Best well drillers in Refugio County, Texas

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 38 drilling companies with wells on record in Refugio County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 870 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.

38companies on record

25active since 2022

870wells in county record

#	Company	In Refugio Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Carter Water Well Drilling	234	704	3,017
2	Texas Southern Drilling	17	17	1,106
3	Cady's Water Wells	11	28	1,452
4	A C Water Well Service	10	11	914
5	Mikes Drilling And Pump Service	9	10	1,015
6	Friedel Drilling Company	8	9	3,068
7	Felder Water Well & Pump Service, LLC	5	5	1,154
8	Martin Water Wells	4	9	1,524
9	James Pawlik Water Wll Service, Inc.	4	4	211
10	Bull's Eye Services, LLC	3	3	571
11	James Pawlik Water Well Service, Inc.	3	3	253
12	Critendon Drilling Service, Inc.	3	3	162
13	Pawlik & Son W.s.	3	3	117
14	Thompson Water Well	2	14	479
15	J & S Water Wells	2	5	2,840
16	Chaffin Water Well Service	1	1	1,275
17	J4 Water Works, LLC	1	1	85
18	4h Drilling Company	1	1	86
19	Mikes Drilling	—	7	509
20	Evans Drilling	—	4	202
21	Lynch Water Well Drilling Inc.	—	4	331
22	M&c Waterwell Drilling	—	4	943
23	Cherokee Drilling	—	2	281
24	B.t. Sikes Water Wells, Inc.	—	2	1,658
25	Burleson Services, Inc.	—	2	935
26	T & B Water Well	—	2	97
27	Chandler Drilling Inc.	—	1	3,362
28	Rangnow Water Well Service	—	1	1,292
29	Mckinley Drilling	—	1	703
30	Stapleton Water Wells	—	1	317
31	Alsay Incorporated	—	1	436
32	C & S Utesey Water Well Service & Drilling, LLC	—	1	712
33	Everett Carroll Water Well Service	—	1	428
34	Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.	—	1	247
35	Metcalf Drilling	—	1	118
36	Cady"S Water Wells	—	1	46
37	John Hines Water Well Service	—	1	34
38	AC Water Well Service	—	1	28

Ranked by wells drilled in Refugio 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 Refugio County?

Carter Water Well Drilling has drilled the most Refugio County wells in the recent record — 234 since 2016, 704 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Refugio County?

38 companies in the TDLR SDR record have drilled wells in Refugio County; 25 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 Refugio County?

The median drilled depth in Refugio County is 220 ft, based on 877 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Refugio County wells page.

Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Refugio County wells page.

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