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ZIP 59047: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59047: 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 9,326 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA SEMS, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

3,901

5 per sq mi

Median well depth

101 ft

half of wells 52–200 ft

Median static water level

40 ft

3,384 measurements

Median tested yield

30 gpm

3,281 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59047?

Of 3,688 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 101 feet. Half were drilled between 52 and 200 feet; one in ten went deeper than 280 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 33 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
23%
50–100 ft
24%
100–200 ft
27%
200–300 ft
17%
300–500 ft
7%
500 ft and deeper
1%

Static water level

40 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 18 and 82 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

30 gpm

median tested yield · half between 15 and 50 gpm

4% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 72% 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 59047

559 wells have been completed here since 2016, 37 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed August 18, 2026. Records run back to 1885.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic2,957
  • Monitoring302
  • Irrigation273
  • Stockwater273
  • Other92

How they were drilled

  • Rotary2,422
  • Cable329
  • Forward Rotary163
  • Sonic116

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59047

  • Hayes Drilling329 since 2016 · 2026
  • Red Tiger Drilling75 since 2016 · 2026
  • Potts Drilling Inc29 since 2016 · 2026
  • Okeefe Drilling Co22 since 2016 · 2018
  • Van Dyken Drilling Inc19 since 2016 · 2026
  • Cascade Drilling Lp14 since 2016 · 2020
  • Old Town Drilling13 since 2016 · 2026
  • Diamond M Drilling Inc12 since 2016 · 2025

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 59047

Montana DNRC lists 5,291 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 3,223 groundwater and 2,068 surface water, 4,843 of them active. The median priority date is 1972, and the oldest claim dates to 1858.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim2,754
  • Ground Water Certificate2,292
  • Provisional Permit117
  • Exempt Notice76
  • Water Reservation24

Purposes

  • Stock1,399
  • Domestic1,238
  • Irrigation1,168
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden359
  • Domestic; Stock172

DNRC basins

  • 43B4,566
  • 43A675
  • 43BJ46
  • 41H4

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 59047 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.

  • Glacial Drift569 wells · 25% · median 166 ft
  • Alluvium (holocene)364 wells · 16% · median 43 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)356 wells · 16% · median 70 ft
  • Fort Union Formation231 wells · 10% · median 115 ft
  • Glacial Outwash (pleistocene)122 wells · 5% · median 159 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 59047

Petroleum releases

50

4 open · 46 resolved

Superfund program sites

2

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

82

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 2023. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.