Montana water data · Zip Code in Pondera County
ZIP 59432: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59432: 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 825 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)
Wells on record
123
0.7 per sq mi
Median well depth
75 ft
half of wells 24–140 ft
Median static water level
17 ft
104 measurements
Median tested yield
8 gpm
112 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in ZIP 59432?
Of 120 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 75 feet. Half were drilled between 24 and 140 feet; one in ten went deeper than 220 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 12 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
17 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 10 and 30 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 5 and 15 gpm
17% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 21% 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 59432
10 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed August 23, 2025. Records run back to 1890.
What the wells are for
- Stockwater73
- Domestic53
- Irrigation7
- Public Water Supply2
- Unused1
How they were drilled
- Rotary44
- Forward Rotary12
- Unknown11
- Dug10
Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59432
- Aquasource Drilling Llc4 since 2016 · 2023
- Aquasource Inc Llc2 since 2016 · 2021
- Unknown16 all-time · 1961
- Anderson Drilling11 all-time · 2011
- Poverty Drilling8 all-time · 2008
- Aqua Source5 all-time · 2002
- Nicka Well Drilling3 all-time · 1996
- Whitaker Well Drilling3 all-time · 1973
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 59432
Montana DNRC lists 690 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 246 groundwater and 444 surface water, 548 of them active. The median priority date is 1918, and the oldest claim dates to 1880.
Types of right
- Statement Of Claim529
- Ground Water Certificate119
- Stockwater Permit27
- Exempt Notice8
- Provisional Permit3
Purposes
- Stock434
- Irrigation135
- Domestic40
- Municipal24
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden12
DNRC basins
- 41M400
- 41P248
- 41O42
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 59432 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.
- Two Medicine Formation (of Montana Group)21 wells · 53% · median 100 ft
- Alluvium (quaternary)11 wells · 28% · median 12 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 59432
Petroleum releases
3
0 open · 3 resolved
Superfund program sites
0
none on the National Priorities List
Registered tank facilities
9
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 1997. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.