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ZIP 59914: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59914: 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 551 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

178

15.9 per sq mi

Median well depth

270 ft

half of wells 180–466 ft

Median static water level

45 ft

147 measurements

Median tested yield

15 gpm

170 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59914?

Of 170 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 270 feet. Half were drilled between 180 and 466 feet; one in ten went deeper than 602 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 125 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
2%
50–100 ft
5%
100–200 ft
28%
200–300 ft
18%
300–500 ft
25%
500 ft and deeper
22%

Static water level

45 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 22 and 99 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

15 gpm

median tested yield · half between 10 and 28 gpm

4% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 41% 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 59914

39 wells have been completed here since 2016, 5 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed May 6, 2026. Records run back to 1912.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic161
  • Irrigation28
  • Stockwater21
  • Public Water Supply6
  • Fire Protection2

How they were drilled

  • Rotary121
  • Forward Rotary15
  • Air Rotary8
  • Cable4

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59914

  • Ace Drilling10 since 2016 · 2025
  • Allwest Drilling Inc9 since 2016 · 2024
  • Oh Well Drilling And Pump5 since 2016 · 2023
  • Oh Well Drilling & Pump3 since 2016 · 2018
  • Coldwater Drilling And Pumps3 since 2016 · 2024
  • Billmayer Drilling1 since 2016 · 2017
  • Castlio Drilling22 all-time · 2002
  • Liberty Drilling & Pump Co19 all-time · 2005

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 59914

Montana DNRC lists 372 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 213 groundwater and 159 surface water, 249 of them active. The median priority date is 1982, and the oldest claim dates to 1855.

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim126
  • Registration Certificate90
  • Ground Water Certificate70
  • Provisional Permit37
  • Domestic Allowance36

Purposes

  • Domestic140
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden51
  • Lawn And Garden; Domestic34
  • Irrigation29
  • Stock29

DNRC basins

  • 76LJ372

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 59914 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 Group42 wells · 50% · median 227 ft
  • Belt Supergroup18 wells · 21% · median 312 ft
  • Alluvium (pleistocene)14 wells · 17% · median 179 ft
  • Alluvium (holocene)6 wells · 7% · median 51 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 59914

Petroleum releases

0

0 open · 0 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

1

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