Best well drillers in Crawford County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 68 drilling companies with wells on record in Crawford County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,877 logged wells in the Missouri Department of Natural Resources water well database (records as of 2026-08-21). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In Crawford Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Stephens | 130 | 420 | 583 |
| 2 | Gregory Bonnot | 116 | 411 | 6,665 |
| 3 | Felix Eye | 63 | 64 | 398 |
| 4 | Jason Boyce | 52 | 80 | 1,152 |
| 5 | Justin Hughes | 33 | 33 | 145 |
| 6 | Gary Hughes | 30 | 345 | 1,790 |
| 7 | William Woolman | 22 | 31 | 490 |
| 8 | Richard David Henry | 18 | 468 | 2,104 |
| 9 | Diane Schroepfer-Kline | 18 | 37 | 1,127 |
| 10 | Daniel Flynn | 18 | 21 | 5,100 |
| 11 | Brad Lavy | 16 | 16 | 375 |
| 12 | Brian Stegeman | 9 | 9 | 372 |
| 13 | Thomas Gilliam | 8 | 8 | 1,142 |
| 14 | Dale Emily | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 15 | Alan Burgess | 6 | 6 | 637 |
| 16 | Richard Martin | 4 | 30 | 36 |
| 17 | Jeff Hatfield | 4 | 4 | 246 |
| 18 | W Eugene Tennyson | 2 | 36 | 837 |
| 19 | Joshua Lavy | 2 | 2 | 636 |
| 20 | Dean Shocklee | 2 | 2 | 64 |
| 21 | Robert Bussa | 2 | 2 | 370 |
| 22 | Neal Stephens | 1 | 177 | 273 |
| 23 | David Schnell | 1 | 9 | 1,253 |
| 24 | Kevin Sybert | 1 | 6 | 187 |
| 25 | Seaman Mahan | 1 | 2 | 1,326 |
| 26 | Luke Woolsey | 1 | 1 | 1,078 |
| 27 | David Guzy | 1 | 1 | 1,574 |
| 28 | David Weatherford | 1 | 1 | 148 |
| 29 | C Felix Eye | — | 124 | 711 |
| 30 | Marshall Eye JR | — | 119 | 729 |
| 31 | W F Schnell | — | 84 | 1,512 |
| 32 | Robert Wideman | — | 75 | 1,228 |
| 33 | Orville Schroepfer | — | 64 | 2,221 |
| 34 | Dale E Lewis | — | 30 | 381 |
| 35 | Stevie Crawford | — | 25 | 1,063 |
| 36 | Jason Grantham | — | 14 | 324 |
| 37 | Alvin Tennyson | — | 13 | 506 |
| 38 | Floyd Bud Emily | — | 10 | 36 |
| 39 | Jesse Gallagher | — | 8 | 519 |
| 40 | Harris Tinnin JR | — | 8 | 34 |
| 41 | Winferd Medley | — | 7 | 62 |
| 42 | Brent Lee Southard | — | 6 | 173 |
| 43 | Johnny Patterson | — | 6 | 869 |
| 44 | Jay Gallagher | — | 6 | 248 |
| 45 | Derrick Jones | — | 6 | 96 |
| 46 | William Gibson | — | 6 | 26 |
| 47 | Donald Flett | — | 5 | 366 |
| 48 | Clinton Harper | — | 4 | 359 |
| 49 | George Mann | — | 3 | 3,209 |
| 50 | Teddy Moman | — | 3 | 146 |
| 51 | James Klinkhardt | — | 2 | 1,240 |
| 52 | Philip Luther | — | 2 | 106 |
| 53 | Darrell Schroepfer | — | 2 | 84 |
| 54 | Anthony Baretich | — | 2 | 63 |
| 55 | Randy Foster | — | 1 | 898 |
| 56 | Andrew Harper | — | 1 | 318 |
| 57 | Clinton Mahan | — | 1 | 897 |
| 58 | Lloyd Moreland | — | 1 | 2,332 |
| 59 | Willie Patterson | — | 1 | 493 |
| 60 | Wayne Johnson | — | 1 | 454 |
| 61 | Ricky Coleman | — | 1 | 442 |
| 62 | Frank Brodie | — | 1 | 418 |
| 63 | Arnold Robinson | — | 1 | 406 |
| 64 | Kevin Pelton | — | 1 | 395 |
| 65 | Bob J Goss | — | 1 | 366 |
| 66 | Darren Belcher | — | 1 | 255 |
| 67 | Fairs E Dalton | — | 1 | 145 |
| 68 | Loyola Sommer | — | 1 | 30 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Crawford 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 Crawford County?
Steven Stephens has drilled the most Crawford County wells in the recent record — 130 since 2016, 420 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Crawford County?
68 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in Crawford County; 26 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 Crawford County?
The median drilled depth in Crawford County is 272 ft, based on 2,993 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Crawford County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Crawford County wells page.
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