Montana water data · Community in Lewis and Clark County
Lincoln: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in Lincoln: 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 1,659 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)
Wells on record
747
42.6 per sq mi
Median well depth
50 ft
half of wells 38–56 ft
Median static water level
10 ft
661 measurements
Median tested yield
20 gpm
636 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in Lincoln?
Of 691 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 50 feet. Half were drilled between 38 and 56 feet; one in ten went deeper than 80 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.
Static water level
10 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 6 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
20 gpm
median tested yield · half between 15 and 30 gpm
2% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 65% 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 Lincoln
102 wells have been completed here since 2016, 6 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed September 3, 2026. Records run back to 1880.
What the wells are for
- Domestic607
- Monitoring78
- Fire Protection31
- Irrigation23
- Public Water Supply22
How they were drilled
- Cable225
- Cable Tool183
- Rotary83
- Back Hoe21
Drillers filing well logs in Lincoln
- Mt Poverty Water Well Drilling52 since 2016 · 2021
- Western Water Wells29 since 2016 · 2026
- A-10 Drilling10 since 2016 · 2025
- Aquasource Drilling Llc3 since 2016 · 2025
- Aaaa Water Well Drilling Inc3 since 2016 · 2024
- Boland Drilling1 since 2016 · 2022
- H & L Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2025
- Mt-poverty86 all-time · 2006
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 Lincoln
Montana DNRC lists 886 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 805 groundwater and 81 surface water, 825 of them active. The median priority date is 1987, and the oldest claim dates to 1885.
Types of right
- Ground Water Certificate649
- Statement Of Claim197
- Exempt Notice23
- Provisional Permit15
- Compact2
Purposes
- Domestic456
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden168
- Stock48
- Irrigation36
- Lawn And Garden27
DNRC basins
- 76F885
- 41I1
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 Lincoln 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 (quaternary)92 wells · 99% · median 26 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 Lincoln
Petroleum releases
15
2 open · 13 resolved
Superfund program sites
0
none on the National Priorities List
Registered tank facilities
11
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 1995. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.