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ZIP 59824: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59824: 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 1,310 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA SEMS, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

515

5.5 per sq mi

Median well depth

220 ft

half of wells 104–371 ft

Median static water level

90 ft

427 measurements

Median tested yield

30 gpm

415 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59824?

Of 500 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 220 feet. Half were drilled between 104 and 371 feet; one in ten went deeper than 482 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
16%
50–100 ft
9%
100–200 ft
21%
200–300 ft
18%
300–500 ft
29%
500 ft and deeper
7%

Static water level

90 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 40 and 132 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 75 gpm

3% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 71% 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 59824

90 wells have been completed here since 2016, 11 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed July 22, 2026. Records run back to 1910.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic413
  • Stockwater156
  • Irrigation72
  • Test Well27
  • Monitoring25

How they were drilled

  • Rotary200
  • Cable44
  • Forward Rotary35
  • Hollowstem Auger15

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59824

  • Ace Drilling30 since 2016 · 2026
  • Allwest Drilling Inc13 since 2016 · 2023
  • Coldwater Drilling And Pumps11 since 2016 · 2025
  • Oh Well Drilling And Pump10 since 2016 · 2026
  • West Central Environmental Consultants8 since 2016 · 2025
  • Jeromes Drilling Co5 since 2016 · 2024
  • Oh Well Drilling & Pump3 since 2016 · 2018
  • Camp Well Drilling & Pump Supply3 since 2016 · 2019

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 59824

Montana DNRC lists 777 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 615 groundwater and 162 surface water, 495 of them active. The median priority date is 1972, and the oldest claim dates to 1854.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim272
  • Registration Certificate250
  • Ground Water Certificate118
  • Domestic Allowance48
  • Compact33

Purposes

  • Stock169
  • Domestic145
  • Irrigation61
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden50
  • Domestic; Stock47

DNRC basins

  • 76L777

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 59824 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.

  • Glacial Lake Missoula Beds190 wells · 65% · median 160 ft
  • Alluvium (pleistocene)61 wells · 21% · median 422 ft
  • Glacial Outwash (pleistocene)22 wells · 8% · median 60 ft
  • Ravalli Group10 wells · 3% · median 394 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 59824

Petroleum releases

7

2 open · 5 resolved

Superfund program sites

1

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

10

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 2022. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.