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ZIP 59714: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59714: 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 8,326 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

3,682

8.8 per sq mi

Median well depth

80 ft

half of wells 60–100 ft

Median static water level

29 ft

3,507 measurements

Median tested yield

40 gpm

3,500 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59714?

Of 3,578 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 80 feet. Half were drilled between 60 and 100 feet; one in ten went deeper than 180 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
13%
50–100 ft
58%
100–200 ft
20%
200–300 ft
5%
300–500 ft
3%
500 ft and deeper
1%

Static water level

29 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 13 and 46 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

40 gpm

median tested yield · half between 25 and 60 gpm

1% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 90% 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 59714

517 wells have been completed here since 2016, 42 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed September 11, 2026. Records run back to 1863.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic3,013
  • Irrigation293
  • Stockwater292
  • Monitoring147
  • Public Water Supply69

How they were drilled

  • Rotary2,585
  • Cable375
  • Forward Rotary150
  • Churn54

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59714

  • Van Dyken Drilling Inc129 since 2016 · 2026
  • Potts Drilling Inc106 since 2016 · 2026
  • Bridger Drilling Inc94 since 2016 · 2025
  • Red Tiger Drilling87 since 2016 · 2026
  • Diamond M Drilling Inc60 since 2016 · 2026
  • Excel Pump And Well Inc.8 since 2016 · 2024
  • Old Town Drilling8 since 2016 · 2026
  • Okeefe Drilling Co7 since 2016 · 2025

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 59714

Montana DNRC lists 4,566 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 3,289 groundwater and 1,277 surface water, 4,286 of them active. The median priority date is 1985, and the oldest claim dates to 1858.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate2,557
  • Statement Of Claim1,855
  • Provisional Permit71
  • Exempt Notice64
  • Water Reservation13

Purposes

  • Stock1,113
  • Domestic938
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden674
  • Irrigation651
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden; Stock150

DNRC basins

  • 41H4,193
  • 41I339
  • 43A32
  • 41G1
  • 41F1

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 59714 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.

  • Cenozoic Undifferentiated103 wells · 34% · median 80 ft
  • Sand And Gravel (holocene)43 wells · 14% · median 58 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)31 wells · 10% · median 84 ft
  • Sand And Gravel (tertiary)28 wells · 9% · median 160 ft
  • Sand And Gravel (pleistocene)20 wells · 7% · median 79 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 59714

Petroleum releases

37

1 open · 36 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

41

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 2023. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.