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ZIP 59276: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59276: 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 313 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

159

1.2 per sq mi

Median well depth

48 ft

half of wells 30–80 ft

Median static water level

25 ft

83 measurements

Median tested yield

5 gpm

86 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59276?

Of 150 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 48 feet. Half were drilled between 30 and 80 feet; one in ten went deeper than 120 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 17 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
51%
50–100 ft
33%
100–200 ft
14%
200–300 ft
2%
300–500 ft
0%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

25 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 17 and 52 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

5 gpm

median tested yield · half between 2 and 9 gpm

43% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 7% 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 59276

3 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed September 26, 2025. Records run back to 1908.

What the wells are for

  • Stockwater54
  • Domestic48
  • Unused34
  • Monitoring27
  • Industrial1

How they were drilled

  • Rotary27
  • Solid Stem Auger6
  • Hand5
  • Hollowstem Auger4

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59276

  • Haz Tech Drilling Inc4 since 2016 · 2020
  • Dls Contracting1 since 2016 · 2016
  • Montana Salinity Control Association20 all-time · 2011
  • Agri Industries Inc7 all-time · 2005
  • Mark Adair Drilling5 all-time · 2007

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 59276

Montana DNRC lists 149 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 86 groundwater and 63 surface water, 137 of them active. The median priority date is 1953, and the oldest claim dates to 1903.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim112
  • Ground Water Certificate31
  • Provisional Permit6

Purposes

  • Stock87
  • Domestic30
  • Irrigation8
  • Agricultural Spraying4
  • Fish And Wildlife3

DNRC basins

  • 40R84
  • 40Q65

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 59276 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 Formation36 wells · 69% · median 80 ft
  • Glacial Till11 wells · 21% · median 30 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)5 wells · 10% · median 16 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 59276

Petroleum releases

1

0 open · 1 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

4

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 1991. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.