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ZIP 59322: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59322: 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 1,045 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

254

0.4 per sq mi

Median well depth

170 ft

half of wells 110–255 ft

Median static water level

70 ft

200 measurements

Median tested yield

10 gpm

237 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59322?

Of 241 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 170 feet. Half were drilled between 110 and 255 feet; one in ten went deeper than 340 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 60 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
5%
50–100 ft
16%
100–200 ft
37%
200–300 ft
24%
300–500 ft
13%
500 ft and deeper
5%

Static water level

70 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 35 and 121 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 15 gpm

15% 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 59322

8 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed April 18, 2023. Records run back to 1910.

What the wells are for

  • Stockwater223
  • Domestic50
  • Unused4
  • Public Water Supply1
  • Test Well1

How they were drilled

  • Rotary91
  • Forward Rotary30
  • Air Rotary5
  • Unknown4

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59322

  • Askin Drilling8 since 2016 · 2023
  • Higgins Drillng Company25 all-time · 2004
  • Ronald L Askin Drilling24 all-time · 2003
  • Eastern Montana Drilling13 all-time · 1952
  • Walt Fasch Drilling9 all-time · 1993
  • Drane Drilling Service6 all-time · 1974
  • Buell-edlund Drilling Co.3 all-time · 1955

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 59322

Montana DNRC lists 789 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 311 groundwater and 478 surface water, 759 of them active. The median priority date is 1959, and the oldest claim dates to 1864.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim594
  • Ground Water Certificate130
  • Stockwater Permit31
  • Provisional Permit29
  • Exempt Notice4

Purposes

  • Stock649
  • Irrigation71
  • Domestic28
  • Wildlife18
  • Domestic; Stock9

DNRC basins

  • 40D756
  • 42KJ33

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 59322 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.

  • Fox Hills-hell Creek Aquifer36 wells · 69% · median 168 ft
  • Fort Union Formation9 wells · 17% · median 255 ft
  • Hell Creek Formation6 wells · 12% · median 310 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 59322

Petroleum releases

1

0 open · 1 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

1

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 1992. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.