Montana water data · Community in Hill County
Havre North: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in Havre North: 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 781 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)
Wells on record
467
139.4 per sq mi
Median well depth
53 ft
half of wells 27–76 ft
Median static water level
13 ft
349 measurements
Median tested yield
16 gpm
293 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in Havre North?
Of 386 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 53 feet. Half were drilled between 27 and 76 feet; one in ten went deeper than 99 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 20 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
13 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 11 and 16 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
16 gpm
median tested yield · half between 10 and 25 gpm
4% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 45% 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 North
14 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed April 11, 2024. Records run back to 1904.
What the wells are for
- Domestic271
- Monitoring129
- Irrigation11
- Industrial9
- Public Water Supply8
How they were drilled
- Cable180
- Hollow Stem Auger98
- Rotary27
- Cable Tool23
Drillers filing well logs in Havre North
- Hi-line Drilling Inc14 since 2016 · 2024
- Esd Inc66 all-time · 2002
- Jacobson Drilling34 all-time · 2008
- Simpson14 all-time · 1978
- Okeefe Drilling Co13 all-time · 2009
- Delta13 all-time · 1994
- Environmental West6 all-time · 2002
- Boland Drilling5 all-time · 2012
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 North
Montana DNRC lists 310 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 240 groundwater and 70 surface water, 246 of them active. The median priority date is 1982, and the oldest claim dates to 1888.
Types of right
- Ground Water Certificate176
- Statement Of Claim109
- Exempt Notice19
- Provisional Permit4
- Stockwater Permit1
Purposes
- Domestic103
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden68
- Commercial24
- Irrigation22
- Municipal15
DNRC basins
- 40J309
- 40F1
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 North
Petroleum releases
2
0 open · 2 resolved
Superfund program sites
0
none on the National Priorities List
Registered tank facilities
2
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 1993. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.