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ZIP 59022: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59022: 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 325 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

109

0.7 per sq mi

Median well depth

64 ft

half of wells 28–129 ft

Median static water level

21 ft

91 measurements

Median tested yield

10 gpm

71 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59022?

Of 100 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 64 feet. Half were drilled between 28 and 129 feet; one in ten went deeper than 200 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
42%
50–100 ft
26%
100–200 ft
21%
200–300 ft
7%
300–500 ft
4%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

21 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 12 and 41 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

10 gpm

median tested yield · half between 10 and 15 gpm

6% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 24% 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 59022

5 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed September 18, 2020. Records run back to 1922.

What the wells are for

  • Stockwater40
  • Domestic37
  • Monitoring20
  • Unused9
  • Irrigation9

How they were drilled

  • Rotary23
  • Cable20
  • Unknown18
  • Hsa9

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59022

  • American Drilling & Supply4 since 2016 · 2020
  • Haz Tech Drilling Inc2 since 2016 · 2020
  • Unknown18 all-time · 1967
  • Big Horn Drilling13 all-time · 1990
  • Maxim Technologies12 all-time · 2001
  • Corveau Drilling5 all-time · 2001
  • Jones4 all-time · 1985
  • Little Horn4 all-time · 1980

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 59022

Montana DNRC lists 194 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 87 groundwater and 105 surface water, 128 of them active. The median priority date is 1922, and the oldest claim dates to 1864.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim113
  • Reserved Claim52
  • Ground Water Certificate24
  • Provisional Permit3
  • Compact2

Purposes

  • Stock134
  • Multiple Domestic17
  • Irrigation12
  • Domestic9
  • Domestic; Stock8

DNRC basins

  • 43O97
  • 43P84
  • 42A13

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 59022 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.

  • Tullock Member (of Ft Union Fm.)12 wells · 24% · median 160 ft
  • Tongue River Member (of Ft Union Fm.)10 wells · 20% · median 131 ft
  • Hell Creek Formation6 wells · 12% · median 134 ft
  • Terrace Deposits (quaternary)6 wells · 12% · median 23 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)5 wells · 10% · median 20 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 59022

Petroleum releases

7

1 open · 6 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

15

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 1999. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.