The height is usually about 3-4 foot above ground. The amount buried is different according to how cold you get in the winters. Here in North east Iowa I go 4 foot minimum and 5 foot will never freeze. Sometimes we hit limestone bed rock so we have trouble getting them a full five foot.
As others have stated use a good fitting at the bottom. I have been using brass the last four or five years. Had a galvanized one rust through in just a few years. Never use plastic they will break.
I always put a couple of five gallon buckets of clean washed stone at the bottom of them. That way they can always drain the mast out. If you don"t have any clean gravel handy I have picked up the bags of decorative stuff at a garden center. Better than having a whole load hauled.
NOW I differ from some of the others here on whiter to cement around the top. I did not used to do it. Then I had two break the fittings off the bottom in January. I got to watching the hydrant mast as you turn them on and off. If you do not cement them they will move when you turn them on and off. It is just a little but remember the fitting on the bottom is covered up and anchored solid. Any movement will break the fitting over time. So I now cement around them. What I do is make a two foot square form out of 2 x 4 lumber. A single bag of Sackrete will just about fill it. I use the concrete mix and add about two shovels of extra sand. This will make the cement just a little weaker. If you ever have to work on the hydrant you can break the weakened cement easy with a sledge hammer.
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