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ZIP 59008: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59008: how deep wells go, where the water table sits, what wells produce, which water rights are on file, and which documented environmental sites are nearby. Area statistics orient you; a property report analyzes the records around one specific parcel.

Updated September 2026 · Based on 687 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

340

2.7 per sq mi

Median well depth

80 ft

half of wells 50–140 ft

Median static water level

34 ft

289 measurements

Median tested yield

22 gpm

283 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59008?

Of 320 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 80 feet. Half were drilled between 50 and 140 feet; one in ten went deeper than 236 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 33 feet. Depth is set by local geology and position on the landscape, both of which change over short distances, so the spread matters as much as the median.

under 50 ft
25%
50–100 ft
36%
100–200 ft
24%
200–300 ft
10%
300–500 ft
6%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

34 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 20 and 59 ft

The static level is how far below ground the water stands before pumping, measured by the driller at completion. It affects pump setting and operating cost, and it moves with season and with neighbouring use.

Well yield

22 gpm

median tested yield · half between 10 and 30 gpm

11% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 61% produced 20 or more. These are short completion tests, not sustained-capacity tests; a household typically needs 3 to 5 gpm with storage.

Drilling activity

Recent well drilling in ZIP 59008

91 wells have been completed here since 2016, 7 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed August 13, 2026. Records run back to 1894.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic235
  • Stockwater82
  • Monitoring26
  • Irrigation19
  • Unused13

How they were drilled

  • Rotary223
  • Cable9
  • Rotary Driven5
  • Air Rotary4

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59008

  • Aaqua Drilling Inc45 since 2016 · 2026
  • Bertram Drilling Inc22 since 2016 · 2024
  • Douglas Drilling17 since 2016 · 2024
  • Sharp Drilling Inc3 since 2016 · 2023
  • American Drilling & Supply1 since 2016 · 2018
  • Rock Creek Drilling Inc14 all-time · 1999
  • Bertram Drilling12 all-time · 2007
  • B & H9 all-time · 1998

Ranked by well logs filed with GWIC, public record only. Not an endorsement, a referral or a paid listing; we have no business relationship with these companies. Verify licensing with the Montana Board of Water Well Contractors before hiring.

Water rights

Water rights on file in ZIP 59008

Montana DNRC lists 339 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 173 groundwater and 166 surface water, 304 of them active. The median priority date is 1960, and the oldest claim dates to 1864.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim201
  • Ground Water Certificate115
  • Provisional Permit14
  • Exempt Notice4
  • Stockwater Permit2

Purposes

  • Stock134
  • Irrigation61
  • Domestic59
  • Wildlife26
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden18

DNRC basins

  • 43D339

Area totals describe the neighbourhood, not any one parcel. Montana publishes no authoritative link between a parcel and a water right; whether a right attaches to a specific property is a property-level question that our reports answer with the DNRC abstract linked.

Aquifers and geology

What wells in ZIP 59008 draw from

Drillers record the aquifer a well is completed in. The units below account for the wells here that carry an aquifer assignment; the median depth beside each is for wells completed in that unit.

  • Fort Union Formation72 wells · 30% · median 108 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)69 wells · 29% · median 51 ft
  • Tongue River Member (of Ft Union Fm.)36 wells · 15% · median 170 ft
  • Terrace Deposits (quaternary)32 wells · 14% · median 40 ft
  • Sand And Gravel (holocene)12 wells · 5% · median 49 ft

Aquifer assignments are the driller's, recorded at completion, and many older logs carry none. Absence of an assignment is not evidence about the geology.

Environmental groundwater screening

Documented environmental sites in ZIP 59008

Petroleum releases

4

0 open · 4 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

4

underground storage tanks, current and historical

A documented release or site in the area is not evidence that any particular well is affected. Whether a release reaches a well depends on groundwater flow direction, geology, well depth and construction, the extent of the plume and the cleanup performed. The most recent release reported here dates to 1996. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.