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ZIP 59644: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59644: 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 4,982 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

2,116

3 per sq mi

Median well depth

130 ft

half of wells 80–219 ft

Median static water level

59 ft

1,979 measurements

Median tested yield

25 gpm

1,922 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59644?

Of 2,020 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 130 feet. Half were drilled between 80 and 219 feet; one in ten went deeper than 340 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 42 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
11%
50–100 ft
23%
100–200 ft
36%
200–300 ft
16%
300–500 ft
10%
500 ft and deeper
4%

Static water level

59 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 30 and 118 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

25 gpm

median tested yield · half between 15 and 35 gpm

2% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 69% 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 59644

514 wells have been completed here since 2016, 20 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed May 29, 2026. Records run back to 1860.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic1,649
  • Stockwater270
  • Irrigation107
  • Monitoring104
  • Test Well30

How they were drilled

  • Rotary1,368
  • Cable169
  • Forward Rotary96
  • Air Rotary72

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59644

  • H & L Drilling Inc236 since 2016 · 2026
  • A-10 Drilling207 since 2016 · 2026
  • Western Water Wells21 since 2016 · 2026
  • Lindsay Drilling Co Inc16 since 2016 · 2022
  • Red Tiger Drilling13 since 2016 · 2026
  • Okeefe Drilling Co8 since 2016 · 2023
  • Aaaa Water Well Drilling Inc5 since 2016 · 2022
  • Potts Drilling Inc3 since 2016 · 2021

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 59644

Montana DNRC lists 2,801 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 1,718 groundwater and 1,083 surface water, 2,495 of them active. The median priority date is 1973, and the oldest claim dates to 1858.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim1,375
  • Ground Water Certificate1,297
  • Provisional Permit51
  • Exempt Notice31
  • Reserved Claim26

Purposes

  • Stock864
  • Domestic651
  • Irrigation417
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden308
  • Mining83

DNRC basins

  • 41I2,799
  • 41E1
  • 41J1

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 59644 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.

  • Sediments (tertiary)182 wells · 62% · median 100 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)97 wells · 33% · median 32 ft
  • Madison Group Or Limestone5 wells · 2% · median 86 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 59644

Petroleum releases

31

4 open · 27 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

34

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 2019. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.