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ZIP 59762: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59762: 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 1,259 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

291

0.6 per sq mi

Median well depth

67 ft

half of wells 48–120 ft

Median static water level

30 ft

252 measurements

Median tested yield

20 gpm

255 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59762?

Of 265 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 67 feet. Half were drilled between 48 and 120 feet; one in ten went deeper than 216 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
27%
50–100 ft
40%
100–200 ft
20%
200–300 ft
6%
300–500 ft
6%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

30 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 15 and 50 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 12 and 30 gpm

4% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 59% 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 59762

27 wells have been completed here since 2016, 1 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed March 27, 2026. Records run back to 1875.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic217
  • Stockwater35
  • Public Water Supply13
  • Irrigation6
  • Monitoring3

How they were drilled

  • Rotary84
  • Cable56
  • Dual Rotary14
  • Air Rotary14

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59762

  • Okeefe Drilling Co17 since 2016 · 2024
  • Lindsay Drilling Co Inc3 since 2016 · 2021
  • Ak Drilling Inc.2 since 2016 · 2025
  • Dynamite Drilling1 since 2016 · 2018
  • Graham Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2018
  • Ak Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2026
  • Aqua Drilling And Pump4 all-time · 1984
  • Eslinger Drilling & Pump Service3 all-time · 2003

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 59762

Montana DNRC lists 965 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 308 groundwater and 657 surface water, 882 of them active. The median priority date is 1915, and the oldest claim dates to 1858.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim728
  • Ground Water Certificate194
  • Water Reservation25
  • Exempt Notice8
  • Provisional Permit7

Purposes

  • Stock343
  • Irrigation317
  • Domestic158
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden33
  • Fishery23

DNRC basins

  • 41D965

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 59762 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)35 wells · 23% · median 85 ft
  • Terrace Deposits (pleistocene)32 wells · 21% · median 50 ft
  • Alluvium (holocene)25 wells · 17% · median 43 ft
  • Alluvium (quaternary)20 wells · 13% · median 50 ft
  • Missoula Group9 wells · 6% · median 100 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 59762

Petroleum releases

1

1 open · 0 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 1998. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.