Best well drillers in Vernon County, Missouri
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 37 drilling companies with wells on record in Vernon County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 326 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 Vernon Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Spradling | 27 | 42 | 1,102 |
| 2 | Jeremy Mccarthy | 15 | 16 | 2,948 |
| 3 | Timothy Stokes | 9 | 9 | 1,356 |
| 4 | Don Howe | 6 | 56 | 1,829 |
| 5 | G Dale Gulick | 6 | 8 | 1,091 |
| 6 | Ryan Choate | 6 | 6 | 749 |
| 7 | Charles Heckert | 5 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | Larry Gulick | 3 | 5 | 1,396 |
| 9 | Matty Yoakum | 2 | 2 | 88 |
| 10 | Jesse Yoakum | 1 | 32 | 691 |
| 11 | Owner Installed | 1 | 13 | 34 |
| 12 | Andrew Harper | 1 | 4 | 318 |
| 13 | Felix Eye | 1 | 1 | 398 |
| 14 | Benjamin Hauser | 1 | 1 | 67 |
| 15 | Howard Trower | — | 36 | 730 |
| 16 | William T. Beckett | — | 18 | 360 |
| 17 | Thomas Coffman | — | 12 | 1,342 |
| 18 | Karl Jacobs | — | 8 | 1,358 |
| 19 | Jerry Bader | — | 7 | 1,037 |
| 20 | James Mallonee | — | 7 | 1,180 |
| 21 | Clinton Harper | — | 7 | 359 |
| 22 | Tommy Schnell | — | 5 | 1,900 |
| 23 | Myrl Bowler | — | 4 | 113 |
| 24 | W F Schnell | — | 3 | 1,512 |
| 25 | John Schnell | — | 3 | 464 |
| 26 | Wendell Martin | — | 2 | 383 |
| 27 | Norman Houston | — | 2 | 757 |
| 28 | John Jasper | — | 2 | 353 |
| 29 | Eugene Just | — | 1 | 702 |
| 30 | Walter Heisterberg | — | 1 | 2,781 |
| 31 | Curt Wilson | — | 1 | 2,074 |
| 32 | Lee Ervin Barnes | — | 1 | 521 |
| 33 | Russell Morton | — | 1 | 116 |
| 34 | Philip Luther | — | 1 | 106 |
| 35 | Kevin Rose | — | 1 | 87 |
| 36 | Valerie Schnell | — | 1 | 64 |
| 37 | Scott Hill | — | 1 | 28 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Vernon 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 Vernon County?
Gary Spradling has drilled the most Vernon County wells in the recent record — 27 since 2016, 42 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Vernon County?
37 companies in the MoDNR record have drilled wells in Vernon County; 17 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 Vernon County?
The median drilled depth in Vernon County is 465 ft, based on 337 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Vernon County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Vernon County wells page.
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