Montana water data · Community in Hill County
West Havre: well depth, groundwater and water rights
What the public record says about water in West Havre: 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 149 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)
Wells on record
83
43.9 per sq mi
Median well depth
184 ft
half of wells 158–197 ft
Median static water level
72 ft
68 measurements
Median tested yield
15 gpm
69 pump tests
Well depth
How deep are wells in West Havre?
Of 80 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 184 feet. Half were drilled between 158 and 197 feet; one in ten went deeper than 218 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 27 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
72 ft
median depth to water at rest · half between 60 and 89 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
15 gpm
median tested yield · half between 12 and 30 gpm
4% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 45% 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 West Havre
2 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed November 3, 2020. Records run back to 1947.
What the wells are for
- Domestic62
- Monitoring12
- Stockwater3
- Commercial3
- Public Water Supply2
How they were drilled
- Cable28
- Rotary19
- Unknown8
- Forward Rotary8
Drillers filing well logs in West Havre
- Hi-line Drilling Inc2 since 2016 · 2020
- Hickel & Tooke Drilling Co11 all-time · 1979
- Jacobson Drilling9 all-time · 2014
- Hansen Environmental Drilling7 all-time · 1999
- Simpson5 all-time · 1978
- Mt Salinity4 all-time · 1990
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 West Havre
Montana DNRC lists 58 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 58 groundwater and 0 surface water, 55 of them active. The median priority date is 1980, and the oldest claim dates to 1936.
Types of right
- Ground Water Certificate48
- Statement Of Claim9
- Exempt Notice1
Purposes
- Domestic31
- Domestic; Lawn And Garden16
- Multiple Domestic3
- Lawn And Garden; Domestic2
- Industrial2
DNRC basins
- 40J58
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 West Havre
Petroleum releases
4
1 open · 3 resolved
Superfund program sites
0
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 2003. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.