Best well drillers in Sanborn County, South Dakota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 20 drilling companies with wells on record in Sanborn County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,120 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 Sanborn Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stretch's Well Service, Inc. | 36 | 81 | 1,175 |
| 2 | Pullman Well Drilling | 34 | 421 | 3,380 |
| 3 | Dave Putzke Well Drilling, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 392 |
| 4 | Forster Well Drilling | 1 | 1 | 407 |
| 5 | Bergeleen Well Drilling | — | 290 | 555 |
| 6 | Hinker Drilling Company | — | 107 | 203 |
| 7 | Huron Drilling, Incorporated | — | 105 | 2,246 |
| 8 | Chase Drilling | — | 79 | 319 |
| 9 | Respec, Inc. | — | 12 | 507 |
| 10 | Grosz Drilling Company | — | 4 | 236 |
| 11 | Empire Irrigation Drilling Company | — | 3 | 334 |
| 12 | Cain Drilling | — | 3 | 219 |
| 13 | Wsp Usa | — | 3 | 97 |
| 14 | Geotek Engineering & Testing | — | 2 | 661 |
| 15 | Hutmacher Drilling, Inc. | — | 2 | 855 |
| 16 | Torgrude Well Drilling | — | 2 | 248 |
| 17 | American Engineering Testing,Inc. | — | 1 | 687 |
| 18 | Dakota Environmental, Inc. | — | 1 | 181 |
| 19 | Norbeck & Nicholson Co. | — | 1 | 411 |
| 20 | Prairie Consulting Group, Inc. | — | 1 | 296 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Sanborn 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 Sanborn County?
Stretch's Well Service, Inc. has drilled the most Sanborn County wells in the recent record — 36 since 2016, 81 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Sanborn County?
20 companies in the SD DANR record have drilled wells in Sanborn County; 8 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 Sanborn County?
The median drilled depth in Sanborn County is 200 ft, based on 1,199 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Sanborn County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Sanborn County wells page.
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