Montana water data · Community in Musselshell County
Camp Three: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in Camp Three: 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 197 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)
Wells on record
87
19.5 per sq mi
Median well depth
120 ft
half of wells 88–170 ft
Median static water level
24 ft
78 measurements
Median tested yield
8 gpm
77 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in Camp Three?
Of 80 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 120 feet. Half were drilled between 88 and 170 feet; one in ten went deeper than 217 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 45 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.
Static water level
24 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 14 and 50 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
8 gpm
median tested yield · half between 5 and 15 gpm
19% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 21% 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 Camp Three
4 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed September 18, 2024. Records run back to 1915.
What the wells are for
- Domestic72
- Stockwater12
- Irrigation6
- Monitoring4
- Fire Protection2
How they were drilled
- Rotary36
- Forward Rotary16
- Cable5
- Drilled4
Drillers filing well logs in Camp Three
- Haz Tech Drilling Inc4 since 2016 · 2021
- Vidic Drilling Inc3 since 2016 · 2024
- Hunt Drilling16 all-time · 1987
- Gordon Drilling Inc6 all-time · 2011
- Summit Drilling Co.3 all-time · 1975
- Kelly Drilling3 all-time · 1974
- Kombol Drilling3 all-time · 1980
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 Camp Three
Montana DNRC lists 104 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 87 groundwater and 17 surface water, 92 of them active. The median priority date is 1979, and the oldest claim dates to 1900.
Types of right
- Ground Water Certificate58
- Statement Of Claim38
- Exempt Notice7
- Water Reservation1
Purposes
- Domestic61
- Irrigation14
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden7
- Stock5
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden; Stock4
DNRC basins
- 40C79
- 40A25
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.
Environmental groundwater screening
Documented environmental sites in Camp Three
Petroleum releases
3
0 open · 3 resolved
Superfund program sites
0
none on the National Priorities List
Registered tank facilities
3
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 2014. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.