Montana water data · Community in Flathead County
Kila: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in Kila: 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 338 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)
Wells on record
155
39 per sq mi
Median well depth
355 ft
half of wells 183–500 ft
Median static water level
70 ft
147 measurements
Median tested yield
8 gpm
149 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in Kila?
Of 153 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 355 feet. Half were drilled between 183 and 500 feet; one in ten went deeper than 744 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 115 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
70 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 33 and 115 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 14 gpm
19% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 17% 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 Kila
24 wells have been completed here since 2016, 5 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed June 25, 2026. Records run back to 1946.
What the wells are for
- Domestic143
- Stockwater9
- Public Water Supply2
- Irrigation2
- Commercial1
How they were drilled
- Rotary93
- Forward Rotary27
- Cable12
- Air Rotary8
Drillers filing well logs in Kila
- Davis Brothers Drilling8 since 2016 · 2026
- Glazier Drilling4 since 2016 · 2022
- Billmayer Drilling2 since 2016 · 2021
- Chambers Drilling Company1 since 2016 · 2022
- Sudan Drilling36 all-time · 2015
- Mcclarty Drilling11 all-time · 1989
- Liberty Drilling & Pump Co7 all-time · 1999
- Stinger Drilling6 all-time · 1994
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 Kila
Montana DNRC lists 181 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 168 groundwater and 13 surface water, 177 of them active. The median priority date is 1994, and the oldest claim dates to 1893.
Types of right
- Ground Water Certificate155
- Statement Of Claim15
- Provisional Permit6
- Exempt Notice5
Purposes
- Domestic81
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden39
- Domestic; Stock14
- Irrigation7
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden; Stock7
DNRC basins
- 76LJ181
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 Kila 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.
- Middle Belt Carbonate67 wells · 72% · median 275 ft
- Belt Supergroup22 wells · 24% · median 375 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 Kila
Petroleum releases
1
0 open · 1 resolved
Superfund program sites
0
none on the National Priorities List
Registered tank facilities
1
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 1997. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.