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ZIP 59332: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59332: 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 November 2026 · Based on 1,590 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

104

0.2 per sq mi

Median well depth

72 ft

half of wells 30–210 ft

Median static water level

35 ft

90 measurements

Median tested yield

7 gpm

93 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59332?

Of 97 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 72 feet. Half were drilled between 30 and 210 feet; one in ten went deeper than 376 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 22 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
40%
50–100 ft
13%
100–200 ft
15%
200–300 ft
11%
300–500 ft
15%
500 ft and deeper
4%

Static water level

35 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 21 and 150 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

7 gpm

median tested yield · half between 5 and 10 gpm

16% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 8% 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 59332

10 wells have been completed here since 2016, 1 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed August 18, 2026. Records run back to 1904.

What the wells are for

  • Stockwater90
  • Domestic27
  • Unused1

How they were drilled

  • Rotary32
  • Drilled13
  • Forward Rotary11
  • Dug7

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59332

  • Askin Drilling7 since 2016 · 2020
  • Drane Drilling Service15 all-time · 2002
  • Draine3 all-time · 1959
  • H & H Drilling3 all-time · 1984

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 59332

Montana DNRC lists 1,484 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 194 groundwater and 1,290 surface water, 1,436 of them active. The median priority date is 1953, and the oldest claim dates to 1878.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim1,109
  • Stockwater Permit160
  • Powder River Declaration117
  • Ground Water Certificate50
  • Provisional Permit33

Purposes

  • Stock1,132
  • Irrigation140
  • Wildlife129
  • Domestic38
  • Domestic; Stock8

DNRC basins

  • 39E1,174
  • 39F183
  • 42I73
  • 42J54

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 59332 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 Formation Or Sandstone25 wells · 32% · median 210 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)24 wells · 30% · median 30 ft
  • Fox Hills-hell Creek Aquifer15 wells · 19% · median 250 ft
  • Pierre Shale (of Montana Group)10 wells · 13% · median 62 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 59332

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.