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ZIP 59542: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59542: 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 3,815 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

339

0.6 per sq mi

Median well depth

50 ft

half of wells 38–66 ft

Median static water level

31 ft

254 measurements

Median tested yield

20 gpm

264 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59542?

Of 292 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 50 feet. Half were drilled between 38 and 66 feet; one in ten went deeper than 155 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 28 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
49%
50–100 ft
35%
100–200 ft
10%
200–300 ft
2%
300–500 ft
2%
500 ft and deeper
3%

Static water level

31 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 21 and 42 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 100 gpm

2% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 58% 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 59542

8 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed September 19, 2025. Records run back to 1911.

What the wells are for

  • Stockwater155
  • Domestic128
  • Irrigation42
  • Monitoring10
  • Unused8

How they were drilled

  • Forward Rotary44
  • Rotary31
  • Bored22
  • Churn8

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59542

  • Hickel Drilling3 since 2016 · 2024
  • Petrie Pump & Drilling1 since 2016 · 2023
  • Hickel & Tooke Drilling Co103 all-time · 2014
  • Billmayer Drilling17 all-time · 1977
  • Simpson Drilling Co.10 all-time · 1974
  • Krass Drilling & Pump Service4 all-time · 2013
  • Precision3 all-time · 1980
  • Maxim Technologies3 all-time · 2002

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 59542

Montana DNRC lists 3,466 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 420 groundwater and 3,046 surface water, 3,287 of them active. The median priority date is 1935, and the oldest claim dates to 1866.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim3,118
  • Ground Water Certificate115
  • Reserved Claim93
  • Provisional Permit90
  • Stockwater Permit45

Purposes

  • Stock1,851
  • Wildlife1,318
  • Irrigation100
  • Domestic62
  • Multiple Domestic42

DNRC basins

  • 40J2,948
  • 40K518

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 59542 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.

  • Flaxville Gravels (pliocene-miocene)70 wells · 71% · median 42 ft
  • Glacial Outwash (pleistocene)12 wells · 12% · median 76 ft
  • Judith River Formation (of Montana Group)9 wells · 9% · median 400 ft
  • Glacial Drift6 wells · 6% · median 43 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 59542

Petroleum releases

3

1 open · 2 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

7

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 2001. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.