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ZIP 59760: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59760: 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 454 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

214

4.7 per sq mi

Median well depth

40 ft

half of wells 32–101 ft

Median static water level

16 ft

198 measurements

Median tested yield

30 gpm

191 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59760?

Of 200 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 40 feet. Half were drilled between 32 and 101 feet; one in ten went deeper than 237 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 28 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
58%
50–100 ft
16%
100–200 ft
14%
200–300 ft
6%
300–500 ft
4%
500 ft and deeper
3%

Static water level

16 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 10 and 30 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 20 and 45 gpm

4% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 78% 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 59760

29 wells have been completed here since 2016, 2 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed April 8, 2026. Records run back to 1882.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic162
  • Stockwater44
  • Irrigation12
  • Industrial2
  • Monitoring2

How they were drilled

  • Rotary109
  • Cable20
  • Forward Rotary12
  • Churn Drill5

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59760

  • Red Tiger Drilling9 since 2016 · 2026
  • Bridger Drilling Inc6 since 2016 · 2025
  • Van Dyken Drilling Inc4 since 2016 · 2020
  • Potts Drilling Inc3 since 2016 · 2024
  • Hulbert Drilling8 all-time · 1979
  • Red Tiger Drilling Inc6 all-time · 2012
  • Hillman Drilling5 all-time · 1983
  • Morelock Drilling And Pump3 all-time · 1996

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 59760

Montana DNRC lists 237 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 168 groundwater and 69 surface water, 224 of them active. The median priority date is 1961, and the oldest claim dates to 1864.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim120
  • Ground Water Certificate102
  • Exempt Notice12
  • Water Reservation2
  • Provisional Permit1

Purposes

  • Domestic71
  • Stock53
  • Irrigation51
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden15
  • Domestic; Stock10

DNRC basins

  • 41G219
  • 41F13
  • 41H5

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 59760 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 Undifferentiated16 wells · 41% · median 197 ft
  • Climbing Arrow Formation (of Bozeman Group)13 wells · 33% · median 101 ft
  • Dunbar Creek Formation (of Bozeman Group)6 wells · 15% · median 585 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 59760

Petroleum releases

1

0 open · 1 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

2

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 1993. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.