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Jordan: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in Jordan: 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 140 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

110

315.2 per sq mi

Median well depth

120 ft

half of wells 23–168 ft

Median static water level

15 ft

83 measurements

Median tested yield

8 gpm

54 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in Jordan?

Of 109 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 120 feet. Half were drilled between 23 and 168 feet; one in ten went deeper than 204 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 15 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
45%
50–100 ft
4%
100–200 ft
39%
200–300 ft
8%
300–500 ft
5%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

15 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 10 and 21 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 4 and 14 gpm

28% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 15% 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 Jordan

24 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed April 16, 2025. Records run back to 1919.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic53
  • Monitoring49
  • Stockwater8
  • Irrigation4
  • Public Water Supply3

How they were drilled

  • Hollowstem Auger27
  • Unknown9
  • Cme 759
  • Rotary7

Drillers filing well logs in Jordan

  • Haz Tech Drilling Inc12 since 2016 · 2025
  • West Central Environmental Consultants12 since 2016 · 2022
  • Eastern Montana Drilling21 all-time · 1952
  • Adtec8 all-time · 1992
  • Askin Drilling5 all-time · 2007
  • Whn/ewc (bhax)3 all-time · 1992

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 Jordan

Montana DNRC lists 9 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 9 groundwater and 0 surface water, 9 of them active. The median priority date is 1980, and the oldest claim dates to 1920.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate5
  • Statement Of Claim4

Purposes

  • Domestic4
  • Lawn And Garden2
  • Commercial; Lawn And Garden1
  • Lawn And Garden; Domestic; Commercial1
  • Municipal1

DNRC basins

  • 40D9

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 Jordan 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.

  • Fox Hills-hell Creek Aquifer54 wells · 98% · median 169 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 Jordan

Petroleum releases

8

4 open · 4 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

13

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 1999. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.