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Busby: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in Busby: 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 87 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

75

5.2 per sq mi

Median well depth

65 ft

half of wells 45–130 ft

Median static water level

37 ft

44 measurements

Median tested yield

30 gpm

32 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in Busby?

Of 52 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 65 feet. Half were drilled between 45 and 130 feet; one in ten went deeper than 250 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 27 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
33%
50–100 ft
35%
100–200 ft
13%
200–300 ft
17%
300–500 ft
2%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

37 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 21 and 40 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 15 and 53 gpm

0% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 59% 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 Busby

11 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed August 1, 2025. Records run back to 1950.

What the wells are for

  • Monitoring29
  • Domestic25
  • Other5
  • Public Water Supply3
  • Irrigation2

How they were drilled

  • Rotary23
  • Hsa8
  • Cable7
  • Air Rotary3

Drillers filing well logs in Busby

  • Gary's Drilling Inc.8 since 2016 · 2025
  • Haz Tech Drilling Inc14 all-time · 2009
  • Little Horn7 all-time · 1976
  • Pro Pump & Equipment Inc5 all-time · 2014
  • Hillman Drilling3 all-time · 1994
  • Mt Dept Of Transportation3 all-time · 2010
  • Corveau Drilling3 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 Busby

Montana DNRC lists 2 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 2 groundwater and 0 surface water, 2 of them active. The median priority date is 1992, and the oldest claim dates to 1982.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate1
  • Statement Of Claim1

Purposes

  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden1
  • Institutional1

DNRC basins

  • 42A2

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 Busby 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.

  • Tongue River Member (of Ft Union Fm.)24 wells · 96% · median 71 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 Busby

Petroleum releases

4

0 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 2000. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.