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Huntley: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in Huntley: 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 229 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

131

86.2 per sq mi

Median well depth

30 ft

half of wells 24–55 ft

Median static water level

11 ft

107 measurements

Median tested yield

25 gpm

99 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in Huntley?

Of 114 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 30 feet. Half were drilled between 24 and 55 feet; one in ten went deeper than 101 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.

under 50 ft
69%
50–100 ft
20%
100–200 ft
11%
200–300 ft
0%
300–500 ft
0%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

11 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 9 and 17 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 10 and 43 gpm

6% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 64% 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 Huntley

10 wells have been completed here since 2016, 1 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed May 6, 2026. Records run back to 1904.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic78
  • Irrigation31
  • Monitoring19
  • Stockwater11
  • Public Water Supply8

How they were drilled

  • Rotary36
  • Forward Rotary17
  • Drilled11
  • Cable Tool6

Drillers filing well logs in Huntley

  • Water & Environmental Technologies9 since 2016 · 2018
  • Bertram Drilling Inc4 since 2016 · 2023
  • Mayes Drilling Inc3 since 2016 · 2026
  • American Drilling & Supply2 since 2016 · 2024
  • Aaqua Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2017
  • Digger Drilling12 all-time · 1984
  • Haz Tech Drilling Inc5 all-time · 2015
  • Anderson Drilling5 all-time · 1957

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 Huntley

Montana DNRC lists 92 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 84 groundwater and 8 surface water, 76 of them active. The median priority date is 1985, and the oldest claim dates to 1911.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate64
  • Statement Of Claim21
  • Exempt Notice3
  • Conservation District Record2
  • Provisional Permit2

Purposes

  • Domestic39
  • Domestic; Stock8
  • Lawn And Garden8
  • Irrigation8
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden7

DNRC basins

  • 43Q90
  • 43E2

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 Huntley 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 (holocene)53 wells · 58% · median 28 ft
  • Judith River Formation (of Montana Group)21 wells · 23% · median 105 ft
  • Terrace Deposits (holocene)12 wells · 13% · median 25 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 Huntley

Petroleum releases

4

1 open · 3 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 2016. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.