Montana water data · Zip Code in Garfield County
ZIP 59077: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59077: 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 1,147 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)
Wells on record
317
0.6 per sq mi
Median well depth
180 ft
half of wells 100–300 ft
Median static water level
102 ft
227 measurements
Median tested yield
10 gpm
296 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in ZIP 59077?
Of 302 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 180 feet. Half were drilled between 100 and 300 feet; one in ten went deeper than 420 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 45 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
102 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 45 and 187 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 5 and 15 gpm
15% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 13% 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 59077
18 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed September 3, 2024. Records run back to 1909.
What the wells are for
- Stockwater290
- Domestic75
- Irrigation3
How they were drilled
- Rotary105
- Forward Rotary29
- Threaded & Coupled2
- Rotary Drilled2
Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59077
- Askin Drilling12 since 2016 · 2024
- Higgins Drilling Company1 since 2016 · 2016
- Ronald L Askin Drilling20 all-time · 2004
- Eastern Montana Drilling17 all-time · 1951
- Drane Drilling Service14 all-time · 1974
- Higgins Drillng Company11 all-time · 2008
- Luhman8 all-time · 1946
- Mcconnell Brothers6 all-time · 1961
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 59077
Montana DNRC lists 830 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 281 groundwater and 549 surface water, 784 of them active. The median priority date is 1957, and the oldest claim dates to 1864.
Types of right
- Statement Of Claim626
- Ground Water Certificate117
- Provisional Permit37
- Stockwater Permit37
- Compact9
Purposes
- Stock625
- Irrigation93
- Wildlife33
- Domestic27
- Domestic; Stock17
DNRC basins
- 40C489
- 40D245
- 40E96
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 59077 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.
- Fox Hills-hell Creek Aquifer121 wells · 86% · median 300 ft
- Hell Creek Formation13 wells · 9% · median 125 ft
- Judith River Formation (of Montana Group)6 wells · 4% · median 1,000 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.