Best well drillers in Maries County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 66 drilling companies with wells on record in Maries County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,390 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 Maries Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory Bonnot | 126 | 264 | 6,665 |
| 2 | Justin Hughes | 19 | 19 | 145 |
| 3 | Thomas Gilliam | 16 | 82 | 1,142 |
| 4 | Brian Stegeman | 14 | 16 | 372 |
| 5 | Thomas Ridenhour | 11 | 11 | 52 |
| 6 | Brad Lavy | 10 | 10 | 375 |
| 7 | Gary Hughes | 9 | 102 | 1,790 |
| 8 | Jay Gallagher | 7 | 77 | 248 |
| 9 | Jason Boyce | 7 | 20 | 1,152 |
| 10 | William Woolman | 6 | 7 | 490 |
| 11 | Allen Willey | 5 | 11 | 889 |
| 12 | W Eugene Tennyson | 4 | 55 | 837 |
| 13 | Brent Lee Southard | 3 | 57 | 173 |
| 14 | Steven Stephens | 3 | 13 | 583 |
| 15 | Joshua Lavy | 3 | 3 | 636 |
| 16 | Curtis Verdot | 3 | 3 | 39 |
| 17 | Brandon Scott | 2 | 16 | 2,148 |
| 18 | David Schnell | 2 | 13 | 1,253 |
| 19 | Jeff Hatfield | 2 | 2 | 246 |
| 20 | Daniel Flynn | 2 | 2 | 5,100 |
| 21 | Kenneth Boessen | 1 | 32 | 340 |
| 22 | Mark Replogle | 1 | 5 | 2,457 |
| 23 | Alan Burgess | 1 | 1 | 637 |
| 24 | Anthony Asmus | 1 | 1 | 1,018 |
| 25 | Diane Schroepfer-Kline | 1 | 1 | 1,127 |
| 26 | Oral Nichols | 1 | 1 | 1,134 |
| 27 | Jesse Gallagher | — | 176 | 519 |
| 28 | Leroy Blankenship | — | 54 | 275 |
| 29 | Scottie Wilson | — | 48 | 366 |
| 30 | Teddy Moman | — | 43 | 146 |
| 31 | Alvin Tennyson | — | 36 | 506 |
| 32 | Edward E Bonnot | — | 32 | 222 |
| 33 | James Bonnot | — | 25 | 464 |
| 34 | Anthony Baretich | — | 22 | 63 |
| 35 | Greg Bonnot | — | 19 | 80 |
| 36 | Charles Lock | — | 19 | 514 |
| 37 | Walter Heisterberg | — | 10 | 2,781 |
| 38 | Eric Hoog | — | 10 | 66 |
| 39 | Russell Guill | — | 9 | 38 |
| 40 | Lloyd Moreland | — | 8 | 2,332 |
| 41 | Orville Schroepfer | — | 7 | 2,221 |
| 42 | Kevin Sybert | — | 5 | 187 |
| 43 | Fairs E Dalton | — | 4 | 145 |
| 44 | Donald Bonnot | — | 3 | 129 |
| 45 | Richard Burchard | — | 3 | 73 |
| 46 | Timothy Grabher | — | 2 | 3,000 |
| 47 | Andrew Harper | — | 2 | 318 |
| 48 | Richard David Henry | — | 2 | 2,104 |
| 49 | Robert Wideman | — | 2 | 1,228 |
| 50 | Matthew Rizer | — | 2 | 982 |
| 51 | Howard Beanland | — | 2 | 496 |
| 52 | Donald Flett | — | 2 | 366 |
| 53 | Neal Stephens | — | 2 | 273 |
| 54 | Derrick Jones | — | 2 | 96 |
| 55 | Richard Frank | — | 2 | 57 |
| 56 | Joel Yingling | — | 2 | 27 |
| 57 | Harold G Aslinger | — | 2 | 25 |
| 58 | Ryan Choate | — | 1 | 749 |
| 59 | Randy Foster | — | 1 | 898 |
| 60 | Jim Stamper | — | 1 | 452 |
| 61 | W F Schnell | — | 1 | 1,512 |
| 62 | Marshall Eye JR | — | 1 | 729 |
| 63 | Mark Lavy | — | 1 | 456 |
| 64 | Joshua Stoner | — | 1 | 104 |
| 65 | Brian Keith Bauer | — | 1 | 96 |
| 66 | Lesley Hayes | — | 1 | 40 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Maries 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 Maries County?
Gregory Bonnot has drilled the most Maries County wells in the recent record — 126 since 2016, 264 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Maries County?
66 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in Maries 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 Maries County?
The median drilled depth in Maries County is 292 ft, based on 1,419 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Maries County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Maries County wells page.
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