Best well drillers in Ward County, North Dakota

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 42 drilling companies with wells on record in Ward County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,981 logged wells in the North Dakota Department of Water Resources drillers log file (records as of 2026-09-28). Every number links back to the public record.

42companies on record

16active since 2022

1,981wells in county record

#	Company	In Ward Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Erck Well Drilling	57	453	1,147
2	Mariner Water Well Service	32	35	72
3	Brase Drilling LLC	27	27	495
4	Stumvoll Drilling	25	82	1,028
5	Depth Well Drilling	21	22	80
6	Illand Mariner Water Well Service	7	7	28
7	Iba Drilling Company, Inc.	6	6	50
8	Thein Well Co.	3	8	31
9	Mariner's Well Drilling	2	216	439
10	Agri Industries	2	6	786
11	Lako Drilling	2	2	774
12	Steven M. Traut Wells Inc.	2	2	60
13	L.t.p. Enterprises, Inc.	1	1	76
14	Don & Keith Erck	—	471	670
15	Circle M Drilling	—	142	274
16	Dennis Water Well Drilling	—	132	1,283
17	Farmers Supply Co.	—	110	480
18	Stemen Drilling	—	48	72
19	Peterson Well Drilling	—	38	71
20	Diamond M Drilling	—	30	50
21	Mann Drilling	—	25	638
22	Flaherty Drilling	—	20	207
23	Mariner & Son	—	13	27
24	Lakeview Drilling, Inc.	—	11	67
25	Carter Water Well Drilling	—	10	29
26	C. A. Simpson & Son	—	9	585
27	Earth Energy & Water Systems	—	8	877
28	Broneske Well Drilling	—	8	234
29	Russell Drilling	—	7	345
30	Sather Construction	—	6	261
31	Nick J. Erck	—	5	35
32	Braun Intertec	—	4	33
33	Clint's Well Boring	—	3	81
34	Kamoni Water Wells	—	2	1,682
35	Bursinger Drilling	—	2	467
36	Tandeski Water Well Drilling	—	2	242
37	Church Well Boring	—	2	148
38	Mariner Drilling	—	2	89
39	Gregory Water & Energy Inc.	—	1	625
40	Ltp Enterprises	—	1	1,556
41	Schimelfenig Well Drilling	—	1	718
42	Mann-Stumvoll Drilling	—	1	77

Ranked by wells drilled in Ward County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full ND 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 Ward County?

Erck Well Drilling has drilled the most Ward County wells in the recent record — 57 since 2016, 453 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Ward County?

42 companies in the ND DWR record have drilled wells in Ward County; 16 of them have drilled somewhere in North Dakota since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

Log counts, drilling dates, and the full driller ranking for this county live on the Ward County wells page.

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