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ZIP 59527: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59527: 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 163 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA SEMS, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

129

0.6 per sq mi

Median well depth

105 ft

half of wells 54–229 ft

Median static water level

21 ft

108 measurements

Median tested yield

14 gpm

72 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59527?

Of 120 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 105 feet. Half were drilled between 54 and 229 feet; one in ten went deeper than 375 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 35 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
23%
100–200 ft
23%
200–300 ft
16%
300–500 ft
8%
500 ft and deeper
5%

Static water level

21 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 12 and 43 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

14 gpm

median tested yield · half between 6 and 30 gpm

22% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 36% 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 59527

7 wells have been completed here since 2016, 1 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed October 10, 2025. Records run back to 1935.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic41
  • Unused39
  • Research21
  • Stockwater15
  • Monitoring7

How they were drilled

  • Rotary21
  • Forward Rotary5
  • Air Rotary4
  • Hollowstem Auger4

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59527

  • Hickel Drilling6 since 2016 · 2019
  • West Central Environmental Consultants4 since 2016 · 2023
  • Petrie Pump & Drilling10 all-time · 2000
  • Cochran Drilling8 all-time · 1985

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 59527

Montana DNRC lists 24 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 6 groundwater and 18 surface water, 12 of them active. The median priority date is 1958, and the oldest claim dates to 1890.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim18
  • Reserved Claim3
  • Ground Water Certificate2
  • Stockwater Permit1

Purposes

  • Stock21
  • Irrigation2
  • Domestic1

DNRC basins

  • 40I22
  • 40J1
  • 40EJ1

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 59527 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.

  • Alluvium (quaternary)43 wells · 53% · median 58 ft
  • Virgelle Sandstone Member (of Eagle Sandstone)18 wells · 22% · median 264 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 59527

Petroleum releases

1

0 open · 1 resolved

Superfund program sites

1

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

8

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 1999. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.