What Berkley Well Records Mean for Your Property

How deep are wells around Berkley?

How much water do wells make near Berkley?

Why Berkley’s 28-Foot Median Needs Context

Of the 6,721 wells reporting depth, the median is 28 feet and the middle half fall between 20 and 40 feet. That is a shallow record set: 90% are under 100 feet. Yet the deepest recorded well reaches 1,751 feet, so shallow construction is not the only possibility here.

Permits include Alluvial and Quaternary Alluvium aquifer labels, while the local drilling cost model assumes Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock. A driller needs to establish the actual target formation and permitted use before bidding. The 20–40-foot range describes the middle of these records; with monitoring wells dominating, it is not a dependable depth allowance for a new household supply.

Reported Yields Look Useful, but Household Comparisons Matter

The 275 records with reported pump yields have a median of 13.0 gpm, with the middle half between 8.0 and 40.0 gpm. Those rates can look encouraging for a buyer, but a reported pumping rate does not establish sustained household performance or the amount you are legally allowed to pump.

At the low end, 6% report under 1 gpm and 8% report 1–5 gpm. A low-producing well may require storage and careful demand management; it deserves a sustained pumping test before purchase. Ask for recovery observations as well as yield. The limited yield reporting and mixed well uses make it especially important to compare domestic wells rather than assume every nearby record represents a usable home supply.

Water Is Often Shallow in the Berkley Records

Static water level is the resting depth to water, not the drilled depth or the available pumping supply. Among 272 reporting wells, the median is 10 feet below ground and the middle half is 7–16 feet.

The decade medians move from 32 feet in the 1960s to 12 feet in the 2010s and 8 feet in the 2020s. Those figures do not show a dropping water table: later measurements are shallower. They also do not prove that water levels rose at a particular property, because the measurements can represent different wells and aquifers. Shallow groundwater is a reason to investigate excavation, foundation and septic conditions, not evidence that a household well will produce reliably.

Berkley’s Permit History Is Heavily Monitoring-Oriented

Permit activity increased from 508 records in the 1980s to 2,234 in the 1990s. The 2010s account for 2,934 permits, and the 2020s account for 1,081, with the newest permit dated 2025. Do not treat the current decade as a completed period or these counts as a measure of new homes.

Only 5,934 records are marked constructed. The most frequent driller-field entry is “Authorized (Pe, Pg)” with 4,109 records; that label should not be treated as a conventional drilling-company recommendation. Other leading entries are Layne, Christensen Co. (Tormoehlen, David A.) with 210 and Ground Exploration Llc (Bender, Joseph T.) with 207. Their presence documents historical work, not current availability or household-well specialization.

Budgeting Beyond a Shallow Drilled Hole in Berkley

The supplied Denver Basin sedimentary-bedrock cost model uses $50–$70 per foot. At the recorded median depth of 28 feet, that puts the drilled hole at about $1,400–$2,000. A finished well with pump, tank, trenching and electrical is modeled at about $7,400–$14,000.

That is a planning estimate, not a household-well quote. Monitoring wells strongly influence the median depth, and a permitted domestic target may be different. Have the contractor separate drilling, casing and grout, pump equipment, electrical work and trenching in the bid. Confirm assumptions about access and the proposed aquifer. Water treatment, difficult site conditions and a different completion depth should be discussed rather than assumed covered by the median-based estimate.

Environmental Records Make Testing Important Here

Within about 10 miles of Berkley, the mapped inventory includes 703 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 191 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites and 6 historic mine features. These are screening flags, not proof that a particular well is contaminated. A sampling location is not automatically a confirmed contamination source.

Review the closest relevant sites, the well’s screened interval and available groundwater reports before choosing a laboratory testing panel. Ask about PFAS testing alongside routine household-water testing. Inspect casing, seals and surface drainage. Low yield remains a separate concern: 6% of reported yields are under 1 gpm. A nearby completed well does not guarantee a productive hole on your lot, and shallow groundwater can complicate septic siting and foundation excavation.

Before Buying a Berkley Lot, Match the Records to the Plan

Start with the parcel’s water-service options and DWR permit status, not the nearest dot on the map. An exempt household-use permit is not blanket permission for irrigation or other uses. Depending on the source and proposed use, augmentation requirements may need review.

Then compare constructed domestic wells in the same aquifer around Berkley, Twin Lakes or Sherrelwood. Obtain the seller’s permit, completion report, pump-test results and water-quality results. Have a driller review any missing information before you commit. For a building lot, coordinate the well location with access, the house footprint, utilities and an approved septic layout where applicable. Resolve legal supply, tested performance and site feasibility before relying on the area’s shallow median depth.

Well permits by decade near Berkley

What a new well costs in Berkley, 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 (40 ft) would run roughly $8,000–$14,800. 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.

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