Atwood, Colorado Well Depth, Yield, and Cost

How deep are wells around Atwood?

How much water do wells make near Atwood?

Shallow wells are the rule around Atwood

Atwood-area wells are usually shallow by Colorado standards. The median reported depth is 84 feet, and the middle half runs from 69 to 100 feet. About 69% of reported wells are under 100 feet. Another 27% fall between 100 and 300 feet, while only 4% are between 300 and 600 feet.

These figures help a driller prepare a bid, but they do not set the depth on your parcel. The deepest record reaches 800 feet, showing that local conditions can change. Most permits name an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer, with fewer wells in alluvial or Ogallala materials. Sediment thickness, bedrock fractures, and the exact lot location can all affect the final hole.

Atwood wells commonly produce useful flow

Among the wells that report a pump yield, the median is 15.0 gallons per minute, and the middle half ranges from 15.0 to 40.0 gallons per minute. A reported 93% produce more than 15 gallons per minute. The records show 7% between 5 and 15 gallons per minute, with none reported below 5 gallons per minute.

This is a favorable production pattern for many household or stock uses, but yield is not the same as storage or water quality. Only 353 wells report a pump yield, so the statistics do not describe every permitted well. Ask for the well completion report, pump test information, and any maintenance history before relying on a neighboring result.

Recorded water levels vary, not in one straight direction

Static water level records near Atwood have a median depth to water of 20 feet, with the middle half between 15 and 34 feet. That shallow water level can reduce pumping lift, but it also makes proper casing, grout, and surface protection important. A shallow water level does not by itself prove that water is safe to drink.

The decade medians do not show a simple steadily dropping water table. Measurements were 23 feet in the 1950s, 17 in the 1960s, 26 in the 1970s, 30 in the 2010s, and 20 in the 2020s. Only 89 wells report a static water level, and measurement conditions differ, so treat this as local background rather than a site-specific trend.

Permit history points to long local drilling experience

Colorado DWR records contain 1,624 permitted wells within five miles of Atwood, including 1,100 recorded as constructed. Permit activity stretches from the 1950s through the newest permit year, 2026. The busiest decades were the 1990s and 2000s, with 223 and 232 permits respectively; the records show 59 permits in the 2020s.

The most active drillers in these records are Stewart Drilling Co. (Stewart, Dennis W.) with 328 wells, Canfield, Leslie George with 176, and Canfield Drilling Company (Canfield, Harold E) with 91. This history can help identify local experience, but confirm current licensing, availability, scope, and who will perform the work.

A typical Atwood well budget starts below the finished system

For Atwood’s alluvium and plains sedimentary rock, the local drilling model uses $35-$55 per foot. At the median depth of 84 feet, that puts the drilled hole at about $2,900-$4,600. That is only the hole, not the complete water system.

A finished well with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is modeled at about $8,900-$16,600 at the median depth. A contractor’s quote can move outside that range because of access, casing and grout requirements, pump size, trench length, power service, water testing, and difficult drilling. Get the bid in writing and confirm what is included, especially mobilization, permits, development, testing, and connection to the house.

Check water quality, septic separation, and building plans

Mapped environmental records within about ten miles include 16 PFAS sampling or contamination sites and 1 EPA Superfund or cleanup site. That does not establish contamination at a specific parcel, but it is a reason to test before purchase and again when a new well is completed. Ask for prior test results and review the well location relative to nearby land uses.

Low yield is not the main pattern in the reported records, yet dry holes and poor production remain possible on an individual lot. Confirm the permit allows your intended use; domestic, stock, and irrigation permits are not interchangeable. Plan septic, driveway, house placement, and well access together. A water test, septic evaluation, and contractor review are more useful than relying on the nearest well alone.

Well permits by decade near Atwood

What a new well costs in Atwood, 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 (100 ft) would run roughly $9,500–$17,500. 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 Atwood? 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 Atwood 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.

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