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ZIP 59026: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59026: 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 270 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

132

5.9 per sq mi

Median well depth

32 ft

half of wells 28–59 ft

Median static water level

18 ft

120 measurements

Median tested yield

20 gpm

106 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59026?

Of 122 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 32 feet. Half were drilled between 28 and 59 feet; one in ten went deeper than 99 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 25 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
72%
50–100 ft
17%
100–200 ft
3%
200–300 ft
3%
300–500 ft
3%
500 ft and deeper
1%

Static water level

18 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 13 and 30 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 35 gpm

6% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 63% 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 59026

21 wells have been completed here since 2016, 2 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed June 21, 2026. Records run back to 1893.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic103
  • Stockwater31
  • Irrigation10
  • Monitoring3
  • Commercial1

How they were drilled

  • Rotary57
  • Cable11
  • Forward Rotary11
  • Solid Tool5

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59026

  • Aaqua Drilling Inc19 since 2016 · 2026
  • Rock Creek Drilling Inc9 all-time · 1990
  • B & H8 all-time · 1987
  • Sheller7 all-time · 1957
  • Pierce5 all-time · 1973
  • American Drilling & Supply3 all-time · 2006

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 59026

Montana DNRC lists 137 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 108 groundwater and 29 surface water, 134 of them active. The median priority date is 1969, and the oldest claim dates to 1868.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim67
  • Ground Water Certificate65
  • Exempt Notice4
  • Water Reservation1

Purposes

  • Domestic56
  • Stock39
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden9
  • Irrigation8
  • Lawn And Garden6

DNRC basins

  • 43D136
  • 43C1

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 59026 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)54 wells · 49% · median 30 ft
  • Terrace Deposits (quaternary)26 wells · 23% · median 31 ft
  • Colorado Shale Or Fm. (of Colorado Group)10 wells · 9% · median 97 ft
  • Sand And Gravel (pleistocene)7 wells · 6% · median 48 ft
  • Kootenai Formation5 wells · 5% · median 210 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 59026

Petroleum releases

0

0 open · 0 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. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.