Montana water data · City in Hill County
Havre: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in Havre: 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 580 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)
Wells on record
336
90.6 per sq mi
Median well depth
41 ft
half of wells 20–110 ft
Median static water level
20 ft
189 measurements
Median tested yield
25 gpm
117 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in Havre?
Of 258 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 41 feet. Half were drilled between 20 and 110 feet; one in ten went deeper than 142 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 18 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
20 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 12 and 58 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 14 and 75 gpm
6% 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 Havre
8 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed May 16, 2025. Records run back to 1916.
What the wells are for
- Monitoring163
- Domestic79
- Geothermal-extraction35
- Irrigation29
- Public Water Supply10
How they were drilled
- Hollow Stem Auger58
- Cable36
- Rotary25
- Unknown24
Drillers filing well logs in Havre
- Water & Environmental Technologies6 since 2016 · 2023
- Hi-line Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2025
- Jacobson Drilling1 since 2016 · 2017
- Esd Inc30 all-time · 1998
- Hansen Environmental Drilling19 all-time · 2013
- Maxim Technologies12 all-time · 2002
- Boland Drilling11 all-time · 2011
- Simpson9 all-time · 1978
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 Havre
Montana DNRC lists 118 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 116 groundwater and 2 surface water, 78 of them active. The median priority date is 1974, and the oldest claim dates to 1894.
Types of right
- Statement Of Claim63
- Ground Water Certificate44
- Provisional Permit6
- Exempt Notice4
- Temporary Permit1
Purposes
- Domestic19
- Lawn And Garden16
- Irrigation16
- Commercial14
- Municipal12
DNRC basins
- 40J118
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 Havre
Petroleum releases
45
18 open · 27 resolved
Superfund program sites
0
none on the National Priorities List
Registered tank facilities
81
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 2020. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.