Montana water data · Zip Code in Powder River County
ZIP 59314: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59314: 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 1,425 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)
Wells on record
237
0.7 per sq mi
Median well depth
200 ft
half of wells 116–413 ft
Median static water level
70 ft
163 measurements
Median tested yield
10 gpm
219 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in ZIP 59314?
Of 227 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 200 feet. Half were drilled between 116 and 413 feet; one in ten went deeper than 600 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 43 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
70 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 33 and 136 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 6 and 15 gpm
8% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 17% 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 59314
18 wells have been completed here since 2016, 2 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed July 20, 2026. Records run back to 1910.
What the wells are for
- Stockwater203
- Domestic49
- Public Water Supply1
- Monitoring1
- Injection1
How they were drilled
- Rotary80
- Forward Rotary11
- Dug3
- Drilled2
Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59314
- Ww Drilling Llc14 since 2016 · 2026
- Askin Drilling3 since 2016 · 2021
- Higgins Drilling Company1 since 2016 · 2020
- Drane Drilling Service38 all-time · 2008
- Jones10 all-time · 2002
- H & H Drilling7 all-time · 1991
- Bandy5 all-time · 1963
- Big Sky3 all-time · 1994
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 59314
Montana DNRC lists 1,186 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 447 groundwater and 739 surface water, 1,157 of them active. The median priority date is 1948, and the oldest claim dates to 1880.
Types of right
- Powder River Declaration1,004
- Ground Water Certificate118
- Provisional Permit32
- Statement Of Claim23
- Water Reservation6
Purposes
- Stock882
- Irrigation176
- Domestic; Stock47
- Irrigation; Stock29
- Domestic11
DNRC basins
- 42I776
- 42J390
- 39F20
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 59314 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.
- Tongue River Member (of Ft Union Fm.)79 wells · 50% · median 120 ft
- Fox Hills-hell Creek Aquifer57 wells · 36% · median 460 ft
- Tullock Member (of Ft Union Fm.)17 wells · 11% · median 120 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 59314
Petroleum releases
0
0 open · 0 resolved
Superfund program sites
0
none on the National Priorities List
Registered tank facilities
2
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.