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ZIP 59253: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59253: 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 839 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

279

0.9 per sq mi

Median well depth

60 ft

half of wells 33–120 ft

Median static water level

55 ft

137 measurements

Median tested yield

8 gpm

145 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59253?

Of 259 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 60 feet. Half were drilled between 33 and 120 feet; one in ten went deeper than 232 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 18 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
41%
50–100 ft
24%
100–200 ft
22%
200–300 ft
7%
300–500 ft
5%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

55 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 17 and 94 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

8 gpm

median tested yield · half between 4 and 11 gpm

26% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 20% 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 59253

6 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed September 23, 2019. Records run back to 1904.

What the wells are for

  • Stockwater116
  • Domestic105
  • Unused54
  • Monitoring23
  • Public Water Supply8

How they were drilled

  • Rotary34
  • Forward Rotary21
  • Cable6
  • Unknown5

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59253

  • Aaaa Water Well Drilling Inc5 since 2016 · 2019
  • Petrie Pump & Drilling1 since 2016 · 2018
  • Montana Salinity Control Association10 all-time · 2001
  • Agri Industries Inc9 all-time · 2008
  • Mark Adair Drilling8 all-time · 2012
  • Kelly Drilling3 all-time · 1976
  • Hansen Environmental Drilling3 all-time · 1993
  • Whitmer & Sons Drilling3 all-time · 1985

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 59253

Montana DNRC lists 557 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 246 groundwater and 311 surface water, 506 of them active. The median priority date is 1953, and the oldest claim dates to 1888.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim424
  • Ground Water Certificate84
  • Provisional Permit30
  • Stockwater Permit15
  • Exempt Notice2

Purposes

  • Stock410
  • Domestic77
  • Irrigation27
  • Domestic; Stock14
  • Unknown6

DNRC basins

  • 40Q557

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 59253 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.

  • Fort Union Formation76 wells · 47% · median 100 ft
  • Fox Hills-hell Creek Aquifer37 wells · 23% · median 180 ft
  • Flaxville Gravels (pliocene-miocene)22 wells · 14% · median 50 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)20 wells · 12% · median 20 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 59253

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.