What Aguilar, Colorado Wells Are Really Like

How deep are wells around Aguilar?

How much water do wells make near Aguilar?

Aguilar well depth depends on the ground below the lot

The median recorded well depth near Aguilar is 240 feet. The middle half runs from 64 to 523 feet, so a driller’s bid based only on the median can miss the actual conditions by a wide margin. The 90th percentile is 780 feet, and the deepest record reaches 2,458 feet.

Depth is spread across the area: 31% of wells are under 100 feet, 24% are 100-300 feet, 23% are 300-600 feet and 21% are 600 feet or deeper. That mix reflects alluvium and plains sedimentary rock, along with fractured-bedrock conditions identified on the permits. Ask for a written bid that explains what happens if the hole must go deeper, and confirm casing and grout details before work starts.

Most Aguilar wells make usable water, but production still varies

Among the 62 wells with a reported pump yield, the median is 6.0 gallons per minute. The middle half is 4.0-9.0 gallons per minute. That is a reasonable planning range for a household, but the yield test does not replace storage and pressure-system design.

The local spread matters more than the median. Two percent of reported wells produce under 1 gallon per minute, 34% produce 1-5 gallons per minute, 56% produce 5-15 gallons per minute and 8% produce more than 15 gallons per minute. A low-yield well may still work with a storage tank and careful demand management. Have the driller explain the test duration, recovery and proposed pump before you treat a yield number as dependable supply.

Aguilar water levels are shallow in some wells and deep in others

Only 22 permits in the local records report a static water level. Their median depth to water is 60 feet, with the middle half from 36 to 261 feet. This is a broad range, not a site-specific promise. A nearby water level can differ because of elevation, formation, season and pumping.

The permit counts by decade do not establish a water-table trend. They show 2 permits from the 1960s, 14 from the 1970s, 6 from the 1980s, 60 from the 1990s, 92 from the 2000s, 35 from the 2010s and 23 from the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025, but the dataset does not provide enough decade-by-decade water-level information to conclude that groundwater is dropping or stable. Request a current measurement during inspection.

Permit activity and the drillers seen around Aguilar

Aguilar’s permit history is concentrated in more recent decades, with the largest recorded group from the 2000s. The records include domestic or household use on 66% of wells, stock use on 38%, irrigation on 5% and monitoring on 9%. A permit’s use designation matters when you plan a home, livestock operation or irrigation system.

The most active drillers in these records are Boday Well Drilling, associated with Kathleen Boday, with 38 wells; Weber Water Well Drilling & Pump Service LLC, associated with David J. Weber, with 24; and Boday Well Drilling, associated with Alex Boday, with 17. These are record counts, not endorsements. Check the construction report, permit status and final well test for the specific property.

What a new Aguilar well may cost

For Aguilar’s alluvium and plains sedimentary rock, the drilling model uses a typical rate of $35-$55 per foot. At the local median depth of 240 feet, the drilled hole works out to about $8,400-$13,200.

A finished system is more than the hole. Including a pump, tank, trenching and electrical, the modeled total is about $14,400-$25,200 at that median depth. A lot requiring a deeper hole can exceed that range, while a shallow hole may cost less. Get the bid separated into drilling, casing, grout, pump equipment, pressure tank, trenching, electrical and testing. Also ask which items are allowances and what charges apply if the hole is dry or produces less than expected.

Aguilar lot risks include mines, PFAS and low-yield wells

Environmental due diligence deserves attention near Aguilar. Mapped records within about 10 miles include 36 PFAS sampling or contamination sites and 187 historic mine features. There are 0 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites in that mapped set. These figures do not prove a problem on a particular parcel, but they are good reasons to check the property history, nearby land uses and available water-quality records.

Test the well for the contaminants relevant to the site and have the septic layout evaluated before closing. Keep the well, septic system and building location coordinated with access for drilling and maintenance. A fractured-bedrock or low-yield result can affect storage, pump selection and daily water use. If a proposed building site is remote or steep, price the access driveway, trenching and site work with the well rather than treating them as separate surprises.

A practical buying plan for land around Aguilar

Start with the exact parcel and pull the DWR permit and construction record. Compare completed wells near Aguilar, Lynn and the other nearby areas in the data, but give the most weight to wells with similar elevation, geology and intended use. Confirm that the permit supports the home or other planned use; an exempt household-use well is not a substitute for checking current rules and site conditions.

Before closing, make the contract contingent on well inspection, water-quality testing and a septic feasibility review. Ask a licensed driller for a site-specific depth and cost range, including a dry-hole or low-yield plan. Colorado’s exempt-well pumping limit is 35 gallons per minute, but that legal limit is not a prediction of what the well will produce. Plan storage and conservation around the tested yield, not the best number in the neighborhood.

Well permits by decade near Aguilar

What a new well costs in Aguilar, CO

How this is built: the median permitted depth here times the per-foot range for this ground, plus the normal system costs. A lot at the 75th-percentile depth (523 ft) would run roughly $24,305–$40,765. See the full Colorado well cost guide.

Environmental sites mapped within about 10 miles

Counts come from EPA, USGS and state datasets layered on the Colorado Well Finder map. A count is not a verdict on any one well; it tells you what to test for.

Buying land near Aguilar? Know what it costs to build before you buy the dirt.

A listing photo can't tell you whether a lot is a dream or a money pit. Two parcels near Aguilar can carry the same asking price while one needs an $80,000 driveway and a $45,000 engineered septic the other doesn't. The well numbers on this page are the start of that answer. A Tri-Lakes Site Feasibility Report is the rest of it: a licensed general contractor, excavator and septic installer reads the parcel the way we would if we were about to build on it, and puts the real cost in writing before your money is committed.

Spend a little to know. Or gamble a lot to guess. Realtors sell the view and inspectors look at houses that already exist. We're the people who'd build it, so we catch what quietly turns a "great deal" into a budget disaster: bad access, buried rock, steep grade, soil that won't pass for a normal septic, water that's a fortune to reach. And if the lot is good, you've already got a builder ready to do the work, driveway to drywall.

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• On-Site Report, $2,000 — everything above, then boots and a drone on the actual ground: house pad and septic zone located, access and winter conditions checked, rock and soil observed in person, a 15 to 20 page written opinion you can hand a lender or seller. Credited toward your project if you build with us.

Under contract, comparing parcels, or a realtor with a rural listing whose buyers keep asking "what will it cost to build here?" This is the due-diligence step almost everyone skips, and the one that saves the most.

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