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Belgrade: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in Belgrade: 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 364 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

205

42.1 per sq mi

Median well depth

82 ft

half of wells 70–105 ft

Median static water level

38 ft

159 measurements

Median tested yield

40 gpm

163 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in Belgrade?

Of 168 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 82 feet. Half were drilled between 70 and 105 feet; one in ten went deeper than 159 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 50 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
9%
50–100 ft
58%
100–200 ft
27%
200–300 ft
3%
300–500 ft
3%
500 ft and deeper
1%

Static water level

38 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 30 and 55 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

40 gpm

median tested yield · half between 28 and 63 gpm

2% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 90% 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 Belgrade

17 wells have been completed here since 2016, 3 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed October 15, 2025. Records run back to 1900.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic103
  • Monitoring39
  • Public Water Supply26
  • Irrigation13
  • Stockwater7

How they were drilled

  • Rotary86
  • Cable40
  • Air Rotary7
  • Churn7

Drillers filing well logs in Belgrade

  • Okeefe Drilling Co6 since 2016 · 2025
  • Potts Drilling Inc4 since 2016 · 2023
  • Bridger Drilling Inc4 since 2016 · 2023
  • Ak Drilling Inc3 since 2016 · 2025
  • Van Dyken Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2017
  • Red Tiger Drilling1 since 2016 · 2026
  • Hulbert23 all-time · 1980
  • Haggerty Drilling15 all-time · 2003

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 Belgrade

Montana DNRC lists 99 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 98 groundwater and 1 surface water, 90 of them active. The median priority date is 1987, and the oldest claim dates to 1900.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate70
  • Statement Of Claim14
  • Provisional Permit12
  • Exempt Notice2
  • Water Reservation1

Purposes

  • Commercial26
  • Domestic18
  • Irrigation7
  • Municipal7
  • Commercial; Lawn And Garden5

DNRC basins

  • 41H99

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 Belgrade 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 (quaternary)5 wells · 63% · median 91 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 Belgrade

Petroleum releases

27

1 open · 26 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

33

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 2023. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.