Water Right Environmental Assessments

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The purpose of this website is to provide the public with information on environmental assessments of water right applications for permits and authorizations to change. 2-3-111, 2-3-301, and 2-17-532 MCA.

The DNRC keeps environmental assessments (EAs) on the Internet for approximately six months from the date when the EA was prepared, or until the application is issued or terminated. Any EA not viewable on the Internet is available in hard copy for review through the DNRC Water Rights Bureau in Helena.

Comments to an environmental assessment may be sent to:

DNRC Water Resources Division
Water Rights Bureau
Attn: Millie Heffner
P.O. Box 201601
Helena, MT 59620-1601

Click on any county to view listings.

Beaverhead

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Big Horn

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Blaine

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
40J 30105879	Lorin Krass	Groundwater	2016-09-15
40J 30105878	Lorin Krass	Groundwater	2016-09-14
40J 30104657	Lorin Krass	Groundwater	2016-09-14

Broadwater

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Carbon

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Carter

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
39E 30127281	Tom and Kathy Stieg	Ground Water	2019-07-26
39E 30124191	Tom and Kathy Stieg	UT Ikey Creek	2019-07-22

Cascade

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
41QJ 30119816	Hill Top Colony Inc	Groundwater	2019-07-30

Chouteau

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
41O 30114587	State of Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks	Teton River	2018-04-23
41O 30114585	State of Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks	Teton River	2018-04-03

Custer

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Daniels

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Dawson

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Deer Lodge

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Fallon

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Fergus

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
41S 30117268	King Ranch Hutterian Brethern Inc	Little Rock Creek	2018-11-09
40B 30070712	Wilks Ranch Montana LTD	Durfee Creek	2016-05-19

Flathead

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
76LJ 30104677	US Forest Service	Canyon Creek (N Fk Flathead Watershed)	2019-08-22
76I 30125550	Norman Kalbfleisch	Groundwater	2019-07-23*
76LJ 30121146	Gustafson/Hardy et al	Whitefish Lake	2019-07-09
76LJ 30121147	Gustafson/Hardy et al	Whitefish Lake	2019-07-09
76LJ 30124591	Elizabeth P., Irene B., and Stanley A. III Brooks	Groundwater	2019-06-21*
76LJ 30121543	Norman C. Bjelland	Groundwater	2019-06-17
76LJ 30121186	Ernest T Rouse Jr. Family Trust	Groundwater	2019-06-13
76LJ 30120113	Winter Sports Inc.	Groundwater	2019-05-15
76LJ 30122327	Roger Sullivan	Groundwater	2019-03-29*
76LJ 30122326	Roger Sullivan	Groundwater	2019-03-29*

Gallatin

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
41H 30120161	US Forest Service	Cache Creek (Gallatin Watershed)	2019-09-13
41H 30114894	US Forest Service	Porcupine Creek (Gallatin Watershed)	2019-09-11
41H 30116326	US Forest Service	Moose Creek (Gallatin Watershed)	2019-09-09
41H 30114893	US Forest Service	Dudley Creek (Gallatin River Watershed)	2019-09-05
41F 30068783	Shirley A Smith & Alvin L Roquemore	Groundwater	2019-08-29*
41F 30117899	Charles S Thomas and Elizabeth M Trader	Groundwater	2019-07-03*
41F 30117778	Charles S Thomas and Elizabeth M Trader	Groundwater	2019-07-03*
41F 30123533	David and Julienne Daines	groundwater	2019-06-28*
41H 30115127	BOZEMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT #7	Groundwater	2019-05-30
41H 30110660	Ultility Solutions LLC	Groundwater	2018-01-17

Garfield

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Glacier

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
40F 30122926	ZENITH COLONY INC	Groundwater	2019-08-29

Golden Valley

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Granite

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Hill

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Jefferson

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
41E 30118502	Myles Carpenter	Lowland Creek	2019-07-30
41I 30116324	US Forest Service	Quartz Creek, South Fork (Clancy Creek Drainage)	2019-07-01
41I 30116323	US Forest Service	Kady Gulch (Prickly Pear Drainage)	2019-06-28

