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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 2026-08-14). Every number links back to the public record.

52companies on record
18active since 2022
1,701wells in county record
#CompanyIn Ashland Co. since 2016All-time in countyStatewide
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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