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Best well drillers in Ashland County, Wisconsin
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 52 drilling companies with wells
on record in Ashland County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,701 logged
wells in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Groundwater Retrieval Network (GRN) well-construction records (records as of 2026-09-28). Every number links back to
the public record.
52companies on record
18active since 2022
1,701wells in county record
| # | Company | In Ashland Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Binz, Steve E | 82 | 82 | 354 |
| 2 | Melin, Robert T | 74 | 76 | 225 |
| 3 | Komarek, Ronald A SR | 60 | 60 | 1,080 |
| 4 | Anderson, Paul R | 34 | 55 | 414 |
| 5 | Nehls & Webster Well Drilling | 17 | 62 | 2,122 |
| 6 | Robert T Melin | 14 | 251 | 694 |
| 7 | Ronald A Komarek SR | 14 | 158 | 4,389 |
| 8 | Komarek, Theodore | 11 | 11 | 301 |
| 9 | Butterfield Inc. | 10 | 45 | 2,283 |
| 10 | Steve E Binz | 9 | 116 | 591 |
| 11 | Wayne Holly Well Drilling LLC | 9 | 9 | 294 |
| 12 | Paul R Anderson | 6 | 191 | 1,649 |
| 13 | Webster Well Drilling Inc. | 4 | 66 | 3,928 |
| 14 | Komarek SR, Ronald A | 3 | 4 | 338 |
| 15 | D&m Waterworks LLC | 3 | 3 | 417 |
| 16 | Kostac, Christopher L | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 17 | Richardson WD/Ertl Enterprises Inc. | 2 | 30 | 3,556 |
| 18 | Holt John A | 2 | 20 | 92 |
| 19 | Rhinelander Well Drilling Inc. | 1 | 5 | 5,196 |
| 20 | Hanser Bill Well & Pump Inc. | 1 | 1 | 1,104 |
| 21 | Thomas G Butterfield | — | 177 | 3,136 |
| 22 | Jeffrey J Holt | — | 91 | 393 |
| 23 | John A Holt | — | 43 | 298 |
| 24 | Donald Karnosh | — | 26 | 476 |
| 25 | Donald F Karnosh | — | 17 | 287 |
| 26 | Richardson Well Drilling Inc. | — | 15 | 1,593 |
| 27 | Nehls @ Webster Well Drilling | — | 8 | 589 |
| 28 | David Davis | — | 8 | 522 |
| 29 | Davis David | — | 8 | 42 |
| 30 | Lind Larry Well Drilling Inc. | — | 7 | 529 |
| 31 | Mercer Well Drilling LLC | — | 7 | 388 |
| 32 | Butterfield Roscoe Well @ Pump I | — | 6 | 800 |
| 33 | Butterfield Roscoe Well & Pump Inc. | — | 5 | 1,843 |
| 34 | Roscoe C Butterfield | — | 4 | 533 |
| 35 | Butterfield Thomas G | — | 4 | 63 |
| 36 | Froemel Well | — | 3 | 774 |
| 37 | Jesse W Brunner | — | 3 | 2,585 |
| 38 | Travis A Butterfield | — | 3 | 80 |
| 39 | John Holt | — | 2 | 156 |
| 40 | Heeg Well Drlg LLC | — | 2 | 842 |
| 41 | Pepper R Craft | — | 2 | 293 |
| 42 | Karnosh Donald | — | 2 | 74 |
| 43 | Sam's Well Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 21,895 |
| 44 | Kramer Well Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 7,044 |
| 45 | Brian Heeg | — | 1 | 1,195 |
| 46 | Keith R Lind | — | 1 | 906 |
| 47 | Bradley M Hartman | — | 1 | 640 |
| 48 | Tipler Well Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 482 |
| 49 | Gary Lind | — | 1 | 363 |
| 50 | Gary A Olson | — | 1 | 123 |
| 51 | George Brunner | — | 1 | 83 |
| 52 | Paul H Webster | — | 1 | 54 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Ashland County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full WI DNR
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 Ashland County?
Binz, Steve E has drilled the most Ashland County wells in the recent record — 82 since 2016, 82 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Ashland County?
52 companies in the WI DNR record have drilled wells in Ashland County; 18 of them have drilled somewhere in Wisconsin since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Ashland County?
The median drilled depth in Ashland County is 118 ft, based on 2,741 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Ashland County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Ashland County wells page.
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