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ZIP 59071: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59071: 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 619 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

249

2.7 per sq mi

Median well depth

59 ft

half of wells 39–110 ft

Median static water level

16 ft

236 measurements

Median tested yield

25 gpm

236 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59071?

Of 249 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 59 feet. Half were drilled between 39 and 110 feet; one in ten went deeper than 182 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 27 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
38%
50–100 ft
35%
100–200 ft
18%
200–300 ft
6%
300–500 ft
4%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

16 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 9 and 37 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

25 gpm

median tested yield · half between 15 and 40 gpm

5% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 67% 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 59071

26 wells have been completed here since 2016, 2 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed January 15, 2026. Records run back to 1900.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic220
  • Stockwater19
  • Irrigation5
  • Other3
  • Recreation2

How they were drilled

  • Rotary138
  • Churn15
  • Cable14
  • Forward Rotary13

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59071

  • Aaqua Drilling Inc23 since 2016 · 2026
  • Douglas Drilling2 since 2016 · 2021
  • B & H Drilling57 all-time · 2003
  • B & H41 all-time · 1999
  • H2o Well Service Inc7 all-time · 1975
  • Pro Pump & Equipment Inc5 all-time · 1991
  • Haugan4 all-time · 1972
  • Rock Creek Drilling Inc3 all-time · 1992

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 59071

Montana DNRC lists 367 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 205 groundwater and 162 surface water, 343 of them active. The median priority date is 1975, and the oldest claim dates to 1887.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim175
  • Ground Water Certificate170
  • Provisional Permit11
  • Exempt Notice5
  • Water Reservation4

Purposes

  • Domestic144
  • Irrigation74
  • Stock60
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden39
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden; Stock7

DNRC basins

  • 43C358
  • 43D9

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 59071 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.

  • Sand And Gravel (quaternary)41 wells · 23% · median 40 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)21 wells · 12% · median 43 ft
  • Terrace Deposits (quaternary)17 wells · 10% · median 27 ft
  • Fort Union Formation13 wells · 7% · median 110 ft
  • Judith River Formation (of Montana Group)13 wells · 7% · median 75 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 59071

Petroleum releases

1

0 open · 1 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

2

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 2001. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.