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Wineglass: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in Wineglass: 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 287 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

161

25.7 per sq mi

Median well depth

217 ft

half of wells 154–300 ft

Median static water level

62 ft

152 measurements

Median tested yield

12 gpm

155 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in Wineglass?

Of 156 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 217 feet. Half were drilled between 154 and 300 feet; one in ten went deeper than 365 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 100 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
1%
50–100 ft
9%
100–200 ft
32%
200–300 ft
28%
300–500 ft
27%
500 ft and deeper
3%

Static water level

62 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 35 and 101 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

12 gpm

median tested yield · half between 6 and 20 gpm

18% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 30% 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 Wineglass

24 wells have been completed here since 2016, 1 of them in the last twelve months. The newest log on file was completed July 9, 2026. Records run back to 1930.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic143
  • Test Well15
  • Stockwater1
  • Unused1
  • Irrigation1

How they were drilled

  • Rotary141
  • Forward Rotary5
  • Rotary Driven3
  • Air Rotary1

Drillers filing well logs in Wineglass

  • Hayes Drilling13 since 2016 · 2025
  • Red Tiger Drilling5 since 2016 · 2021
  • Van Dyken Drilling Inc3 since 2016 · 2022
  • Bridger Drilling Inc1 since 2016 · 2017
  • Hillman Drilling32 all-time · 2005
  • Haggerty Drilling4 all-time · 2002
  • Potts Drilling Inc3 all-time · 2007

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 Wineglass

Montana DNRC lists 126 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 121 groundwater and 5 surface water, 113 of them active. The median priority date is 2004, and the oldest claim dates to 1883.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate119
  • Statement Of Claim5
  • Exempt Notice1
  • Provisional Permit1

Purposes

  • Domestic55
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden18
  • Stock11
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden; Stock7
  • Lawn And Garden; Domestic5

DNRC basins

  • 43B126

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 Wineglass 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.

  • Colorado Shale Or Fm. (of Colorado Group)6 wells · 24% · median 200 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.