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ZIP 59526: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59526: 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 1,148 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

252

0.3 per sq mi

Median well depth

120 ft

half of wells 62–230 ft

Median static water level

13 ft

176 measurements

Median tested yield

19 gpm

190 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59526?

Of 246 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 120 feet. Half were drilled between 62 and 230 feet; one in ten went deeper than 369 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 20 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
22%
50–100 ft
19%
100–200 ft
28%
200–300 ft
16%
300–500 ft
11%
500 ft and deeper
4%

Static water level

13 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 8 and 56 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

19 gpm

median tested yield · half between 10 and 26 gpm

2% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 49% 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 59526

19 wells have been completed here since 2016, 4 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed May 5, 2026. Records run back to 1910.

What the wells are for

  • Stockwater155
  • Domestic80
  • Monitoring36
  • Irrigation2
  • Test Well2

How they were drilled

  • Rotary55
  • Forward Rotary21
  • Unknown16
  • Hollowstem Auger14

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59526

  • Hi-line Drilling Inc5 since 2016 · 2023
  • Petrie Pump & Drilling4 since 2016 · 2023
  • Jacobson Drilling4 since 2016 · 2026
  • Hickel Drilling4 since 2016 · 2024
  • Hickel & Tooke Drilling Co1 since 2016 · 2017
  • Simpson Drilling Co.24 all-time · 1971
  • Esd Inc8 all-time · 1998
  • Terracon8 all-time · 2000

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 59526

Montana DNRC lists 868 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 202 groundwater and 666 surface water, 715 of them active. The median priority date is 1946, and the oldest claim dates to 1885.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim709
  • Ground Water Certificate66
  • Stockwater Permit33
  • Reserved Claim33
  • Provisional Permit22

Purposes

  • Stock552
  • Irrigation167
  • Wildlife57
  • Domestic42
  • Multiple Domestic23

DNRC basins

  • 40J856
  • 40I12

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 59526 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.

  • Judith River Formation (of Montana Group)30 wells · 50% · median 193 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)28 wells · 47% · median 80 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 59526

Petroleum releases

11

5 open · 6 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

17

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 2022. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.