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ZIP 59872: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59872: 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 2,113 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA SEMS, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

842

1.6 per sq mi

Median well depth

140 ft

half of wells 95–200 ft

Median static water level

86 ft

767 measurements

Median tested yield

30 gpm

779 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59872?

Of 801 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 140 feet. Half were drilled between 95 and 200 feet; one in ten went deeper than 320 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 60 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
4%
50–100 ft
22%
100–200 ft
49%
200–300 ft
12%
300–500 ft
10%
500 ft and deeper
3%

Static water level

86 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 43 and 126 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 16 and 35 gpm

6% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 73% 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 59872

141 wells have been completed here since 2016, 10 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed June 9, 2026. Records run back to 1912.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic695
  • Irrigation42
  • Monitoring40
  • Stockwater32
  • Public Water Supply22

How they were drilled

  • Rotary489
  • Foward Rotary93
  • Churn69
  • Cable59

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59872

  • Callison Well Drilling60 since 2016 · 2026
  • Camp Well Drilling And Pump Service37 since 2016 · 2026
  • Jeromes Drilling Co14 since 2016 · 2024
  • Camp Well Drilling & Pump Supply13 since 2016 · 2026
  • Western Montana Drilling Co.9 since 2016 · 2026
  • Western Montana Drilling Company4 since 2016 · 2023
  • Kane Well Drilling & Pump Service310 all-time · 2006
  • Spangler49 all-time · 1985

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 59872

Montana DNRC lists 1,216 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 845 groundwater and 371 surface water, 1,108 of them active. The median priority date is 1980, and the oldest claim dates to 1870.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate655
  • Statement Of Claim459
  • Provisional Permit54
  • Exempt Notice28
  • Water Reservation7

Purposes

  • Domestic399
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden154
  • Irrigation151
  • Stock107
  • Mining80

DNRC basins

  • 76M1,216

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 59872 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.

  • Alluvium (pleistocene)423 wells · 73% · median 125 ft
  • Belt Supergroup79 wells · 14% · median 280 ft
  • Alluvium (holocene)56 wells · 10% · median 55 ft
  • Sand And Gravel (pleistocene)17 wells · 3% · median 160 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 59872

Petroleum releases

23

3 open · 20 resolved

Superfund program sites

1

1 on or proposed for the NPL

Registered tank facilities

31

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 2025. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.