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Somers: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in Somers: 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 441 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA SEMS, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

211

71.5 per sq mi

Median well depth

241 ft

half of wells 123–364 ft

Median static water level

31 ft

186 measurements

Median tested yield

30 gpm

169 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in Somers?

Of 194 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 241 feet. Half were drilled between 123 and 364 feet; one in ten went deeper than 537 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 24 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
19%
50–100 ft
4%
100–200 ft
12%
200–300 ft
25%
300–500 ft
28%
500 ft and deeper
11%

Static water level

31 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 14 and 109 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

30 gpm

median tested yield · half between 17 and 60 gpm

4% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 72% 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 Somers

32 wells have been completed here since 2016, 6 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed July 7, 2026. Records run back to 1894.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic152
  • Monitoring29
  • Stockwater16
  • Public Water Supply14
  • Irrigation10

How they were drilled

  • Rotary81
  • Air Rotary28
  • Forward Rotary10
  • Cable9

Drillers filing well logs in Somers

  • Environmental West Exploration9 since 2016 · 2019
  • Okeefe Drilling Co6 since 2016 · 2022
  • Billmayer Drilling4 since 2016 · 2026
  • Glazier Drilling4 since 2016 · 2026
  • Coldwater Drilling And Pumps4 since 2016 · 2026
  • Allwest Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2016
  • Liberty Drilling & Pump Co44 all-time · 2005
  • Unknown12 all-time · 1984

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 Somers

Montana DNRC lists 224 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 178 groundwater and 46 surface water, 202 of them active. The median priority date is 1985, and the oldest claim dates to 1901.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate144
  • Statement Of Claim60
  • Provisional Permit14
  • Exempt Notice6

Purposes

  • Domestic89
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden46
  • Multiple Domestic20
  • Lawn And Garden9
  • Domestic; Stock7

DNRC basins

  • 76LJ224

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 Somers 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 Carbonate64 wells · 59% · median 270 ft
  • Alluvium (holocene)23 wells · 21% · median 25 ft
  • Belt Supergroup11 wells · 10% · median 222 ft
  • Alluvium (pleistocene)10 wells · 9% · median 347 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 Somers

Petroleum releases

1

0 open · 1 resolved

Superfund program sites

1

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

4

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 2002. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.