Best well drillers in Laclede County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 68 drilling companies with wells on record in Laclede County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,737 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 Laclede Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Replogle | 267 | 1,022 | 2,457 |
| 2 | Timothy Grabher | 27 | 47 | 3,000 |
| 3 | Brandon Scott | 15 | 25 | 2,148 |
| 4 | Gregory Bonnot | 14 | 14 | 6,665 |
| 5 | Roger Mepham | 11 | 11 | 95 |
| 6 | Timothy Stokes | 10 | 10 | 1,356 |
| 7 | Gary Spradling | 8 | 8 | 1,102 |
| 8 | Lloyd Moreland | 5 | 219 | 2,332 |
| 9 | Seaman Mahan | 5 | 5 | 1,326 |
| 10 | Allen Willey | 4 | 6 | 889 |
| 11 | Clinton Chalfant | 3 | 7 | 734 |
| 12 | Jeremy Mccarthy | 3 | 5 | 2,948 |
| 13 | Randy Foster | 3 | 4 | 898 |
| 14 | Brad Lavy | 3 | 3 | 375 |
| 15 | Kurtis Jolander | 3 | 3 | 539 |
| 16 | Nathan Aaron Wilson | 2 | 7 | 1,061 |
| 17 | Clinton Mahan | 2 | 3 | 897 |
| 18 | Joshua Lavy | 2 | 2 | 636 |
| 19 | James Mallonee | 2 | 2 | 1,180 |
| 20 | Jim Stamper | 1 | 39 | 452 |
| 21 | Mark Mccullough | 1 | 2 | 605 |
| 22 | Anthony Asmus | 1 | 1 | 1,018 |
| 23 | Klint Gingerich | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| 24 | Shane Mcmenamy | 1 | 1 | 90 |
| 25 | W F Schnell | — | 40 | 1,512 |
| 26 | Robert Clark | — | 34 | 1,895 |
| 27 | Tommy Schnell | — | 28 | 1,900 |
| 28 | Curt Wilson | — | 27 | 2,074 |
| 29 | Richard Frank | — | 25 | 57 |
| 30 | Matthew Rizer | — | 24 | 982 |
| 31 | Vernon Stamper | — | 10 | 195 |
| 32 | Donald Mccarthy | — | 7 | 2,225 |
| 33 | Gregory Clark | — | 7 | 1,222 |
| 34 | Gary Conway | — | 7 | 273 |
| 35 | Hershel O Beck JR | — | 7 | 140 |
| 36 | Don Howe | — | 6 | 1,829 |
| 37 | Scottie Wilson | — | 5 | 366 |
| 38 | Raymond Grabher | — | 4 | 1,219 |
| 39 | James Willey | — | 4 | 579 |
| 40 | Verla Elliott | — | 4 | 287 |
| 41 | Daniel Flynn | — | 3 | 5,100 |
| 42 | Gary Foster | — | 3 | 1,959 |
| 43 | Alvin Tennyson | — | 3 | 506 |
| 44 | Jim A Sweaney | — | 3 | 334 |
| 45 | Leroy Blankenship | — | 3 | 275 |
| 46 | R Charles Scott | — | 3 | 225 |
| 47 | Edward E Bonnot | — | 3 | 222 |
| 48 | Jeff Perkins | — | 3 | 94 |
| 49 | Walter Heisterberg | — | 2 | 2,781 |
| 50 | Rex Hewitt | — | 2 | 1,941 |
| 51 | Thomas Gilliam | — | 2 | 1,142 |
| 52 | Lee James Borders | — | 2 | 691 |
| 53 | John Schnell | — | 2 | 464 |
| 54 | Clinton Harper | — | 2 | 359 |
| 55 | Verne Luther | — | 2 | 43 |
| 56 | George Mann | — | 1 | 3,209 |
| 57 | Richard Linebaugh | — | 1 | 422 |
| 58 | Andrew Harper | — | 1 | 318 |
| 59 | David Schnell | — | 1 | 1,253 |
| 60 | Eddie Barnes | — | 1 | 1,227 |
| 61 | Gary Hughes | — | 1 | 1,790 |
| 62 | Howard Trower | — | 1 | 730 |
| 63 | George Goins | — | 1 | 544 |
| 64 | Kenneth Boessen | — | 1 | 340 |
| 65 | Fairs E Dalton | — | 1 | 145 |
| 66 | Alfred E Elliott | — | 1 | 122 |
| 67 | Joshua Stoner | — | 1 | 104 |
| 68 | John Wilson | — | 1 | 45 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Laclede 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 Laclede County?
Mark Replogle has drilled the most Laclede County wells in the recent record — 267 since 2016, 1,022 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Laclede County?
68 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in Laclede County; 27 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 Laclede County?
The median drilled depth in Laclede County is 340 ft, based on 1,793 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Laclede County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Laclede County wells page.
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