 9 | 392 |
| 4 | Geotek Engineering & Testing | 1 | 10 | 661 |
| 5 | Huron Drilling, Incorporated | — | 14 | 2,246 |
| 6 | Grosz Drilling Company | — | 8 | 236 |
| 7 | Chase Drilling | — | 5 | 319 |
| 8 | Lehr Well Drilling | — | 5 | 276 |
| 9 | Hutmacher Drilling, Inc. | — | 3 | 855 |
| 10 | Empire Irrigation Drilling Company | — | 3 | 334 |
| 11 | Hinker Drilling Company | — | 3 | 203 |
| 12 | Twin City Testing | — | 3 | 129 |
| 13 | Colwell & Son Drilling | — | 3 | 41 |
| 14 | Christensen Well & Irrigation, | — | 2 | 188 |
| 15 | Graves Well Drilling | — | 2 | 59 |
| 16 | Verley, Darryl A. | — | 2 | 52 |
| 17 | Dangel, Paul J. | — | 2 | 41 |
| 18 | Thein Well Company, Inc. | — | 1 | 942 |
| 19 | 4 Boys TT, LLC Dba Heine Electric & Irrigation | — | 1 | 156 |
| 20 | Hammond-Wetmore Drilling | — | 1 | 403 |
| 21 | Bergeleen Well Drilling | — | 1 | 555 |
| 22 | Prairie Consulting Group, Inc. | — | 1 | 296 |
| 23 | Sioux Well Drilling | — | 1 | 146 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Hanson 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 Hanson County?
Pullman Well Drilling has drilled the most Hanson County wells in the recent record — 9 since 2016, 84 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Hanson County?
23 companies in the SD DANR record have drilled wells in Hanson County; 9 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 Hanson County?
The median drilled depth in Hanson County is 184 ft, based on 203 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Hanson County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Hanson County wells page.
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