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Best well drillers in Bayfield County, Wisconsin
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 65 drilling companies with wells
on record in Bayfield County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 4,430 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.
65companies on record
29active since 2022
4,430wells in county record
| # | Company | In Bayfield Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | Anderson, Paul R | 216 | 290 | 414 |
| 2 | Butterfield Inc. | 183 | 301 | 2,283 |
| 3 | Wayne Holly Well Drilling LLC | 145 | 145 | 294 |
| 4 | Melin, Robert T | 143 | 149 | 225 |
| 5 | Holly, Wayne | 95 | 108 | 156 |
| 6 | Binz, Steve E | 70 | 70 | 354 |
| 7 | Paul R Anderson | 48 | 1,234 | 1,649 |
| 8 | Nehls & Webster Well Drilling | 35 | 69 | 2,122 |
| 9 | Froemel Well | 32 | 76 | 774 |
| 10 | Robert T Melin | 29 | 436 | 694 |
| 11 | Kostac, Christopher L | 28 | 28 | 31 |
| 12 | D M B Drilling Co. Inc. | 14 | 15 | 1,341 |
| 13 | Wayne Holly | 9 | 97 | 108 |
| 14 | Steve E Binz | 6 | 9 | 591 |
| 15 | Keith R Lind | 5 | 166 | 906 |
| 16 | Kramer Well Drilling Inc. | 4 | 4 | 7,044 |
| 17 | Beecroft, Jeremy R | 4 | 4 | 849 |
| 18 | Komarek, Ronald A SR | 3 | 3 | 1,080 |
| 19 | Fedie, Donald S | 3 | 3 | 723 |
| 20 | J & K Pump & Well Service | 3 | 3 | 570 |
| 21 | Webster Well Drilling Inc. | 2 | 15 | 3,928 |
| 22 | Midwest Hydrofracking LLC | 2 | 2 | 1,135 |
| 23 | Matt H Long | 1 | 47 | 822 |
| 24 | Robert W Kent | 1 | 3 | 123 |
| 25 | H2o Well Drilling & Pump Service | 1 | 2 | 1,054 |
| 26 | Jeremy Beecroft Well Drilling | 1 | 1 | 536 |
| 27 | Komarek, Theodore | 1 | 1 | 301 |
| 28 | Mccullough & Sons Inc. | 1 | 1 | 3,014 |
| 29 | Rutherford, Jeffrey J | 1 | 1 | 76 |
| 30 | Traut Mark J Wells Inc. | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| 31 | Thomas G Butterfield | — | 305 | 3,136 |
| 32 | Gary Lind | — | 265 | 363 |
| 33 | Butterfield Roscoe Well & Pump Inc. | — | 203 | 1,843 |
| 34 | Pepper R Craft | — | 138 | 293 |
| 35 | Lind Larry Well Drilling Inc. | — | 65 | 529 |
| 36 | Butterfield Roscoe Well @ Pump I | — | 45 | 800 |
| 37 | Ronald A Komarek SR | — | 21 | 4,389 |
| 38 | Roscoe C Butterfield | — | 21 | 533 |
| 39 | Travis A Butterfield | — | 16 | 80 |
| 40 | Rhinelander Well Drilling Inc. | — | 10 | 5,196 |
| 41 | Butterfield Roscoe C | — | 8 | 214 |
| 42 | Sam's Well Drilling Inc. | — | 6 | 21,895 |
| 43 | Butterfield, Tim Drilling Inc. | — | 6 | 2,128 |
| 44 | Nehls @ Webster Well Drilling | — | 4 | 589 |
| 45 | Thomas J Rutherford | — | 3 | 211 |
| 46 | John C Smith | — | 3 | 133 |
| 47 | Froemel Well & Pump Repair Inc. | — | 3 | 97 |
| 48 | Aqua-Service Inc. | — | 2 | 3,198 |
| 49 | Donald S Fedie | — | 2 | 3,661 |
| 50 | Roger E Beecroft | — | 2 | 696 |
| 51 | Jeremy R Beecroft | — | 2 | 574 |
| 52 | Butterfield Thomas G | — | 2 | 63 |
| 53 | Paul H Webster | — | 2 | 54 |
| 54 | Ground Source Inc. | — | 1 | 2,237 |
| 55 | Rutherford Well Drlg Inc. | — | 1 | 272 |
| 56 | Kimmes-Bauer Well Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 349 |
| 57 | Martell Steve Pumps & Well Drlg Inc. | — | 1 | 2,875 |
| 58 | Bryan Cox | — | 1 | 817 |
| 59 | Clarence Beecroft | — | 1 | 282 |
| 60 | James A Wilcox | — | 1 | 198 |
| 61 | Lindstrom James C | — | 1 | 115 |
| 62 | Froemel Well @ Pump Repair Inc. | — | 1 | 80 |
| 63 | Jeff Hatfield | — | 1 | 75 |
| 64 | Aaa Qual WD/Div WE Trking Hillsboro | — | 1 | 46 |
| 65 | Robert Froemel | — | 1 | 27 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Bayfield 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 Bayfield County?
Anderson, Paul R has drilled the most Bayfield County wells in the recent record — 216 since 2016, 290 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Bayfield County?
65 companies in the WI DNR record have drilled wells in Bayfield County; 29 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 Bayfield County?
The median drilled depth in Bayfield County is 97 ft, based on 6,963 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Bayfield County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Bayfield County wells page.
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