Ground Water Conditions in Montana

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ground-water network for Montana currently consists of 28 wells. Ground-water levels are continuously monitored in 18 wells, ground-water levels in the other 10 wells are manually measured 4 times a year.  The 18 continuously monitored wells are located throughout the state. Water levels in many of the continuously recorded wells located in Western Montana are influenced by irrigation. Satellite telemetry equipment installed at two of the wells transmit realtime data every 4 hours. The other 16 continously monitoried wells in the network record data at the wellhead and are retrieved every 6-8 weeks.  The 10 manually measured wells are located in the northwest part of the state.

Information for individual wells:

• Real-time water levels ()
• Montana Climatic Response Network ()