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ZIP 59447: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59447: 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 1,888 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

245

0.7 per sq mi

Median well depth

140 ft

half of wells 86–300 ft

Median static water level

25 ft

178 measurements

Median tested yield

15 gpm

228 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59447?

Of 235 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 140 feet. Half were drilled between 86 and 300 feet; one in ten went deeper than 642 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 44 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
11%
50–100 ft
19%
100–200 ft
34%
200–300 ft
9%
300–500 ft
11%
500 ft and deeper
15%

Static water level

25 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 10 and 45 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

15 gpm

median tested yield · half between 7 and 25 gpm

14% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 41% 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 59447

23 wells have been completed here since 2016, 2 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed April 17, 2026. Records run back to 1900.

What the wells are for

  • Stockwater167
  • Domestic81
  • Irrigation14
  • Monitoring9
  • Public Water Supply4

How they were drilled

  • Rotary107
  • Forward Rotary33
  • Unknown18
  • Cable11

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59447

  • Central Drilling Inc11 since 2016 · 2025
  • Thomas, Dean, And Hoskins, Inc.6 since 2016 · 2019
  • Aquasource Drilling Llc3 since 2016 · 2026
  • Singley Drilling1 since 2016 · 2020
  • Aaaa Water Well Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2018
  • Thatcher Drilling Co22 all-time · 1980
  • Unknown20 all-time · 1961
  • Sure Water Drilling18 all-time · 1981

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 59447

Montana DNRC lists 1,625 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 485 groundwater and 1,140 surface water, 1,235 of them active. The median priority date is 1935, and the oldest claim dates to 1879.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim1,376
  • Ground Water Certificate179
  • Stockwater Permit36
  • Provisional Permit21
  • Exempt Notice9

Purposes

  • Stock1,038
  • Irrigation427
  • Domestic65
  • Domestic; Stock21
  • Multiple Domestic12

DNRC basins

  • 41R1,417
  • 41Q185
  • 41S23

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 59447 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.

  • Kootenai Formation31 wells · 79% · median 580 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 59447

Petroleum releases

5

0 open · 5 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

13

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.