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White Haven: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in White Haven: 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 375 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, Montana DEQ, EPA UST Finder, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

189

190.9 per sq mi

Median well depth

85 ft

half of wells 39–117 ft

Median static water level

22 ft

177 measurements

Median tested yield

15 gpm

167 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in White Haven?

Of 183 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 85 feet. Half were drilled between 39 and 117 feet; one in ten went deeper than 151 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 23 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
34%
50–100 ft
29%
100–200 ft
35%
200–300 ft
2%
300–500 ft
0%
500 ft and deeper
0%

Static water level

22 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 12 and 40 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 10 and 20 gpm

5% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 35% 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 White Haven

7 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed September 2, 2024. Records run back to 1918.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic172
  • Stockwater9
  • Monitoring9
  • Irrigation3
  • Commercial2

How they were drilled

  • Cable40
  • Rotary29
  • Churn28
  • Forward Rotary19

Drillers filing well logs in White Haven

  • Universal Drilling4 since 2016 · 2022
  • North West Drilling3 since 2016 · 2024
  • B And B Drilling18 all-time · 1981
  • Gold Brick15 all-time · 1986
  • Gold Brick Drilling12 all-time · 1988
  • Okeefe Drilling Co8 all-time · 2005
  • Lake7 all-time · 1972
  • C & L Plumbing4 all-time · 1963

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 White Haven

Montana DNRC lists 177 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 171 groundwater and 6 surface water, 171 of them active. The median priority date is 1981, and the oldest claim dates to 1946.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate145
  • Statement Of Claim20
  • Exempt Notice11
  • Provisional Permit1

Purposes

  • Domestic123
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden25
  • Commercial7
  • Irrigation4
  • Domestic; Stock3

DNRC basins

  • 76D177

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 White Haven 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.

  • Glacial Drift70 wells · 51% · median 101 ft
  • Alluvium (holocene)66 wells · 49% · median 37 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 White Haven

Petroleum releases

7

2 open · 5 resolved

Superfund program sites

0

none on the National Priorities List

Registered tank facilities

2

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 2022. A property report screens the sites within a quarter, half and one mile of a specific parcel and links the agency records.