Water Administration Basin Map

Find your location on the map, then scroll to the table below to find the corresponding administrative basin. For a more detailed, interactive map, visit the Water Rights Query System and turn on the "Basins" map layer.
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Basin #

Basin Name

Basin #

Basin Name

38H

Belle Fourche River, Above Cheyene River

39FJ

Little Beaver Creek

39E

Box Elder Creek

39G

Beaver Creek, Tributary of Little Missouri River

39F

Little Missouri River, Above Little Beaver Creek

39H

Little Missouri, Below Little Beaver Creek

40A

Musselshell River, Above Roundup

40J

Milk River, Between Fresno Reservoir and

Whitewater Creek

40C

Musselshell River, Below Roundup

40K

Whitewater Creek

40D

Big Dry Creek

40L

Frenchman Creek

40E

Missouri River, Between Musselshell River and Fort Peck Dam

40M

Beaver Creek, Tributary of Milk River

40EJ

Missouri River, Between Bullwhacker Creek and Musselshell Rivers

40N

Rock Creek, Tributary of Milk River

40F

Milk River, Above Fresno Reservoir

40O

Milk River, Below Whitewater Including

Porcupine Creek

40G

Sage Creek

40P

Redwater River

40H

Big Sandy Creek

40Q

Poplar River

41A

Red Rock River

40R

Big Muddy Creek

41B

Beaverhead River

41M

Two Medicine River

41C

Ruby River

41N

Willow Creek

41D

Big Hole River

41O

Teton River

41E

Boulder River, Tributary of Jefferson River

41P

Marias River

41F

Madison River

41Q

Missouri River, From Sun to Marias River

41G

Jefferson River

41QJ

Missouri River, From Holter Dam to Sun River

41H

Gallatin River

41R

Arrow Creek

41I

Missouri River, Above Holter Dam

41S

Judith River

41J

Smith River

41T

Missouri River, From Marias River to and

Including Bullwhacker Creek

41K

Sun River

41U

Dearborn River

41L

Cut Bank Creek

42J

Powder River, Below Clear Creek

42A

Rosebud Creek

42K

Yellowstone River, Between Tongue and Powder Rivers

42B

Tongue River, Above and Including Hanging Woman Creek

42KJ

Yellowstone River, Between Bighorn and Tongue Rivers

42C

Tongue River, Below Hanging Woman Creek

42L

O’Fallon Creek

42I

Little Powder River

42M

Yellowstone River, Below Powder River

43A

Shields River

43E

Pryor Creek

43B

Yellowstone River, Above and Including

Bridger Creek

43N

Shoshone River

43BJ

Boulder River, Tributary of Yellowstone River

43O

Little Bighorn River

43BV

Sweet Grass Creek

43P

Bighorn River, Below Greybull River

43C

Stillwater River

43Q

Yellowstone River, Between Clarks Fork Yellowstone and Bighorn River

43D

Clarks Fork Yellowstone River

43QJ

Yellowstone River, From Bridger Creek to

Clarks Fork Yellowstone River

76B

Yaak River

76I

Flathead River, Middle Fork

76C

Fisher River

76J

Flathead River, South Fork

76D

Kootenai River

76K

Swan River

76E

Rock Creek, Tributary of Clark Fork River

76L

Flathead River, Below Flathead Lake

76F

Blackfoot River

76LJ

Flathead River, to and Including Flathead Lake

76G

Clark Fork, Above Blackfoot River

76M

Clark Fork, Between Blackfoot and Flathead Rivers

76GJ

Flint Creek

76N

Clark Fork, Below Flathead River

76H

Bitterroot River