Montana water data · Zip Code in Wheatland County
ZIP 59036: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59036: 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 2,087 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA SEMS, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)
Wells on record
598
0.9 per sq mi
Median well depth
100 ft
half of wells 50–180 ft
Median static water level
28 ft
503 measurements
Median tested yield
15 gpm
449 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in ZIP 59036?
Of 565 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 100 feet. Half were drilled between 50 and 180 feet; one in ten went deeper than 303 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 30 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.
Static water level
28 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 16 and 56 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
15 gpm
median tested yield · half between 8 and 25 gpm
10% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 43% 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 59036
51 wells have been completed here since 2016, 1 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed October 29, 2025. Records run back to 1900.
What the wells are for
- Stockwater350
- Domestic158
- Monitoring98
- Irrigation21
- Public Water Supply19
How they were drilled
- Rotary148
- Hollowstem Auger92
- Cable62
- Forward Rotary26
Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59036
- Haz Tech Drilling Inc21 since 2016 · 2025
- Central Drilling Inc7 since 2016 · 2023
- Aaaa Water Well Drilling Inc6 since 2016 · 2018
- Singley Drilling4 since 2016 · 2025
- Red Tiger Drilling3 since 2016 · 2016
- Vidic Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2023
- Birchell Drilling1 since 2016 · 2020
- American Drilling & Supply1 since 2016 · 2021
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 59036
Montana DNRC lists 1,437 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 766 groundwater and 671 surface water, 1,356 of them active. The median priority date is 1943, and the oldest claim dates to 1850.
Types of right
- Statement Of Claim1,114
- Ground Water Certificate257
- Provisional Permit25
- Stockwater Permit19
- Exempt Notice18
Purposes
- Stock914
- Irrigation326
- Domestic96
- Domestic; Stock15
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden14
DNRC basins
- 40A1,436
- 40C1
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 59036 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.
- Judith River Formation (of Montana Group)14 wells · 40% · median 177 ft
- Claggett Shale Or Formation6 wells · 17% · median 188 ft
- Eagle Sandstone6 wells · 17% · median 911 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 59036
Petroleum releases
16
5 open · 11 resolved
Superfund program sites
1
none on the National Priorities List
Registered tank facilities
35
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 2021. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.