How many wells has Northern Pacific Railway drilled in Montana?

Northern Pacific Railway appears as the driller of record on 63 wells in Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Ground Water Information Center (GWIC), spanning records from 1919 to 1960.

What counties does Northern Pacific Railway work in?

Across the record, Northern Pacific Railway has drilled wells in 26 Montana counties: Dawson (9), Sweet Grass (7), Prairie (5), Missoula (4), Park (4), Ravalli (4), Flathead (3), Lincoln (3), Carbon (2), Madison (2), Mccone (2), Powell (2).

How deep are the wells Northern Pacific Railway drills?

The median depth of a well drilled by Northern Pacific Railway is 92 ft, with the middle half between 54 ft and 167 ft — based on 63 of their wells with recorded depths.

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Northern Pacific Railway

Recorded as the driller on 63 water wells across 26 Montana counties in Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Ground Water Information Center (GWIC), most in Dawson County. Well-log records span 1919–1960.

63wells on record

—since 2022

26counties served

92 ftmedian depth

Counties served

Wells drilled by Northern Pacific Railway, by county, across the full record.

County	Wells drilled
Dawson County	9
Sweet Grass County	7
Prairie County	5
Missoula County	4
Park County	4
Ravalli County	4
Flathead County	3
Lincoln County	3
Carbon County	2
Madison County	2
Mccone County	2
Powell County	2

…and 14 more Montana counties.

Well characteristics

Across the wells Northern Pacific Railway has drilled, the median depth is 92 ft (middle half 54 ft–167 ft), median tested yield 10 gpm, and median static water level 17 ft below ground surface. These summarize the company's own filed logs, not a marketing claim.

Original drilling logs

Recent well logs filed by Northern Pacific Railway, straight from the public MBMG record:

"Records span 1919–1960" refers to the earliest and latest well logs attributed to this company in the MBMG database — the state digitized older paper logs, so the first date is the oldest record on file, not necessarily the company's founding year.

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