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ZIP 59932: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in ZIP code 59932: 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 1,019 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA SEMS, EPA UST Finder, US Census (ZIP Code Tabulation Area)

Wells on record

508

18.7 per sq mi

Median well depth

279 ft

half of wells 145–460 ft

Median static water level

69 ft

434 measurements

Median tested yield

25 gpm

411 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in ZIP 59932?

Of 477 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 279 feet. Half were drilled between 145 and 460 feet; one in ten went deeper than 755 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 25 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
4%
100–200 ft
12%
200–300 ft
21%
300–500 ft
25%
500 ft and deeper
22%

Static water level

69 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 16 and 219 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

25 gpm

median tested yield · half between 15 and 50 gpm

4% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 66% 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 59932

104 wells have been completed here since 2016, 8 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed July 8, 2026. Records run back to 1888.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic390
  • Monitoring66
  • Stockwater39
  • Irrigation30
  • Public Water Supply16

How they were drilled

  • Rotary254
  • Air Rotary40
  • Forward Rotary23
  • Hollowstem Auger22

Drillers filing well logs in ZIP 59932

  • Billmayer Drilling16 since 2016 · 2026
  • Chambers Drilling Company15 since 2016 · 2022
  • Allwest Drilling Inc15 since 2016 · 2025
  • Okeefe Drilling Co9 since 2016 · 2024
  • Coldwater Drilling And Pumps9 since 2016 · 2026
  • Environmental West Exploration9 since 2016 · 2019
  • Glazier Drilling8 since 2016 · 2026
  • Rm Drilling And Well Services5 since 2016 · 2026

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 59932

Montana DNRC lists 504 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 366 groundwater and 138 surface water, 465 of them active. The median priority date is 1985, and the oldest claim dates to 1882.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate307
  • Statement Of Claim150
  • Provisional Permit36
  • Exempt Notice10
  • 62-73 Ground Water Record1

Purposes

  • Domestic202
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden101
  • Multiple Domestic42
  • Lawn And Garden18
  • Irrigation18

DNRC basins

  • 76LJ504

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 59932 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.

  • Middle Belt Carbonate106 wells · 48% · median 274 ft
  • Alluvium (holocene)49 wells · 22% · median 24 ft
  • Belt Supergroup43 wells · 19% · median 260 ft
  • Alluvium (pleistocene)18 wells · 8% · median 332 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 59932

Petroleum releases

2

0 open · 2 resolved

Superfund program sites

1

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

4

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 2002. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.