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Klein: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in Klein: 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 175 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

80

6.2 per sq mi

Median well depth

116 ft

half of wells 85–177 ft

Median static water level

45 ft

73 measurements

Median tested yield

12 gpm

73 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in Klein?

Of 77 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 116 feet. Half were drilled between 85 and 177 feet; one in ten went deeper than 254 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 60 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
5%
50–100 ft
32%
100–200 ft
45%
200–300 ft
8%
300–500 ft
9%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

45 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 30 and 70 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

12 gpm

median tested yield · half between 5 and 20 gpm

14% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 29% 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 Klein

6 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed June 9, 2025. Records run back to 1908.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic56
  • Stockwater24
  • Irrigation3
  • Public Water Supply2
  • Industrial1

How they were drilled

  • Rotary29
  • Forward Rotary14
  • Churn5
  • Unknown2

Drillers filing well logs in Klein

  • Vidic Drilling Inc3 since 2016 · 2023
  • Bertram Drilling Inc3 since 2016 · 2025
  • Hunt Drilling16 all-time · 1987
  • Gordon Drilling Inc4 all-time · 2007
  • Kelly Drilling4 all-time · 1974

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 Klein

Montana DNRC lists 93 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 72 groundwater and 21 surface water, 87 of them active. The median priority date is 1975, and the oldest claim dates to 1880.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate47
  • Statement Of Claim34
  • Provisional Permit6
  • Exempt Notice5
  • Water Reservation1

Purposes

  • Domestic39
  • Stock14
  • Irrigation10
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden7
  • Domestic; Stock6

DNRC basins

  • 40A88
  • 40C5

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 Klein 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.

  • Tongue River Member (of Ft Union Fm.)5 wells · 42% · median 149 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 Klein

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 1992. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.