Best well drillers in Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 72 drilling companies with wells on record in Lac Qui Parle County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 940 logged wells in the Minnesota County Well Index (CWI), maintained by the Minnesota Geological Survey and the Minnesota Department of Health (records as of 2026-08-13). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In Lac Qui Parle Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellingboe, T | 30 | 34 | 101 |
| 2 | Thein, A | 15 | 15 | 146 |
| 3 | Lee, D. | 12 | 149 | 945 |
| 4 | Ervin, K | 12 | 13 | 168 |
| 5 | Klimek, D. | 11 | 23 | 2,538 |
| 6 | Gjerde, M. | 9 | 19 | 1,135 |
| 7 | Drexler, M. | 7 | 10 | 215 |
| 8 | Marcus, R. | 6 | 14 | 904 |
| 9 | Ervin, B. | 5 | 30 | 1,131 |
| 10 | Westrom, A | 3 | 7 | 113 |
| 11 | Jones, W | 3 | 3 | 48 |
| 12 | Thein, T | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 13 | Wieber, A. | 3 | 3 | 48 |
| 14 | Block, J | 3 | 3 | 65 |
| 15 | Pinkelman, B. | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| 16 | Bloch, J. | 3 | 3 | 40 |
| 17 | Kranz, C. | 2 | 28 | 62 |
| 18 | Thein, R. | 1 | 8 | 639 |
| 19 | Steffl, T. | 1 | 2 | 196 |
| 20 | Ewert, Chad | 1 | 1 | 176 |
| 21 | Cole, S. | 1 | 1 | 70 |
| 22 | Monroe, Steve | 1 | 1 | 115 |
| 23 | Steffl, S. | 1 | 1 | 297 |
| 24 | Larson, L. | — | 222 | 537 |
| 25 | Jorgenson, V. | — | 66 | 207 |
| 26 | Grant, A. | — | 36 | 101 |
| 27 | Nesvold, J. | — | 29 | 67 |
| 28 | Lee, Q. | — | 26 | 109 |
| 29 | Payne, C. | — | 20 | 35 |
| 30 | Nelson, G. | — | 18 | 58 |
| 31 | Neyens, J. | — | 16 | 1,821 |
| 32 | Basore, R. | — | 12 | 519 |
| 33 | Dahl, J. | — | 11 | 980 |
| 34 | Ervin, W. | — | 11 | 44 |
| 35 | Jacobs, T. | — | 10 | 42 |
| 36 | Undlin, B. | — | 9 | 55 |
| 37 | Conroy, J. | — | 7 | 665 |
| 38 | Steffl, M. | — | 7 | 613 |
| 39 | Hendrycks, R. | — | 7 | 40 |
| 40 | Marcus, C. | — | 5 | 2,141 |
| 41 | Wagner, W. | — | 5 | 145 |
| 42 | Minett, J. | — | 3 | 509 |
| 43 | Don/Justin | — | 3 | 222 |
| 44 | Sherman, L. | — | 3 | 187 |
| 45 | Plucker, D. | — | 3 | 173 |
| 46 | Oothoudt, T. | — | 3 | 63 |
| 47 | Weis, M. | — | 3 | 28 |
| 48 | Beuning, W. | — | 2 | 755 |
| 49 | Gary | — | 2 | 407 |
| 50 | Johnson, J. | — | 2 | 247 |
| 51 | Grabowski, D. | — | 2 | 97 |
| 52 | Vanheuveln, K | — | 2 | 35 |
| 53 | Kopka, T. | — | 2 | 27 |
| 54 | Reinart, G. | — | 1 | 220 |
| 55 | Anderson, D. | — | 1 | 1,998 |
| 56 | Rivers, M. | — | 1 | 1,050 |
| 57 | Verdeck, D. | — | 1 | 495 |
| 58 | Reinart, J. | — | 1 | 262 |
| 59 | Steffl, J. | — | 1 | 251 |
| 60 | Hittesdorf, J | — | 1 | 241 |
| 61 | Merkel, B. | — | 1 | 241 |
| 62 | Winther, M. | — | 1 | 179 |
| 63 | Hansen, M. | — | 1 | 101 |
| 64 | Sanford, P. | — | 1 | 89 |
| 65 | Bliss, L. | — | 1 | 88 |
| 66 | Abbas, P. | — | 1 | 75 |
| 67 | Huffman, J. | — | 1 | 66 |
| 68 | John & Chris | — | 1 | 63 |
| 69 | Pulkrabek, L. | — | 1 | 46 |
| 70 | Zigan, J. | — | 1 | 38 |
| 71 | Kloeckl, J. | — | 1 | 31 |
| 72 | Wagner, B. | — | 1 | 28 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Lac Qui Parle County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full CWI 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 Lac Qui Parle County?
Ellingboe, T has drilled the most Lac Qui Parle County wells in the recent record — 30 since 2016, 34 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Lac Qui Parle County?
72 companies in the CWI record have drilled wells in Lac Qui Parle County; 24 of them have drilled somewhere in Minnesota since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Lac Qui Parle County?
The median drilled depth in Lac Qui Parle County is 130 ft, based on 1,091 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Lac Qui Parle County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Lac Qui Parle County wells page.
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