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ZIP 59078: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59078: 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 869 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

225

0.8 per sq mi

Median well depth

104 ft

half of wells 65–168 ft

Median static water level

39 ft

204 measurements

Median tested yield

15 gpm

196 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59078?

Of 214 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 104 feet. Half were drilled between 65 and 168 feet; one in ten went deeper than 280 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 28 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
17%
50–100 ft
28%
100–200 ft
35%
200–300 ft
12%
300–500 ft
6%
500 ft and deeper
3%

Static water level

39 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 17 and 65 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

15 gpm

median tested yield · half between 6 and 30 gpm

13% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 46% 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 59078

21 wells have been completed here since 2016, 1 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed September 10, 2026. Records run back to 1908.

What the wells are for

  • Stockwater125
  • Domestic106
  • Irrigation22
  • Unused2
  • Fire Protection1

How they were drilled

  • Rotary80
  • Forward Rotary26
  • Cable17
  • Cable Tool8

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59078

  • American Drilling & Supply6 since 2016 · 2024
  • Vidic Drilling Inc4 since 2016 · 2023
  • Outlaw Drilling & Pump, Llc4 since 2016 · 2026
  • Mahurin Drilling4 since 2016 · 2020
  • Bertram Drilling Inc2 since 2016 · 2022
  • Gordon Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2017
  • Birchell Drilling1 since 2016 · 2019
  • Joe Pirrie Water Wells17 all-time · 1995

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 59078

Montana DNRC lists 641 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 333 groundwater and 308 surface water, 577 of them active. The median priority date is 1940, and the oldest claim dates to 1862.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim472
  • Ground Water Certificate128
  • Provisional Permit17
  • Exempt Notice11
  • Stockwater Permit9

Purposes

  • Stock431
  • Irrigation82
  • Domestic74
  • Domestic; Stock10
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden8

DNRC basins

  • 40A640
  • 40C1

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 59078 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.

  • Judith River Formation (of Montana Group)13 wells · 35% · median 115 ft
  • Hell Creek Formation5 wells · 14% · median 50 ft
  • Lennep Sandstone (of Montana Group)5 wells · 14% · median 40 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 59078

Petroleum releases

0

0 open · 0 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

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.