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ZIP 59041: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59041: 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 2,542 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

1,210

6.3 per sq mi

Median well depth

52 ft

half of wells 28–120 ft

Median static water level

19 ft

1,079 measurements

Median tested yield

20 gpm

1,060 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59041?

Of 1,161 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 52 feet. Half were drilled between 28 and 120 feet; one in ten went deeper than 300 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
47%
50–100 ft
23%
100–200 ft
14%
200–300 ft
6%
300–500 ft
7%
500 ft and deeper
4%

Static water level

19 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 10 and 40 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 10 and 30 gpm

11% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 59% 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 59041

145 wells have been completed here since 2016, 10 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed August 18, 2026. Records run back to 1875.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic819
  • Stockwater341
  • Irrigation143
  • Monitoring67
  • Public Water Supply13

How they were drilled

  • Rotary698
  • Cable72
  • Forward Rotary58
  • Churn Drill32

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59041

  • Aaqua Drilling Inc115 since 2016 · 2026
  • A-1 Drilling13 since 2016 · 2026
  • American Drilling & Supply5 since 2016 · 2024
  • Bertram Drilling Inc4 since 2016 · 2025
  • Douglas Drilling3 since 2016 · 2026
  • Haz Tech Drilling Inc2 since 2016 · 2023
  • Pro Pump And Equipment1 since 2016 · 2017
  • Rock Creek Drilling Inc100 all-time · 2014

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 59041

Montana DNRC lists 1,313 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 855 groundwater and 458 surface water, 1,212 of them active. The median priority date is 1979, and the oldest claim dates to 1886.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate664
  • Statement Of Claim560
  • Provisional Permit52
  • Exempt Notice31
  • Stockwater Permit2

Purposes

  • Stock329
  • Irrigation290
  • Domestic245
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden95
  • Lawn And Garden92

DNRC basins

  • 43D1,172
  • 43QJ117
  • 43C23
  • 43Q1

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 59041 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)330 wells · 33% · median 30 ft
  • Eagle Sandstone233 wells · 23% · median 110 ft
  • Judith River Formation (of Montana Group)157 wells · 16% · median 130 ft
  • Terrace Deposits (quaternary)61 wells · 6% · median 27 ft
  • Sand And Gravel (quaternary)31 wells · 3% · median 32 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 59041

Petroleum releases

8

1 open · 7 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

11

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.