Montana WaterReport
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What you get instantly

A property water overview,
in plain English.

No GIS terminology. No water-right jargon. No hunting through three government databases. Enter an address and see what the records actually say about the water beneath that property — and just as importantly, where they stay silent.

  • Every figure labelled as recorded, calculated, or estimated
  • Links straight to the original well log and DNRC record
  • Confidence rating based on how much data actually exists
  • Plain statements when the data cannot answer a question

Property water overview

Nearby wells analyzed

37

Calculated

Median well depth

80 ft

Calculated

Typical depth range

53–155 ft

Estimated

Reported median yield

30 GPM

Calculated

Median static water level

26 ft

Calculated

Potential water rights

2

Potential

Water outlook

GOOD

Data confidence

HIGH

Aquifer

Basin-fill & alluvial

Illustrative layout. Depth, yield, and water-level figures shown are real aggregates for Gallatin County from the Ground Water Information Center.

Coverage

Everything you need to understand the water beneath a property.

01

Well depth

An expected drilling-depth range built from comparable nearby wells, weighted by geology and distance — never a single false-precision number.

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02

Yield

Reported drilling-test yields from nearby wells, with the share falling below the thresholds that matter to lenders and households.

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03

Water rights

Potentially associated DNRC records with owners, priority dates, status, flow, and volume — each linked to its official abstract.

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04

Groundwater

Static water levels from nearby well logs, plus monitoring context where the record is genuinely strong enough to say something.

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05

Water quality

Nearby groundwater sampling records for nitrate, arsenic, hardness and more — as area context, never as a verdict on your well.

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06

Regulations

Whether the property sits inside a controlled groundwater area or a closed basin, and what that means for drilling a new well.

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Explore

See the wells, not a table of them.

Every well record mapped with its depth, yield, static water level, year drilled, and distance from the property. Filter by radius, depth, yield, or age.

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Who it is for

Buying land

Find out what a well will likely cost — and whether one is even permitted — before your due-diligence window closes.

Selling property

Answer the water question up front with a document buyers can actually read, instead of losing the deal to uncertainty.

Building a home

Plan the well budget and the permitting path with real depth and yield expectations for that specific site.

Realtors

Hand clients a branded report in a minute rather than fielding water questions you were never meant to answer.

Developers

Screen parcels for closed basins, controlled groundwater areas, and exempt-well constraints before you tie up capital.

The complete report

Everything the records hold, in one document.

The free overview tells you the shape of the situation. The Complete Property Water Report gives you the full analysis, every underlying record, links to the original government documents, and a PDF good enough to send to a buyer.

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  1. 01Property summary and parcel map
  2. 02Well outlook with full depth statistics
  3. 03Well depth predictor and methodology
  4. 04Water yield outlook
  5. 05Groundwater levels
  6. 06Water rights with original DNRC records
  7. 07Water-right risk flags
  8. 08Can I drill a well here?
  9. 09Nearby groundwater quality records
  10. 10Original records and source appendix

How it works

STEP 1

Search

Enter a Montana address, parcel number, or owner name. We identify the parcel and its boundary from the state cadastral record.

STEP 2

Analyze

We select comparable wells by geology and distance, then compute depth, yield, and water-level statistics and check regulatory boundaries.

STEP 3

Understand

Read a plain-English overview with every figure labelled by how we know it, and confidence stated openly.

STEP 4

Take action

Download the report, share it with a client, or connect with a licensed driller, lab, or water-right professional.

For professionals

Built for the people who answer water questions for a living.

Realtors, brokers, builders, lenders, developers, and land professionals get monthly report credits, saved properties, client-ready branded PDFs, and shareable report links.

Professional plans
  • Saved properties
  • Report credits
  • Branded PDFs
  • Shareable links
  • Recent searches
  • Team seats

Get help with a property

From knowing to doing.

A report tells you what the records say. Then you need someone to drill the well, install the pump, test the water, or sort out a water right. We connect you with licensed Montana professionals for exactly that.

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Questions

What this can
and cannot tell you.

Where does this data come from?
Official public sources only: the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Ground Water Information Center for well logs, depths, yields, and water levels; Montana DNRC for water rights, controlled groundwater areas, and basin closures; and the Montana State Library cadastral framework for parcels. Every important figure in a report cites its source and the date we retrieved it.
Can you tell me exactly how deep my well will need to be?
No, and neither can anyone else. What we can do is show you the recorded depths of comparable wells near the property, weighted by geology and distance, and present that as an expected range with a confidence rating. Where there is not enough nearby data to support a range, the report says so instead of guessing.
Does a water-right match mean I own that water right?
No. Montana has no authoritative parcel-to-water-right link in any public dataset, so our matches are potential associations based on the location of recorded diversions and places of use. Place-of-use records are mapped by legal land description and are usually larger than a single parcel. Always verify with DNRC and a qualified professional.
Can I drill a well on any Montana property?
Not always. Inside a controlled groundwater area, groundwater generally requires a DNRC permit rather than the ordinary exempt-well path. Closed basins carry their own restrictions. And since 2023, Montana requires a Notice of Intent filed with DNRC and authorized before drilling under the exempt provisions. Our report flags the boundaries we can identify and explains what applies.
Is the water safe to drink?
We cannot tell you that, and we will not imply it. Where nearby groundwater-quality sampling exists we show it as area context. Water quality varies well by well, so the only answer for a specific property is a laboratory test of that well.
What does the free report include?
The number of nearby wells analyzed, median depth, typical depth range, median reported yield, median static water level, the count of potentially associated water rights, the aquifer, a water outlook, a confidence rating, and a map of nearby wells. The complete report adds full statistics, the individual well records, every water-right detail with links to official DNRC abstracts, risk flags, the drilling assessment, and a branded PDF.

Know the water before you buy the land.

Check any Montana property in seconds.