Judith Basin

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Lake

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Lewis & Clark

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
76F 30116320	US Forest Service	Snowbank Creek (Blackfoot River Watershed)	2019-02-01
41I 30110538	Centennial Livestock, Inc.	Tenmile Creek	2018-08-24
41K 30111184	Broken O Land & Livestock, LLC	Sun River	2017-06-21

Liberty

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Lincoln

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
76C 30070366	US Forest Service	Cow Creek (Fisher River Watershed)	2019-08-22
76B 30104690	US Forest Service	Basin Creek (Yaak Watershed)	2019-08-21
76C 30114888	US Forest Service	Lake Creek (Fisher River Watershed)	2019-07-09
76B 30070862	US Forest Service	Flattail Creek (Yaak Watershed)	2019-07-09
76D 30070881	US Forest Service	Midas Creek	2019-07-09
76C 30070885	US Forest Service	Houghton Creek (Fisher River Watershed)	2019-01-30
76D 30104689	US Forest Service	Deep Creek (Tobacco River watershed)	2019-01-23
76D 30114889	US Forest Service	Pipe Creek (Kootenai Watershed)	2018-09-2

Madison

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
41H 30120161	US Forest Service	Cache Creek (Gallatin Watershed)	2019-09-13

McCone

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Meagher

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Mineral

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
76M 30104693	U.S. Forest Service	Cedar Creek (Clark Fork Basin)	2016-05-31

Missoula

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
76M 30121581	MISSOULA CITY-COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY	MISSOULA VALLEY AQUIFER	2019-08-22
76M 30105068	Forest Service	Petty Creek (Clark Fork Basin)	2016-06-22

Musselshell

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Park

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
43B 30121994	1045 River House LLC % Sarah B Stewart	Groundwater	2019-07-02*
43B 30117162	Dennis Gerald & Deborah B Wascom	Groundwater	2019-07-01*
43B 30103096	Dennis Gerald & Deborah B Wascom	Groundwater	2019-07-01*
43B 30103095	Dennis Gerald & Deborah B Wascom	Groundwater	2019-07-01*

Petroleum

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Phillips

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Pondera

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Powder River

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Powell

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
76G 30106785	CLARK FORK COALITION	Racetrack Creek	2019-08-05
76F 30104660	US Forest Service	Washington Creek (Nevada Ck Drainage)	2019-06-26
76G 30106785	CLARK FORK COALITION	Racetrack Creek	2019-06-13

Prairie

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Ravalli

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Richland

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
42M 30123375	Robert Lange Inc	Groundwater	2019-06-05

Roosevelt

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
40S 30126488	Terry H Traeger	Groundwater	2019-09-11

Rosebud

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Sanders

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
76N 30104697	Forest Service	Little Thompson River	2016-06-23
76N 30070883	Forest Service	Weeksville Creek (Clark Fork Basin)	2016-06-22
76N 30068837	RC Resources Inc.	Groundwater	2016-06-21
76N 30104692	Forest Service	Thompson River	2016-06-21

Sheridan

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Silver Bow

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Stillwater

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Sweet Grass

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Teton

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
410 30123216	Kaylene M. Larson	Foster Creek	2019-09-03
41O 30114585	State of Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks	Teton River	2018-04-03
41O-30103564	Robert E. Stephens	Deep Creek	2015-12-31

Toole

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
41N 30109842	Wesley and Fred Fenger	Strawberry Creek	2017-06-27

Treasure

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
42KJ 30128059	PV Ranch Company LLC	Groundwater	2019-09-09

Valley

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
40S 30119937	TransCanada Keystone Pipeline LP	Missouri River	2019-04-16

Wheatland

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
40A 30119319	McFarland White Ranch Inc.	Big Elk Creek	2019-07-24
40A 30105384	Dan & Sandra DeBuff	Groundwater	2018-07-31

Wibaux

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted

Yellowstone

Water Right Number	Applicant's Name	Source of Water	Date Posted
43Q 30121540	Regal Land Development Inc.	groundwater	2019-06-18