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Best well drillers in Sierra County, California
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 64 drilling companies with wells
on record in Sierra County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 592 logged
wells in the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Well Completion Reports database (records as of 2026-10-02). Every number links back to
the public record.
64companies on record
19active since 2022
592wells in county record
| # | Company | In Sierra Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|
| 1 | B L Grant Inc. | 20 | 20 | 192 |
| 2 | Peters Drilling And Pump Service | 15 | 87 | 11,575 |
| 3 | Dicken's Drilling | 4 | 51 | 490 |
| 4 | Bruce Mackay Pump & Well Service Inc. | 4 | 13 | 261 |
| 5 | Well Industries Inc. | 4 | 4 | 559 |
| 6 | Stonehouse Well Drilling | 4 | 4 | 157 |
| 7 | Steve's Pumps & Well Drilling Inc. | 2 | 5 | 162 |
| 8 | Belknap Pump Company Inc. | 2 | 2 | 340 |
| 9 | Your H20 Pro | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| 10 | Nor - Cal Pump & Well Drilling Inc. | 1 | 1 | 250 |
| 11 | Gary C Tanko Well Drilling Inc. | — | 73 | 12,026 |
| 12 | John Linn Drilling, Co. | — | 53 | 428 |
| 13 | Paul Williams And Sons | — | 29 | 175 |
| 14 | Signal Drilling Company | — | 23 | 8,301 |
| 15 | Sargent Drilling | — | 20 | 442 |
| 16 | Bfr Associates | — | 16 | 5,621 |
| 17 | Aufdenkamp Drilling Inc. | — | 16 | 2,330 |
| 18 | Tahoe Pump & Drilling Inc. | — | 16 | 358 |
| 19 | Morris And Nelson | — | 14 | 75 |
| 20 | W E Blain | — | 12 | 82 |
| 21 | Nelson Well Drilling | — | 10 | 94 |
| 22 | Humboldt Drilling & Pump Co. | — | 9 | 131 |
| 23 | Kimzey- Lee Well & Pump Co. | — | 9 | 95 |
| 24 | Waldrop Drilling & Pump Co. Inc. | — | 9 | 57 |
| 25 | Mel Meyer | — | 8 | 101,127 |
| 26 | Turner Drilling | — | 8 | 129 |
| 27 | Levy Matthews & Son | — | 7 | 35 |
| 28 | R Wilder Gen Cont | — | 5 | 409 |
| 29 | Scott Xxx PC Exploration Inc. | — | 5 | 154 |
| 30 | Eaton Drilling Co. LLC | — | 4 | 3,792 |
| 31 | Beymer Well Service | — | 4 | 2,921 |
| 32 | Wayne Environmental Drilling Company Inc. | — | 4 | 664 |
| 33 | Cranmer & Ellis Water Well Drillers | — | 4 | 197 |
| 34 | C & M Drilling Co. | — | 4 | 41 |
| 35 | Diamond Well Drilling Company Inc. | — | 3 | 1,150 |
| 36 | Aqua Drilling & Well Service Inc. | — | 3 | 37 |
| 37 | Enloe Well Drilling | — | 2 | 279 |
| 38 | Tanko Gary C Well Drilling | — | 2 | 284 |
| 39 | Wayne Drilling Co. | — | 2 | 1,113 |
| 40 | Starr Drilling And Pump Co. | — | 2 | 875 |
| 41 | Underwood Well Drilling | — | 2 | 586 |
| 42 | Allen Drilling & Equipment Co. | — | 2 | 311 |
| 43 | Hunt Tom Drilling & Construction Co. | — | 2 | 112 |
| 44 | Welltest Inc. | — | 2 | 52 |
| 45 | Johnson Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 11,872 |
| 46 | Diamond Core Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 480 |
| 47 | Les Petersen Drilling & Pump Inc. | — | 1 | 4,098 |
| 48 | Bertram Drilling Inc. | — | 1 | 1,171 |
| 49 | W D C Exploration & Wells | — | 1 | 2,421 |
| 50 | Allen Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 1,295 |
| 51 | Pitcher Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 1,232 |
| 52 | Hunt Drilling Company Inc. | — | 1 | 1,213 |
| 53 | Wilder, R., Drilling Company | — | 1 | 1,089 |
| 54 | S A Andresen All Terrain Exploration | — | 1 | 468 |
| 55 | Tom Hunt Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 418 |
| 56 | Williams Well Drilling | — | 1 | 376 |
| 57 | Sage Bros Drilling Co. | — | 1 | 232 |
| 58 | Portola Pump & Drilling | — | 1 | 116 |
| 59 | Brown Brothers Drilling | — | 1 | 102 |
| 60 | Hydro Resources - West Inc. | — | 1 | 97 |
| 61 | L. Wade Inc. | — | 1 | 93 |
| 62 | Koenig Enterprises | — | 1 | 83 |
| 63 | E Larsen | — | 1 | 47 |
| 64 | Aaa Pump | — | 1 | 28 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Sierra County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full DWR
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 Sierra County?
B L Grant Inc. has drilled the most Sierra County wells in the recent record — 20 since 2016, 20 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Sierra County?
64 companies in the DWR record have drilled wells in Sierra County; 19 of them have drilled somewhere in California since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Sierra County?
The median drilled depth in Sierra County is 175 ft, based on 830 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Sierra County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on
the Sierra County wells page.
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