Montana water data · Zip Code in Meagher County
ZIP 59053: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59053: 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 1,631 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)
Wells on record
208
0.4 per sq mi
Median well depth
96 ft
half of wells 60–159 ft
Median static water level
22 ft
171 measurements
Median tested yield
20 gpm
153 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in ZIP 59053?
Of 183 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 96 feet. Half were drilled between 60 and 159 feet; one in ten went deeper than 232 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.
Static water level
22 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 10 and 45 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 8 and 30 gpm
6% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 50% 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 59053
32 wells have been completed here since 2016, 2 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed July 30, 2026. Records run back to 1897.
What the wells are for
- Domestic117
- Stockwater64
- Monitoring24
- Public Water Supply7
- Irrigation6
How they were drilled
- Rotary87
- Forward Rotary23
- Cable8
- Unknown6
Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59053
- Vidic Drilling Inc7 since 2016 · 2021
- H & L Drilling Inc5 since 2016 · 2026
- Stantec Consulting Services Inc4 since 2016 · 2017
- Aquasource Drilling Llc3 since 2016 · 2025
- Gordon Drilling Inc2 since 2016 · 2016
- Central Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2021
- Van Dyken Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2024
- Aaaa Water Well Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2018
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 59053
Montana DNRC lists 1,414 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 631 groundwater and 783 surface water, 1,317 of them active. The median priority date is 1905, and the oldest claim dates to 1869.
Types of right
- Statement Of Claim1,193
- Ground Water Certificate145
- Exempt Notice41
- Provisional Permit10
- Stockwater Permit8
Purposes
- Stock862
- Irrigation338
- Domestic115
- Commercial11
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden11
DNRC basins
- 40A1,412
- 41J2
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.
Environmental groundwater screening
Documented environmental sites in ZIP 59053
Petroleum releases
4
0 open · 4 resolved
Superfund program sites
0
none on the National Priorities List
Registered tank facilities
5
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 2010. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.