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Springhill: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in Springhill: 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 198 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

79

28.4 per sq mi

Median well depth

80 ft

half of wells 60–116 ft

Median static water level

14 ft

72 measurements

Median tested yield

25 gpm

76 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in Springhill?

Of 79 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 80 feet. Half were drilled between 60 and 116 feet; one in ten went deeper than 198 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 40 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
18%
50–100 ft
46%
100–200 ft
27%
200–300 ft
8%
300–500 ft
3%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

14 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 8 and 21 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 15 and 35 gpm

0% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 66% 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 Springhill

8 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed August 15, 2019. Records run back to 1883.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic71
  • Stockwater9
  • Irrigation9
  • Public Water Supply1

How they were drilled

  • Rotary51
  • Forward Rotary7
  • Churn6
  • Cable6

Drillers filing well logs in Springhill

  • Van Dyken Drilling Inc6 since 2016 · 2019
  • Bridger Drilling Inc2 since 2016 · 2017
  • Haggerty Drilling19 all-time · 2003
  • Hillman Drilling8 all-time · 2007
  • Potts Drilling Inc7 all-time · 2004
  • Kevin Haggerty Drilling Inc5 all-time · 2012

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 Springhill

Montana DNRC lists 119 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 98 groundwater and 21 surface water, 117 of them active. The median priority date is 1984, and the oldest claim dates to 1862.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate63
  • Statement Of Claim48
  • Provisional Permit5
  • Exempt Notice3

Purposes

  • Stock35
  • Domestic27
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden12
  • Irrigation11
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden; Stock6

DNRC basins

  • 41H119

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.