Best well drillers in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 61 drilling companies with wells on record in Cape Girardeau County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,236 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 Cape Girardeau Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Cook | 137 | 415 | 1,170 |
| 2 | Shane Crites | 73 | 73 | 242 |
| 3 | Todd Robinson | 58 | 193 | 678 |
| 4 | Mike Callaway | 43 | 122 | 243 |
| 5 | Tharon Cook | 37 | 37 | 96 |
| 6 | Michael Mcdermott | 15 | 33 | 37 |
| 7 | John Abner | 13 | 71 | 1,971 |
| 8 | William Ward | 12 | 73 | 819 |
| 9 | Jason Byrd | 9 | 11 | 352 |
| 10 | Amy Nichols | 9 | 9 | 614 |
| 11 | Charles Allred | 5 | 5 | 215 |
| 12 | William Scott Burge | 4 | 33 | 901 |
| 13 | Adam Hemby | 2 | 2 | 104 |
| 14 | Fred Brown | 1 | 94 | 1,180 |
| 15 | William Burge | 1 | 16 | 668 |
| 16 | James Bell JR | 1 | 13 | 241 |
| 17 | Rodney Chad Wallace | 1 | 8 | 165 |
| 18 | Daniel Flynn | 1 | 7 | 5,100 |
| 19 | Philip Luther | 1 | 3 | 106 |
| 20 | Shane Mcmenamy | 1 | 1 | 90 |
| 21 | Jimmy Statler | — | 113 | 413 |
| 22 | Stanley Grantham | — | 109 | 499 |
| 23 | Wayne Johnson | — | 102 | 454 |
| 24 | Douglas Grantham | — | 76 | 219 |
| 25 | Earl W Buechting | — | 68 | 1,576 |
| 26 | Arnold Robinson | — | 68 | 406 |
| 27 | Matthew Heob | — | 67 | 188 |
| 28 | Donald Smith | — | 65 | 184 |
| 29 | John Byrd | — | 51 | 812 |
| 30 | Oscar C Griffin | — | 39 | 84 |
| 31 | Ronald Clark | — | 33 | 40 |
| 32 | Christopher Rhodes | — | 28 | 547 |
| 33 | Donald Clayton | — | 25 | 889 |
| 34 | Bobby Clark | — | 24 | 37 |
| 35 | George Mann | — | 19 | 3,209 |
| 36 | John Nichols | — | 19 | 463 |
| 37 | Jason Grantham | — | 16 | 324 |
| 38 | Richard Brewington | — | 14 | 51 |
| 39 | Wilbert J Hacker | — | 12 | 72 |
| 40 | Arthur Brashear | — | 9 | 350 |
| 41 | Joseph Foppe | — | 9 | 29 |
| 42 | Robert Clark | — | 8 | 1,895 |
| 43 | Dennis Long JR | — | 6 | 127 |
| 44 | Wilbur Sutton | — | 6 | 69 |
| 45 | Bobby Bell | — | 5 | 75 |
| 46 | Richard Cooper | — | 4 | 89 |
| 47 | William Warth | — | 3 | 364 |
| 48 | Roger Brewington | — | 2 | 441 |
| 49 | Steve Turnbeaugh | — | 2 | 422 |
| 50 | Roger K Bollinger | — | 2 | 275 |
| 51 | Chad Engram | — | 2 | 102 |
| 52 | Paul Fancher | — | 2 | 50 |
| 53 | Gary Spradling | — | 1 | 1,102 |
| 54 | David Shelby | — | 1 | 1,792 |
| 55 | Ron Heath | — | 1 | 2,027 |
| 56 | Gregory Clark | — | 1 | 1,222 |
| 57 | Clinton Harper | — | 1 | 359 |
| 58 | Charles Todd | — | 1 | 145 |
| 59 | Mark Hunsaker | — | 1 | 77 |
| 60 | Douglas Montgomery | — | 1 | 70 |
| 61 | Lesley Hayes | — | 1 | 40 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau County?
Gary Cook has drilled the most Cape Girardeau County wells in the recent record — 137 since 2016, 415 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Cape Girardeau County?
61 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in Cape Girardeau County; 21 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 Cape Girardeau County?
The median drilled depth in Cape Girardeau County is 325 ft, based on 2,354 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Cape Girardeau County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Cape Girardeau County wells page.
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