Montana water data · Zip Code in Wheatland County
ZIP 59085: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59085: 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 851 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)
Wells on record
126
0.5 per sq mi
Median well depth
90 ft
half of wells 37–175 ft
Median static water level
13 ft
110 measurements
Median tested yield
20 gpm
102 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in ZIP 59085?
Of 117 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 90 feet. Half were drilled between 37 and 175 feet; one in ten went deeper than 340 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 15 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
13 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 7 and 49 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
20 gpm
median tested yield · half between 10 and 30 gpm
9% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 58% 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 59085
9 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed September 9, 2021. Records run back to 1876.
What the wells are for
- Stockwater73
- Domestic53
- Monitoring1
- Public Water Supply1
- Other1
How they were drilled
- Rotary35
- Cable19
- Forward Rotary6
- Dug5
Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59085
- Birchell Drilling3 since 2016 · 2020
- Lindsay Drilling Co Inc3 since 2016 · 2021
- Debuff Drilling8 all-time · 1994
- Joe Pirrie Water Wells7 all-time · 1988
- Murrays Well Service7 all-time · 2014
- Hunt Drilling6 all-time · 1992
- Central Drilling Inc3 all-time · 2000
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 59085
Montana DNRC lists 722 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 314 groundwater and 408 surface water, 684 of them active. The median priority date is 1905, and the oldest claim dates to 1869.
Types of right
- Statement Of Claim642
- Ground Water Certificate62
- Provisional Permit8
- Stockwater Permit3
- Water Reservation3
Purposes
- Stock403
- Irrigation251
- Domestic38
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden3
- Fishery3
DNRC basins
- 40A722
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.
Environmental groundwater screening
Documented environmental sites in ZIP 59085
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.