What to Expect From a Well in Aspen Park

How deep are wells around Aspen Park?

How much water do wells make near Aspen Park?

A 305-Foot Budget Is a Starting Point in Aspen Park

Among the 7,785 wells reporting depth, the median is 305 feet and the middle half runs from 195 to 483 feet. That spread matters more to a drilling bid than the median alone: a contractor needs to explain how additional footage will be priced if productive fractures are deeper than expected. The 90th-percentile depth is 660 feet.

Permits overwhelmingly identify an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer, with Fractured Crystalline and Fractured Granite also listed. Denver Basin aquifer wells account for 0% of the records. In this granite and gneiss terrain, fracture location and connection drive results. A well near Conifer or farther toward Evergreen is context, not a depth promise for your parcel.

Aspen Park's Reported Yields Favor Modest Household Supply

The 3,925 wells with reported pump yields have a median of 5.0 gpm, with the middle half between 3.0 and 8.3 gpm. Most reported yields fall in the 5-15 gpm band, which accounts for 52%. Another 38% fall in the 1-5 gpm band.

For a buyer, the important caution is the 4% reporting under 1 gpm. A low-producing well may need storage and careful demand management; its suitability depends on recovery and household use, not just pump size. A permit-record yield is not a current performance guarantee. Ask for a sustained pumping and recovery test before relying on an existing well, especially if the seller reports seasonal shortages.

Water at 80 Feet Does Not Mean an 80-Foot Well

Only 421 records report static water level. Their median is 80 feet below ground, and the middle half spans 35-150 feet. Static level describes where water stands in a resting well, not the depth needed to intercept useful fractures. It should not be substituted for drilled depth when estimating cost.

Decade medians move from 40 feet in the 1960s to 135 feet in the 1990s, then become shallower: 120 feet in the 2000s and 100 feet in both the 2010s and 2020s. That is not a steady downward trend. These are measurements from different wells, not repeated monitoring of the same wells. They cannot establish a property-specific water-table decline.

An Established Well Area With Records Through 2025

The Aspen Park search area contains 11,280 permit records, with 7,605 recorded as constructed. Permit activity was greatest in the 1970s, with 3,186 permits, followed by 2,254 in the 1990s. The 2020s account for 286 permits, and the newest permit year is 2025. Issuance history is not the same as a count of operating wells.

The most active drillers listed are Living Water Systems Inc. (Goble, Robert), with 923 records; Aspen Drilling Company Inc (Beery, Leroy J.), with 873; and Walton, with 856. These are historical record totals, not confirmation of current availability. Domestic/household use accounts for 93% of permits, but the actual permit—not the neighborhood's typical use—controls what a buyer may do.

Budgeting a Finished Well in Aspen Park's Bedrock

The local cost model uses $65-$100 per foot for drilling fractured mountain bedrock. At the 305-foot median depth, that puts the drilled hole at about $19,800-$30,500. A finished well with pump, tank, trenching and electrical is modeled at $25,800-$42,500. These are planning figures, not a parcel-specific quote.

Get a written scope that distinguishes drilling from casing, grout, pump equipment and the connection to the house. Ask how deeper drilling, difficult rig access and unexpected ground conditions are handled. With the middle half of recorded depths reaching from 195 to 483 feet, treating the median-depth estimate as a fixed price leaves a buyer exposed to additional footage and equipment costs.

Check Water Quality Separately From Water Quantity

Mapped sites within about 10 miles include 29 PFAS sampling/contamination sites, 45 historic mine features and 51 EPA Superfund/cleanup sites. Those categories flag questions to investigate; they do not establish that an Aspen Park well is contaminated. A sampling location is not automatically a confirmed impact, and proximity alone does not prove a groundwater connection.

Have the water tested and use nearby site information to discuss appropriate additional testing with a qualified laboratory or environmental professional. Inspect the wellhead, casing and surface drainage as well. Fractured rock makes both yield and groundwater pathways uneven. Deeper drilling does not guarantee a productive well, so discuss unsuccessful drilling terms before work starts and keep septic placement part of the site review.

Before Buying an Aspen Park Lot, Fit the Whole Site

Start with nearby well records, then compare the parcel's terrain and access rather than assuming all mountain lots behave alike. Conifer is useful nearby context; Brook Forest and Indian Hills offer broader comparisons, but their wells should not replace records closest to the property. Review the DWR permit, construction report and any available pumping tests for an existing well.

For a new build, confirm allowable well use with DWR before budgeting outdoor watering or other demands. An exempt household-use permit is not blanket permission for irrigation. Coordinate the well location, septic system, house footprint, driveway and drilling-rig access before finalizing the site plan. On an existing home, make current yield and water-quality testing part of your purchase due diligence.

Well permits by decade near Aspen Park

What a new well costs in Aspen Park, 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 (483 ft) would run roughly $37,395–$60,300. 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 Aspen Park? 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 Aspen Park 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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