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ZIP 59752: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59752: 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 4,533 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

2,232

5.5 per sq mi

Median well depth

157 ft

half of wells 72–260 ft

Median static water level

49 ft

2,041 measurements

Median tested yield

30 gpm

2,044 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59752?

Of 2,148 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 157 feet. Half were drilled between 72 and 260 feet; one in ten went deeper than 389 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 34 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
16%
50–100 ft
16%
100–200 ft
29%
200–300 ft
21%
300–500 ft
14%
500 ft and deeper
4%

Static water level

49 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 13 and 92 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

30 gpm

median tested yield · half between 15 and 50 gpm

5% 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 59752

789 wells have been completed here since 2016, 33 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed July 31, 2026. Records run back to 1865.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic1,779
  • Stockwater304
  • Irrigation138
  • Monitoring70
  • Public Water Supply41

How they were drilled

  • Rotary1,591
  • Cable161
  • Forward Rotary29
  • Dual Rotary22

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59752

  • Red Tiger Drilling386 since 2016 · 2026
  • Western Water Wells148 since 2016 · 2026
  • Potts Drilling Inc49 since 2016 · 2026
  • Van Dyken Drilling Inc48 since 2016 · 2025
  • Bridger Drilling Inc40 since 2016 · 2024
  • Old Town Drilling33 since 2016 · 2026
  • A-10 Drilling30 since 2016 · 2026
  • Diamond M Drilling Inc17 since 2016 · 2023

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 59752

Montana DNRC lists 2,256 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 1,742 groundwater and 514 surface water, 2,058 of them active. The median priority date is 1991, and the oldest claim dates to 1855.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate1,345
  • Statement Of Claim821
  • Provisional Permit38
  • Exempt Notice37
  • Water Reservation7

Purposes

  • Stock550
  • Domestic547
  • Irrigation303
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden265
  • Domestic; Stock84

DNRC basins

  • 41G1,102
  • 41F604
  • 41I384
  • 41H160
  • 41E6

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 59752 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 Undifferentiated78 wells · 22% · median 97 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)69 wells · 19% · median 33 ft
  • Sediments (tertiary)53 wells · 15% · median 108 ft
  • Climbing Arrow Formation (of Bozeman Group)23 wells · 6% · median 233 ft
  • Belt Supergroup23 wells · 6% · median 170 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 59752

Petroleum releases

20

0 open · 20 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

25

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 2024. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.