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ZIP 59468: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59468: 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 920 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

499

1.9 per sq mi

Median well depth

25 ft

half of wells 18–36 ft

Median static water level

15 ft

188 measurements

Median tested yield

10 gpm

153 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59468?

Of 440 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 25 feet. Half were drilled between 18 and 36 feet; one in ten went deeper than 72 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 13 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
85%
50–100 ft
7%
100–200 ft
3%
200–300 ft
1%
300–500 ft
0%
500 ft and deeper
5%

Static water level

15 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 8 and 28 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 20 gpm

15% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 32% 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 59468

37 wells have been completed here since 2016, 1 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed January 26, 2026. Records run back to 1909.

What the wells are for

  • Monitoring281
  • Domestic124
  • Stockwater71
  • Irrigation23
  • Unused8

How they were drilled

  • Solid Stem Auger47
  • Rotary36
  • Unknown27
  • Drilled15

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59468

  • Montana Salinity Control Association11 since 2016 · 2024
  • Aquasource Drilling Llc10 since 2016 · 2025
  • Thomas, Dean, And Hoskins, Inc.4 since 2016 · 2019
  • Aquasource Inc Llc3 since 2016 · 2022
  • Boland Drilling3 since 2016 · 2023
  • Hl Ventures Llc3 since 2016 · 2022
  • Aaaa Water Well Drilling Inc2 since 2016 · 2021
  • Unknown54 all-time · 1987

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 59468

Montana DNRC lists 403 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 128 groundwater and 275 surface water, 369 of them active. The median priority date is 1950, and the oldest claim dates to 1889.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim281
  • Ground Water Certificate55
  • Provisional Permit31
  • Stockwater Permit20
  • Exempt Notice13

Purposes

  • Stock277
  • Domestic44
  • Irrigation33
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden7
  • Domestic; Stock6

DNRC basins

  • 41K264
  • 41Q102
  • 41O37

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 59468 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.

  • Sand And Gravel (pleistocene)84 wells · 41% · median 25 ft
  • Colorado Shale Or Fm. (of Colorado Group)41 wells · 20% · median 30 ft
  • Alluvium (pleistocene)23 wells · 11% · median 32 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)11 wells · 5% · median 25 ft
  • Kootenai Formation10 wells · 5% · median 1,169 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 59468

Petroleum releases

6

1 open · 5 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

12

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 2002. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.