Best well drillers in Barnwell County, South Carolina
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 23 drilling companies with wells on record in Barnwell County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 201 logged wells in the SC Department of Environmental Services' Coastal Plain Well Inventory together with the USGS National Water Information System groundwater inventory (records as of 2026-10-12). Every number links back to the public record.
| # | Company | In Barnwell Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grosch | 1 | 7 | 146 |
| 2 | Shumpert | 1 | 5 | 195 |
| 3 | Layne-Atlantic | — | 45 | 630 |
| 4 | Rivers | — | 36 | 149 |
| 5 | Usgs | — | 21 | 240 |
| 6 | Connolly | — | 21 | 83 |
| 7 | Graves | — | 16 | 51 |
| 8 | Heater Well Co. | — | 10 | 402 |
| 9 | Berrie | — | 8 | 102 |
| 10 | Sydnor | — | 5 | 120 |
| 11 | Virginia Supply & Well | — | 5 | 57 |
| 12 | Aaa Well Drilling | — | 4 | 700 |
| 13 | Mcneill | — | 3 | 124 |
| 14 | Owens | — | 3 | 30 |
| 15 | Starnes | — | 2 | 109 |
| 16 | Beck | — | 2 | 49 |
| 17 | Hartsfield | — | 2 | 36 |
| 18 | Austin | — | 1 | 67 |
| 19 | Breland | — | 1 | 659 |
| 20 | Ackerman | — | 1 | 452 |
| 21 | Hughes | — | 1 | 91 |
| 22 | Carolina Drilling | — | 1 | 50 |
| 23 | Usce | — | 1 | 43 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Barnwell County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full SCDES + USGS 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 Barnwell County?
Grosch has drilled the most Barnwell County wells in the recent record — 1 since 2016, 7 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Barnwell County?
23 companies in the SCDES + USGS record have drilled wells in Barnwell County; 2 of them have drilled somewhere in South Carolina since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Barnwell County?
The median drilled depth in Barnwell County is 145 ft, based on 1,156 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Barnwell County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Barnwell County wells page.
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