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Stevensville: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in Stevensville: 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 154 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

90

69.3 per sq mi

Median well depth

71 ft

half of wells 39–113 ft

Median static water level

28 ft

77 measurements

Median tested yield

27 gpm

77 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in Stevensville?

Of 79 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 71 feet. Half were drilled between 39 and 113 feet; one in ten went deeper than 167 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 26 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
32%
50–100 ft
35%
100–200 ft
27%
200–300 ft
3%
300–500 ft
3%
500 ft and deeper
1%

Static water level

28 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 10 and 53 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

27 gpm

median tested yield · half between 15 and 40 gpm

5% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 71% 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 Stevensville

8 wells have been completed here since 2016, 2 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed April 23, 2026. Records run back to 1908.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic53
  • Irrigation18
  • Monitoring9
  • Public Water Supply6
  • Injection2

How they were drilled

  • Rotary36
  • Cable17
  • Hollowstem Auger3
  • Forward Rotary2

Drillers filing well logs in Stevensville

  • Eslinger Drilling & Pump Service4 since 2016 · 2026
  • West Central Environmental Consultants3 since 2016 · 2025
  • Eagle Drilling And Pump Service2 since 2016 · 2023
  • Aqwa Drilling Llc1 since 2016 · 2024
  • Ravalli Drilling Inc11 all-time · 2013
  • Corvallis Well Drilling And Pump Co6 all-time · 1981
  • Jeromes Drilling Co4 all-time · 2010
  • Ravalli Drilling4 all-time · 2011

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 Stevensville

Montana DNRC lists 50 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 47 groundwater and 3 surface water, 44 of them active. The median priority date is 1995, and the oldest claim dates to 1904.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate38
  • Statement Of Claim5
  • Provisional Permit5
  • 62-73 Ground Water Record2

Purposes

  • Lawn And Garden12
  • Domestic10
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden6
  • Irrigation4
  • Municipal4

DNRC basins

  • 76H50

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 Stevensville

Petroleum releases

5

0 open · 5 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

9

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 2012. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.