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ZIP 59013: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59013: 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 379 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

96

22.3 per sq mi

Median well depth

32 ft

half of wells 26–56 ft

Median static water level

11 ft

88 measurements

Median tested yield

20 gpm

90 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59013?

Of 94 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 32 feet. Half were drilled between 26 and 56 feet; one in ten went deeper than 100 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 20 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
67%
50–100 ft
21%
100–200 ft
11%
200–300 ft
1%
300–500 ft
0%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

11 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 8 and 15 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

20 gpm

median tested yield · half between 12 and 25 gpm

6% 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 59013

11 wells have been completed here since 2016, 1 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed December 17, 2025. Records run back to 1893.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic79
  • Stockwater12
  • Irrigation9
  • Other2
  • Test Well1

How they were drilled

  • Rotary62
  • Forward Rotary10
  • Cable5
  • Churn Drill3

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59013

  • Aaqua Drilling Inc9 since 2016 · 2025
  • American Drilling & Supply4 since 2016 · 2024
  • Rock Creek Drilling Inc16 all-time · 1998
  • B & H10 all-time · 1995
  • Pro Pump & Equipment Inc3 all-time · 1999

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 59013

Montana DNRC lists 281 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 94 groundwater and 187 surface water, 267 of them active. The median priority date is 1899, and the oldest claim dates to 1889.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim191
  • Ground Water Certificate80
  • Provisional Permit8
  • Irrigation District1
  • Water Reservation1

Purposes

  • Irrigation175
  • Domestic39
  • Stock19
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden10
  • Lawn And Garden10

DNRC basins

  • 43D281

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 59013 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.

  • Alluvium (quaternary)46 wells · 57% · median 29 ft
  • Lance-hell Creek Undifferentiated19 wells · 23% · median 70 ft
  • Judith River Formation (of Montana Group)7 wells · 9% · median 130 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 59013

Petroleum releases

1

0 open · 1 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

1

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 1993. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.