Johnson Drilling Co.                                                                              Hours of operation
                                     23489 E. Kings Canyon                                                                              7:00 to 5:00  M-F
                                    Reedley, California 93654                                                                                (except holidays)
                                           (559) 787-2888 

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Johnson Drilling Co. was started by Harold Johnson in 1945 primarily as a mining operation in San Diego.  He moved the operation to Academy Ave. out of Sanger and began drilling water wells, but Harold could never get mining out of his heart. Pat Rhodes began working for Harold in 1970 and he spent more time thinking about water wells so he took over the business in 1975.  Pat and his wife, Darlene, ran the business over twenty years moving the location to Kings Canyon Road outside of Reedley.  Their devotion to hard  work, their customers, and their employees made the Company a presence in the drilling industry.

Pat and Darlene Rhodes sold the business in 1995 to his three brothers and sister who have worked at Johnson Drilling Co. all their working lives.  They have continued to grow the business to its present size, buying a new drill rig and updating all the support trucks.  Many of the employees have worked for the business over twenty years and customers have become old friends. 

Johnson Drilling Co. has not only kept up with the times, but pioneered new drilling techniques.  Drillers call from all over the United States asking for information so they can set up their drill rigs like ours.  The business consists of drilling hardrock wells in the foothills, casing driven wells in the valley, including cobblestone wells in the river bottom, municipal wells in the difficult glacial till of the Mammoth Mountain area, and municipal, domestic, and irrigation wells from Los Angeles to Sacramento.  Our wide range of drilling skills sends us in many interesting directions.