Best well drillers in Stanley County, South Dakota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 23 drilling companies with wells on record in Stanley County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 236 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 Stanley Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stretch's Well Service, Inc. | 9 | 20 | 1,175 |
| 2 | Hutmacher Drilling, Inc. | 2 | 9 | 855 |
| 3 | Geotek Engineering & Testing | 2 | 2 | 661 |
| 4 | American Engineering Testing,Inc. | 1 | 11 | 687 |
| 5 | Huron Drilling, Incorporated | — | 73 | 2,246 |
| 6 | Dakota Boring Company | — | 53 | 994 |
| 7 | Pullman Well Drilling | — | 10 | 3,380 |
| 8 | Respec, Inc. | — | 9 | 507 |
| 9 | Sather Drilling, Inc. | — | 9 | 179 |
| 10 | Dakota Environmental, Inc. | — | 6 | 181 |
| 11 | Environmental Technologies, Inc. | — | 6 | 310 |
| 12 | Cain Drilling | — | 6 | 219 |
| 13 | Burke Concrete, Inc. | — | 6 | 114 |
| 14 | Taylor Drilling Company | — | 4 | 888 |
| 15 | Independent Drilling Co., Inc. | — | 4 | 1,188 |
| 16 | Venekamp Drilling | — | 1 | 107 |
| 17 | Norbeck & Nicholson Co. | — | 1 | 411 |
| 18 | Empire Irrigation Drilling Company | — | 1 | 334 |
| 19 | Prairie Consulting Group, Inc. | — | 1 | 296 |
| 20 | Hickey Well Drilling | — | 1 | 209 |
| 21 | Oliver Well Drilling | — | 1 | 114 |
| 22 | Buzz's Well Drilling | — | 1 | 80 |
| 23 | Sumners Drilling | — | 1 | 28 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Stanley 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 Stanley County?
Stretch's Well Service, Inc. has drilled the most Stanley County wells in the recent record — 9 since 2016, 20 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Stanley County?
23 companies in the SD DANR record have drilled wells in Stanley 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 Stanley County?
The median drilled depth in Stanley County is 1,249 ft, based on 268 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Stanley County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Stanley County wells page.
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