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ZIP 59248: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59248: 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 1,293 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA SEMS, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

399

0.7 per sq mi

Median well depth

56 ft

half of wells 35–104 ft

Median static water level

24 ft

256 measurements

Median tested yield

10 gpm

296 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59248?

Of 370 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 56 feet. Half were drilled between 35 and 104 feet; one in ten went deeper than 166 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 24 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
42%
50–100 ft
29%
100–200 ft
19%
200–300 ft
1%
300–500 ft
2%
500 ft and deeper
7%

Static water level

24 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 18 and 36 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 20 gpm

15% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 27% 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 59248

23 wells have been completed here since 2016, 2 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed June 10, 2026. Records run back to 1907.

What the wells are for

  • Stockwater211
  • Domestic182
  • Monitoring51
  • Test Well6
  • Irrigation6

How they were drilled

  • Rotary90
  • Cable31
  • Forward Rotary20
  • Hollowstem Auger13

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59248

  • Agri Industries Inc6 since 2016 · 2018
  • Haz Tech Drilling Inc6 since 2016 · 2021
  • Mt Dept Of Transportation4 since 2016 · 2017
  • Hansen Environmental Drilling2 since 2016 · 2023
  • Sharp Drilling Inc2 since 2016 · 2019
  • Johnson Water Well Service29 all-time · 1990
  • Mark Adair Drilling26 all-time · 2007
  • Handley Drilling24 all-time · 1986

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 59248

Montana DNRC lists 873 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 339 groundwater and 534 surface water, 640 of them active. The median priority date is 1957, and the oldest claim dates to 1888.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim528
  • Ground Water Certificate131
  • Reserved Claim95
  • Provisional Permit85
  • Exempt Notice13

Purposes

  • Stock443
  • Irrigation190
  • Domestic101
  • Domestic; Stock37
  • Lawn And Garden30

DNRC basins

  • 40O474
  • 40S399

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 59248 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.

  • Alluvium (quaternary)69 wells · 38% · median 56 ft
  • Glacial Drift57 wells · 31% · median 46 ft
  • Judith River Formation (of Montana Group)24 wells · 13% · median 640 ft
  • Alluvium (pleistocene)10 wells · 5% · median 67 ft
  • Bearpaw Shale6 wells · 3% · median 85 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 59248

Petroleum releases

11

4 open · 7 resolved

Superfund program sites

1

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

9

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 2023. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.