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ZIP 59062: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59062: 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 1,135 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

363

1.2 per sq mi

Median well depth

96 ft

half of wells 35–218 ft

Median static water level

42 ft

306 measurements

Median tested yield

6 gpm

250 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59062?

Of 322 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 96 feet. Half were drilled between 35 and 218 feet; one in ten went deeper than 310 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
30%
50–100 ft
20%
100–200 ft
21%
200–300 ft
16%
300–500 ft
10%
500 ft and deeper
3%

Static water level

42 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 16 and 116 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

6 gpm

median tested yield · half between 4 and 12 gpm

34% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 14% 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 59062

32 wells have been completed here since 2016, 2 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed August 11, 2026. Records run back to 1907.

What the wells are for

  • Stockwater227
  • Domestic75
  • Research46
  • Monitoring23
  • Other9

How they were drilled

  • Rotary77
  • Forward Rotary23
  • Dug9
  • Drilled5

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59062

  • Askin Drilling12 since 2016 · 2026
  • Higgins Drilling Company9 since 2016 · 2023
  • Wwc Engineering6 since 2016 · 2017
  • Ww Drilling Llc3 since 2016 · 2024
  • Drane Drilling Service25 all-time · 2012
  • Ley8 all-time · 1984
  • John Wheaton4 all-time · 2005
  • Mhd4 all-time · 1975

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 59062

Montana DNRC lists 771 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 308 groundwater and 463 surface water, 725 of them active. The median priority date is 1940, and the oldest claim dates to 1880.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim638
  • Ground Water Certificate101
  • Powder River Declaration16
  • Exempt Notice7
  • Provisional Permit5

Purposes

  • Stock576
  • Irrigation120
  • Domestic33
  • Multiple Domestic10
  • Domestic; Stock8

DNRC basins

  • 42C519
  • 42B233
  • 42J19

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 59062 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.)208 wells · 73% · median 130 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)47 wells · 16% · median 25 ft
  • Fort Union Formation15 wells · 5% · median 212 ft
  • Canyon Coal Of The Ft Union Formation6 wells · 2% · median 254 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 59062

Petroleum releases

0

0 open · 0 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

1

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.