Montana county well data

Beaverhead County well depths

We analyzed 5,013 well records with recorded depths in Beaverhead County from the Montana Ground Water Information Center. The median well is 75 feet deep, and most fall between 42 and 142 feet.

5,822
Well records analyzed
5,013
With recorded depth
75 ft
Median depth
42–142 ft
Typical range (25th–75th)
25–240 ft
10th–90th percentile
5 ft
Shallowest recorded
1,000 ft
Deepest recorded
20 GPM
Median reported yield

What these numbers mean if you are buying here

A county median is a useful orientation, not a prediction for a specific property. Well depth in Montana is driven by local geology and topographic position, and both change over short distances — particularly at the edges of the intermontane basins, where unconsolidated basin fill gives way to bedrock. Two parcels a mile apart in Beaverhead County can require very different wells.

The spread here shows that directly. While the median is 75 feet, recorded depths run from 5 to 1,000 feet. That range is why our property reports select comparable wells around the specific parcel and weight them by geology rather than quoting a county average.

The median reported yield in Beaverhead County is 20 GPM. Bear in mind these are short drilling-test measurements taken at completion, not sustained-capacity tests, so treat them as an indication of what drillers encountered rather than a guarantee of long-term supply.

Static water level — the depth at which water stands before pumping — has a median of 23 feet across 4,586 records in the county. This affects pump setting and operating cost.

We have indexed 13,389 water-right records associated with Beaverhead County from Montana DNRC. Whether any of them attach to a particular parcel is a property-specific question — Montana publishes no authoritative parcel-to-water-right link, which is why our reports label these as potential associations and link you to the original DNRC abstract.

Drillers filing well logs in Beaverhead County

  • Graham Drilling Inc303 in 10 yrs · 2025
  • Lindsay Drilling Co Inc133 in 10 yrs · 2026
  • Okeefe Drilling Co132 in 10 yrs · 2026
  • Ak Drilling Inc.19 in 10 yrs · 2025
  • Lindsay Drilling Co17 in 10 yrs · 2024
  • Ak Drilling Inc13 in 10 yrs · 2026
  • Cascade Drilling Lp13 in 10 yrs · 2019
  • Mt Dept Of Transportation12 in 10 yrs · 2017

From well logs filed with GWIC — public record, not an endorsement or referral. We have no business relationship with these companies. Verify licensing with the Montana Board of Water Well Contractors before hiring.

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Source: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Ground Water Information Center (GWIC) and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Water Rights Bureau. Statistics computed September 26, 2026. Abandoned, plugged, and destroyed wells are excluded, as are depths outside a plausible range. See methodology.