Best well drillers in Hemphill County, Texas
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 21 drilling companies with wells on record in Hemphill County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 768 logged wells in the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Submitted Driller's Reports (SDR) database, administered by the Texas Water Development Board (records as of 2026-07-28). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In Hemphill Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Etter Water Well LLC | 42 | 68 | 1,156 |
| 2 | Roy's Water Well | 22 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Howard Drilling Company | 19 | 449 | 1,894 |
| 4 | 3t Drilling, Inc. | 10 | 108 | 1,604 |
| 5 | Canadian Water Well Inc. | 7 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Arrow Water Well Inc. | 5 | 15 | 236 |
| 7 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc. | 4 | 8 | 3,320 |
| 8 | K-Ran Drilling | 2 | 15 | 5,075 |
| 9 | B2d Enterprises | 1 | 4 | 123 |
| 10 | First Priority Irr | 1 | 2 | 308 |
| 11 | Gillispie Drilling | 1 | 1 | 168 |
| 12 | Les Taylor Drilling | — | 33 | 458 |
| 13 | Turn Key Drilling | — | 19 | 327 |
| 14 | Rod Ewbank Water Well Drlg. Inc. | — | 7 | 37 |
| 15 | Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc. | — | 2 | 396 |
| 16 | Advanced Drilling | — | 2 | 92 |
| 17 | Les Taylor Drillingp | — | 2 | 29 |
| 18 | Burkett Drilling | — | 1 | 819 |
| 19 | L T Drilling Company | — | 1 | 447 |
| 20 | S.w. Owen Drilling | — | 1 | 150 |
| 21 | W.d. Jones Drilling Co., Inc. | — | 1 | 45 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Hemphill County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full TDLR SDR 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 Hemphill County?
Etter Water Well LLC has drilled the most Hemphill County wells in the recent record — 42 since 2016, 68 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Hemphill County?
21 companies in the TDLR SDR record have drilled wells in Hemphill County; 12 of them have drilled somewhere in Texas since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Hemphill County?
The median drilled depth in Hemphill County is 280 ft, based on 804 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Hemphill County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Hemphill County wells page.
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