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ZIP 59724: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59724: 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 1,172 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

174

0.3 per sq mi

Median well depth

82 ft

half of wells 52–150 ft

Median static water level

27 ft

165 measurements

Median tested yield

20 gpm

166 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59724?

Of 173 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 82 feet. Half were drilled between 52 and 150 feet; one in ten went deeper than 260 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 38 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
36%
100–200 ft
21%
200–300 ft
11%
300–500 ft
6%
500 ft and deeper
3%

Static water level

27 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 14 and 65 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 15 and 33 gpm

1% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 67% 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 59724

23 wells have been completed here since 2016, 4 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed October 20, 2025. Records run back to 1892.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic97
  • Stockwater80
  • Irrigation3
  • Public Water Supply3
  • Commercial2

How they were drilled

  • Rotary59
  • Cable38
  • Churn15
  • Air Rotary7

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59724

  • Okeefe Drilling Co9 since 2016 · 2025
  • Graham Drilling Inc7 since 2016 · 2024
  • Lindsay Drilling Co Inc5 since 2016 · 2019
  • Briggs Drilling9 all-time · 1974
  • Aqua6 all-time · 1985
  • Morelock5 all-time · 1994
  • P And K5 all-time · 1980
  • Wroble3 all-time · 1962

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 59724

Montana DNRC lists 994 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 304 groundwater and 690 surface water, 929 of them active. The median priority date is 1906, and the oldest claim dates to 1858.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim828
  • Ground Water Certificate139
  • Water Reservation10
  • Provisional Permit7
  • Reserved Claim5

Purposes

  • Stock530
  • Irrigation303
  • Domestic48
  • Wildlife29
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden16

DNRC basins

  • 41A994

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 59724 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)38 wells · 49% · median 63 ft
  • Alluvium (holocene)14 wells · 18% · median 55 ft
  • Terrace Deposits (pleistocene)10 wells · 13% · median 112 ft
  • Madison Group Or Limestone5 wells · 6% · median 125 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 59724

Petroleum releases

1

0 open · 1 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

3

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 2000. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.