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Lewistown Heights: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in Lewistown Heights: 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 312 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

164

69.6 per sq mi

Median well depth

100 ft

half of wells 80–140 ft

Median static water level

28 ft

149 measurements

Median tested yield

20 gpm

155 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in Lewistown Heights?

Of 162 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 100 feet. Half were drilled between 80 and 140 feet; one in ten went deeper than 277 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 56 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
7%
50–100 ft
40%
100–200 ft
40%
200–300 ft
4%
300–500 ft
7%
500 ft and deeper
2%

Static water level

28 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 15 and 43 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

20 gpm

median tested yield · half between 15 and 30 gpm

1% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 63% 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 Lewistown Heights

12 wells have been completed here since 2016, 1 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed April 1, 2026. Records run back to 1889.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic144
  • Stockwater6
  • Irrigation5
  • Commercial3
  • Public Water Supply3

How they were drilled

  • Rotary64
  • Forward Rotary54
  • Unknown17
  • Cable Tool8

Drillers filing well logs in Lewistown Heights

  • Central Drilling Inc6 since 2016 · 2026
  • Singley Drilling4 since 2016 · 2025
  • Debuff Drilling13 all-time · 1994
  • Unknown12 all-time · 1961
  • Four Star Drilling9 all-time · 1997
  • Montana Salinity Control Association3 all-time · 2002
  • Jennings Drilling Co3 all-time · 2004

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 Lewistown Heights

Montana DNRC lists 148 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 133 groundwater and 15 surface water, 144 of them active. The median priority date is 1993, and the oldest claim dates to 1881.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate123
  • Statement Of Claim19
  • Exempt Notice4
  • Provisional Permit1
  • Water Reservation1

Purposes

  • Domestic69
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden38
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden; Stock7
  • Irrigation6
  • Stock6

DNRC basins

  • 41S148

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.