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ZIP 59759: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59759: 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 4,045 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

1,695

3.9 per sq mi

Median well depth

115 ft

half of wells 60–200 ft

Median static water level

42 ft

1,563 measurements

Median tested yield

20 gpm

1,565 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59759?

Of 1,630 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 115 feet. Half were drilled between 60 and 200 feet; one in ten went deeper than 303 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 37 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
18%
50–100 ft
26%
100–200 ft
30%
200–300 ft
15%
300–500 ft
10%
500 ft and deeper
1%

Static water level

42 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 14 and 93 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 30 gpm

4% 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 59759

275 wells have been completed here since 2016, 32 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed August 5, 2026. Records run back to 1862.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic1,361
  • Stockwater212
  • Irrigation98
  • Monitoring68
  • Public Water Supply27

How they were drilled

  • Rotary558
  • Cable425
  • Air Rotary107
  • Dual Rotary81

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59759

  • Okeefe Drilling Co77 since 2016 · 2026
  • Western Water Wells42 since 2016 · 2026
  • Red Tiger Drilling39 since 2016 · 2026
  • Graham Drilling Inc19 since 2016 · 2025
  • A-10 Drilling18 since 2016 · 2025
  • Ak Drilling Inc16 since 2016 · 2024
  • Ak Drilling Inc.12 since 2016 · 2026
  • Van Dyken Drilling Inc11 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 59759

Montana DNRC lists 2,309 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 1,699 groundwater and 610 surface water, 2,150 of them active. The median priority date is 1977, and the oldest claim dates to 1858.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate1,171
  • Statement Of Claim1,036
  • Exempt Notice55
  • Provisional Permit40
  • Water Reservation6

Purposes

  • Stock625
  • Domestic588
  • Irrigation376
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden207
  • Domestic; Stock83

DNRC basins

  • 41G2,243
  • 41E63
  • 41C1
  • 41H1
  • 76G1

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 59759 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)46 wells · 30% · median 116 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)39 wells · 25% · median 56 ft
  • Boulder Batholith22 wells · 14% · median 189 ft
  • Sand And Gravel (holocene)16 wells · 10% · median 37 ft
  • Sand And Gravel (tertiary)13 wells · 8% · median 120 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 59759

Petroleum releases

21

5 open · 16 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

20

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.