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ZIP 59469: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59469: 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 759 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

87

0.7 per sq mi

Median well depth

94 ft

half of wells 50–160 ft

Median static water level

28 ft

76 measurements

Median tested yield

20 gpm

75 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59469?

Of 86 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 94 feet. Half were drilled between 50 and 160 feet; one in ten went deeper than 320 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 21 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
24%
50–100 ft
29%
100–200 ft
24%
200–300 ft
7%
300–500 ft
10%
500 ft and deeper
5%

Static water level

28 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 17 and 80 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

20 gpm

median tested yield · half between 10 and 30 gpm

11% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 55% 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 59469

8 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed February 28, 2023. Records run back to 1908.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic50
  • Stockwater32
  • Monitoring7
  • Public Water Supply3
  • Commercial2

How they were drilled

  • Rotary34
  • Forward Rotary17
  • Geoprobe5
  • Cable3

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59469

  • Aquasource Drilling Llc5 since 2016 · 2023
  • Boland Drilling2 since 2016 · 2022
  • Central Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2020
  • Thatcher Drilling Co14 all-time · 1981
  • Murrays Well Service7 all-time · 2002
  • Jbr Environmental Consultants5 all-time · 2014
  • Singley Drilling3 all-time · 1998
  • Sure Water Drilling3 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 59469

Montana DNRC lists 662 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 252 groundwater and 410 surface water, 616 of them active. The median priority date is 1924, and the oldest claim dates to 1886.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim559
  • Ground Water Certificate81
  • Provisional Permit14
  • Exempt Notice4
  • Stockwater Permit2

Purposes

  • Stock484
  • Irrigation65
  • Domestic38
  • Multiple Domestic20
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden; Stock11

DNRC basins

  • 41Q641
  • 41R21

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.

Environmental groundwater screening

Documented environmental sites in ZIP 59469

Petroleum releases

7

3 open · 4 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

3

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 2018. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.