Montana water data · Community in Flathead County
Martin City: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in Martin City: 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 227 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)
Wells on record
97
56.1 per sq mi
Median well depth
96 ft
half of wells 60–154 ft
Median static water level
47 ft
90 measurements
Median tested yield
25 gpm
93 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in Martin City?
Of 94 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 96 feet. Half were drilled between 60 and 154 feet; one in ten went deeper than 207 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 47 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
47 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 30 and 82 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
25 gpm
median tested yield · half between 16 and 30 gpm
2% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 70% 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 Martin City
11 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed April 1, 2025. Records run back to 1947.
What the wells are for
- Domestic71
- Public Water Supply12
- Irrigation3
- Unused1
- Commercial1
How they were drilled
- Cable36
- Rotary33
- Forward Rotary10
- Air Rotary3
Drillers filing well logs in Martin City
- Billmayer Drilling5 since 2016 · 2025
- Glazier Drilling2 since 2016 · 2019
- Weber30 all-time · 1991
- Chambers Drilling Company11 all-time · 2014
- Unknown5 all-time · 1961
- Liberty Drilling & Pump Co5 all-time · 1999
- Sudan Drilling5 all-time · 2010
- Wes4 all-time · 2001
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 Martin City
Montana DNRC lists 129 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 113 groundwater and 16 surface water, 117 of them active. The median priority date is 1981, and the oldest claim dates to 1893.
Types of right
- Ground Water Certificate99
- Statement Of Claim26
- Provisional Permit3
- Exempt Notice1
Purposes
- Domestic53
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden14
- Multiple Domestic8
- Fish And Wildlife7
- Domestic; Stock7
DNRC basins
- 76LJ129
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 Martin City 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 (pleistocene)54 wells · 78% · median 91 ft
- Glacial Till6 wells · 9% · median 74 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 Martin City
Petroleum releases
0
0 open · 0 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. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.