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ZIP 59029: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59029: 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 697 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

318

3.3 per sq mi

Median well depth

40 ft

half of wells 30–71 ft

Median static water level

19 ft

280 measurements

Median tested yield

25 gpm

285 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59029?

Of 315 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 40 feet. Half were drilled between 30 and 71 feet; one in ten went deeper than 180 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
59%
50–100 ft
23%
100–200 ft
9%
200–300 ft
3%
300–500 ft
4%
500 ft and deeper
2%

Static water level

19 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 12 and 33 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

25 gpm

median tested yield · half between 15 and 50 gpm

7% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 71% 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 59029

56 wells have been completed here since 2016, 2 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed May 15, 2026. Records run back to 1910.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic185
  • Stockwater109
  • Irrigation61
  • Public Water Supply7
  • Unused3

How they were drilled

  • Rotary219
  • Cable19
  • Foward Rotary13
  • Churn7

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59029

  • Aaqua Drilling Inc37 since 2016 · 2026
  • Douglas Drilling7 since 2016 · 2024
  • A-1 Drilling6 since 2016 · 2025
  • Pro Pump And Equipment2 since 2016 · 2017
  • American Drilling & Supply1 since 2016 · 2018
  • Pro Pump & Equipment Inc41 all-time · 2006
  • B & H Drilling11 all-time · 1999
  • B & H9 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 59029

Montana DNRC lists 374 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 226 groundwater and 148 surface water, 358 of them active. The median priority date is 1978, and the oldest claim dates to 1868.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim177
  • Ground Water Certificate175
  • Provisional Permit12
  • Exempt Notice6
  • Water Reservation3

Purposes

  • Stock163
  • Domestic47
  • Lawn And Garden42
  • Irrigation35
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden22

DNRC basins

  • 43D374

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 59029 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)124 wells · 50% · median 35 ft
  • Terrace Deposits (quaternary)29 wells · 12% · median 32 ft
  • Colorado Shale Or Fm. (of Colorado Group)28 wells · 11% · median 112 ft
  • Kootenai Formation16 wells · 6% · median 305 ft
  • Sand And Gravel (quaternary)10 wells · 4% · median 58 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 59029

Petroleum releases

2

0 open · 2 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

3

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 2004. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.