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ZIP 59910: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59910: 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 November 2026 · Based on 956 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

350

18.2 per sq mi

Median well depth

287 ft

half of wells 192–420 ft

Median static water level

42 ft

270 measurements

Median tested yield

20 gpm

323 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59910?

Of 347 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 287 feet. Half were drilled between 192 and 420 feet; one in ten went deeper than 612 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 130 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
3%
50–100 ft
3%
100–200 ft
20%
200–300 ft
26%
300–500 ft
31%
500 ft and deeper
17%

Static water level

42 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 14 and 98 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 11 and 30 gpm

3% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 51% 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 59910

56 wells have been completed here since 2016, 7 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed October 15, 2026. Records run back to 1910.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic309
  • Irrigation60
  • Stockwater32
  • Public Water Supply12
  • Unused4

How they were drilled

  • Rotary217
  • Forward Rotary45
  • Air Rotary28
  • Cable8

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59910

  • Oh Well Drilling And Pump13 since 2016 · 2026
  • Allwest Drilling Inc12 since 2016 · 2024
  • Ace Drilling12 since 2016 · 2025
  • Coldwater Drilling And Pumps5 since 2016 · 2026
  • Evensix Inc. Dba Allwest Drilling3 since 2016 · 2026
  • Oh Well Drilling & Pump3 since 2016 · 2017
  • Okeefe Drilling Co1 since 2016 · 2020
  • Castlio Drilling52 all-time · 2001

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 59910

Montana DNRC lists 595 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 365 groundwater and 228 surface water, 449 of them active. The median priority date is 1981, and the oldest claim dates to 1855.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim216
  • Ground Water Certificate153
  • Registration Certificate114
  • Provisional Permit41
  • Domestic Allowance34

Purposes

  • Domestic260
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden67
  • Multiple Domestic61
  • Stock36
  • Lawn And Garden31

DNRC basins

  • 76LJ581
  • 76L14

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 59910 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.

  • Ravalli Group97 wells · 58% · median 243 ft
  • Belt Supergroup28 wells · 17% · median 273 ft
  • Middle Belt Carbonate13 wells · 8% · median 320 ft
  • Glacial Drift13 wells · 8% · median 168 ft
  • Alluvium (pleistocene)11 wells · 7% · median 190 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 59910

Petroleum releases

5

1 open · 4 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

6

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 2021. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.