Best well drillers in Lake County, Minnesota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 38 drilling companies with wells on record in Lake County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,200 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 Lake Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rasmussen, R. | 229 | 603 | 1,903 |
| 2 | Mckeever, K. | 54 | 89 | 671 |
| 3 | Cheney, K. | 25 | 52 | 713 |
| 4 | Majeski, T. | 13 | 136 | 1,577 |
| 5 | Cheney, Kevin | 12 | 12 | 30 |
| 6 | Dennis | 11 | 11 | 343 |
| 7 | Petersen, D. | 10 | 119 | 2,404 |
| 8 | Kent, B. | 2 | 5 | 2,858 |
| 9 | Froehlingsdor | 2 | 2 | 185 |
| 10 | Graves, J. | 1 | 2 | 523 |
| 11 | Mindestrom, C | — | 397 | 1,028 |
| 12 | Ojard, S. | — | 217 | 574 |
| 13 | Lovold, B. | — | 158 | 767 |
| 14 | Rasmussen, L. | — | 91 | 275 |
| 15 | Mckeever, R. | — | 58 | 473 |
| 16 | Haveri, K. | — | 46 | 517 |
| 17 | Rasmussen, J. | — | 43 | 128 |
| 18 | Carlson, M. | — | 29 | 499 |
| 19 | Ojard, J. | — | 24 | 110 |
| 20 | Madison, J. | — | 24 | 76 |
| 21 | Heil, J. | — | 20 | 87 |
| 22 | Mckeever, D. | — | 10 | 125 |
| 23 | Kolstad, D. | — | 10 | 352 |
| 24 | Olson, D. | — | 8 | 1,126 |
| 25 | Madison, D. | — | 7 | 218 |
| 26 | Fryke, K. | — | 6 | 198 |
| 27 | Peterson, D. | — | 4 | 1,742 |
| 28 | Beuning, W. | — | 4 | 755 |
| 29 | Kolstad, B. | — | 3 | 158 |
| 30 | Petersen, N. | — | 2 | 87 |
| 31 | Graves, D. | — | 1 | 394 |
| 32 | Nelson, C. | — | 1 | 341 |
| 33 | Wilber, E. | — | 1 | 271 |
| 34 | Shadley, J. | — | 1 | 201 |
| 35 | Magnuson, D. | — | 1 | 189 |
| 36 | Palm, J. | — | 1 | 65 |
| 37 | OK Machine Co. | — | 1 | 55 |
| 38 | Machine, OK | — | 1 | 29 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Lake 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 Lake County?
Rasmussen, R. has drilled the most Lake County wells in the recent record — 229 since 2016, 603 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Lake County?
38 companies in the CWI record have drilled wells in Lake County; 11 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 Lake County?
The median drilled depth in Lake County is 205 ft, based on 2,385 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Lake County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Lake County wells page.
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