Montana water data · Community in Hill County

St. Pierre: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in St. Pierre: 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 88 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

75

9.3 per sq mi

Median well depth

104 ft

half of wells 67–135 ft

Median static water level

23 ft

47 measurements

Median tested yield

10 gpm

57 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in St. Pierre?

Of 65 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 104 feet. Half were drilled between 67 and 135 feet; one in ten went deeper than 160 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 33 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
28%
100–200 ft
46%
200–300 ft
3%
300–500 ft
5%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

23 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 12 and 39 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

10 gpm

median tested yield · half between 8 and 20 gpm

14% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 26% 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 St. Pierre

3 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed August 26, 2025. Records run back to 1951.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic50
  • Unused9
  • Public Water Supply2
  • Stockwater1
  • Monitoring1

How they were drilled

  • Rotary24
  • Cable10
  • Unknown6
  • Forward Rotary6

Drillers filing well logs in St. Pierre

  • Hickel & Tooke Drilling Co29 all-time · 2011
  • Hi-line Drilling Inc12 all-time · 1999
  • Briggs Drilling Co8 all-time · 1970
  • Billmayer Drilling7 all-time · 1961
  • Simpson Drilling Co.4 all-time · 1964

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 St. Pierre

Montana DNRC lists 1 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 0 groundwater and 1 surface water, 0 of them active..

Types of right

  • Statement Of Claim1

Purposes

  • Storage1

DNRC basins

  • 40H1

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.

Environmental groundwater screening

Documented environmental sites in St. Pierre

Petroleum releases

0

0 open · 0 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

12

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.