Best well drillers in Barry County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 75 drilling companies with wells on record in Barry County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 3,794 logged wells in the Missouri Department of Natural Resources water well database (records as of 2026-10-12). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In Barry Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Evans | 264 | 604 | 3,756 |
| 2 | Timothy Stokes | 147 | 256 | 1,358 |
| 3 | Jeremy Mccarthy | 117 | 117 | 3,051 |
| 4 | Jamie Wicker | 63 | 112 | 274 |
| 5 | Mark Mccullough | 27 | 40 | 605 |
| 6 | Nathan Aaron Wilson | 25 | 231 | 1,061 |
| 7 | Thomas Coffman | 21 | 79 | 1,342 |
| 8 | Lloyd Evans | 14 | 618 | 4,237 |
| 9 | G Dale Gulick | 14 | 47 | 1,097 |
| 10 | Eugene Just | 14 | 28 | 704 |
| 11 | Richard Linebaugh | 12 | 34 | 422 |
| 12 | Larry Gulick | 8 | 43 | 1,412 |
| 13 | Kurtis Jolander | 7 | 26 | 539 |
| 14 | Karl Jacobs | 7 | 16 | 1,358 |
| 15 | James Mallonee | 7 | 11 | 1,180 |
| 16 | Michael Shudy | 2 | 17 | 36 |
| 17 | Curt Wilson | 1 | 367 | 2,074 |
| 18 | Andrew Harper | 1 | 8 | 318 |
| 19 | Thomas Gordon | 1 | 5 | 192 |
| 20 | Luke Woolsey | 1 | 1 | 1,103 |
| 21 | Clinton Chalfant | 1 | 1 | 752 |
| 22 | Christopher Demery | 1 | 1 | 75 |
| 23 | H Jean Tichenor | — | 131 | 273 |
| 24 | Paul Wicker | — | 120 | 241 |
| 25 | Jerry Bader | — | 86 | 1,037 |
| 26 | John Schnell | — | 82 | 464 |
| 27 | John Jasper | — | 78 | 353 |
| 28 | James Mills | — | 70 | 104 |
| 29 | Jim A Sweaney | — | 59 | 334 |
| 30 | William Schnell | — | 57 | 188 |
| 31 | Carry Joe Tichenor | — | 44 | 128 |
| 32 | Frank Brodie | — | 43 | 418 |
| 33 | John Geller | — | 40 | 2,275 |
| 34 | Eugene Cantrell | — | 33 | 712 |
| 35 | Clifford King | — | 28 | 228 |
| 36 | Adam Baker | — | 26 | 306 |
| 37 | Jeffrey Messenger | — | 24 | 569 |
| 38 | Robert Mcelwain | — | 22 | 553 |
| 39 | Wendell Martin | — | 19 | 383 |
| 40 | Valerie Schnell | — | 16 | 64 |
| 41 | Tommy Schnell | — | 14 | 1,900 |
| 42 | Rex Hewitt | — | 11 | 1,941 |
| 43 | Myrl Bowler | — | 11 | 113 |
| 44 | James Stuart | — | 10 | 148 |
| 45 | Howard Trower | — | 9 | 730 |
| 46 | Clinton Harper | — | 9 | 359 |
| 47 | Norman Houston | — | 8 | 757 |
| 48 | Larry Howland | — | 8 | 387 |
| 49 | Justin Houston | — | 7 | 480 |
| 50 | Russell Morton | — | 7 | 116 |
| 51 | Dale Lett | — | 6 | 430 |
| 52 | Kenneth Broadaway | — | 5 | 296 |
| 53 | Ryan Choate | — | 4 | 759 |
| 54 | W F Schnell | — | 4 | 1,512 |
| 55 | Melvin Daugherty | — | 4 | 270 |
| 56 | Grover Daugherty | — | 4 | 248 |
| 57 | Keith Snow | — | 4 | 181 |
| 58 | J C Booth | — | 3 | 1,631 |
| 59 | William T. Beckett | — | 3 | 360 |
| 60 | Douglas Luther | — | 2 | 35 |
| 61 | James Mcelwain | — | 2 | 110 |
| 62 | Philip Luther | — | 2 | 106 |
| 63 | Dustin Clark | — | 2 | 104 |
| 64 | Brian Keith Bauer | — | 2 | 96 |
| 65 | Johnny Arnold | — | 2 | 59 |
| 66 | John Wilson | — | 2 | 45 |
| 67 | Ryan Eickhoff | — | 1 | 107 |
| 68 | Gary Conway | — | 1 | 273 |
| 69 | Derrick Palmer | — | 1 | 166 |
| 70 | Steven Goins | — | 1 | 70 |
| 71 | Gregory Demery | — | 1 | 55 |
| 72 | Paul Fancher | — | 1 | 50 |
| 73 | Lesley Hayes | — | 1 | 40 |
| 74 | Unpermitted Driller | — | 1 | 39 |
| 75 | Scott Hill | — | 1 | 28 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Barry County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full MoDNR 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 Barry County?
Greg Evans has drilled the most Barry County wells in the recent record — 264 since 2016, 604 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Barry County?
75 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in Barry County; 22 of them have drilled somewhere in Missouri since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Barry County?
The median drilled depth in Barry County is 505 ft, based on 3,969 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Barry County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Barry County wells page.
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