Montana water data · Zip Code in Musselshell County
ZIP 59059: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59059: 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 1,155 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, EPA SEMS, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)
Wells on record
390
1.1 per sq mi
Median well depth
175 ft
half of wells 87–280 ft
Median static water level
60 ft
342 measurements
Median tested yield
10 gpm
374 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in ZIP 59059?
Of 377 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 175 feet. Half were drilled between 87 and 280 feet; one in ten went deeper than 400 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 50 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
60 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 29 and 114 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
10 gpm
median tested yield · half between 6 and 20 gpm
12% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 26% 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 59059
23 wells have been completed here since 2016, 1 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed February 6, 2026. Records run back to 1890.
What the wells are for
- Stockwater307
- Domestic106
- Irrigation9
- Monitoring6
- Public Water Supply5
How they were drilled
- Rotary115
- Forward Rotary25
- Churn17
- Unknown15
Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59059
- Vidic Drilling Inc4 since 2016 · 2021
- American Drilling & Supply4 since 2016 · 2024
- Vidic Drilling4 since 2016 · 2026
- Lindsay Drilling Co Inc4 since 2016 · 2019
- Gordon Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2016
- Hunt Drilling27 all-time · 1992
- Unknown16 all-time · 1972
- Kelly Drilling6 all-time · 1982
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 59059
Montana DNRC lists 761 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 453 groundwater and 308 surface water, 689 of them active. The median priority date is 1955, and the oldest claim dates to 1883.
Types of right
- Statement Of Claim559
- Ground Water Certificate156
- Provisional Permit16
- Exempt Notice16
- Stockwater Permit11
Purposes
- Stock556
- Irrigation80
- Domestic51
- Domestic; Stock25
- Oil Well Flooding7
DNRC basins
- 40C732
- 42KJ12
- 40A10
- 43Q7
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 59059 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.
- Tongue River Member (of Ft Union Fm.)15 wells · 41% · median 163 ft
- Fort Union Formation14 wells · 38% · median 253 ft
- Eagle Sandstone5 wells · 14% · median 725 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 59059
Petroleum releases
0
0 open · 0 resolved
Superfund program sites
1
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. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.