Bow Mar Colorado Well Depth, Yield, and Cost

How deep are wells around Bow Mar?

How much water do wells make near Bow Mar?

Bow Mar well depths vary sharply by lot

Most recorded wells near Bow Mar are relatively shallow: 72% are under 100 feet, and the middle half fall between 24 and 120 feet. The median is 36 feet. That gives a driller a reasonable starting point for a preliminary bid, but it does not guarantee that a new hole will reach water at that depth.

The long tail is important. The 90th-percentile depth is 494 feet, and the deepest recorded well is 1,948 feet. Permits identify the Denver Basin aquifer on 99% of wells, with many records described as unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer. Sedimentary bedrock and local changes in formations can make two nearby lots behave differently.

What Bow Mar wells produce

Among the limited records that report pump yield, the median is 13.0 gallons per minute. The middle half runs from 8.6 to 15.0 gallons per minute. Half of the reported wells produce between those figures, while 41% report more than 15 gallons per minute.

Low-producing wells are present but uncommon in the reported sample: 1% are under 1 gallon per minute and 8% fall between 1 and 5 gallons per minute. Only 257 wells report a pump yield, so do not treat the area median as a guarantee for an untested lot. Ask for the well permit, completion report, pump test, storage setup, and any records of insufficient supply.

Water levels near Bow Mar and the decade record

The median static water level is 17 feet below the surface, with the middle half between 12 and 31 feet. For a shallow well, that can simplify pumping, but water level is not the same as sustainable well yield. A well can have water standing nearby and still recover slowly when pumped.

The decade series does not show a simple, steady decline. Reported medians were 24 feet in the 1950s, 20 in the 1960s, 150 in the 1970s, 13 in the 2000s, 26 in the 2010s, and 14 in the 2020s. Measurement counts and well locations vary by decade, so compare the specific well's recent static level rather than assuming a neighborhood-wide trend.

Permit history and the drillers appearing most often

Permit activity increased substantially in the 1990s and 2000s, with 1,063 permits issued in the 1990s and 1,180 in the 2000s. The records include 393 permits from the 2020s, and the newest permit year is 2025. Monitoring wells make up 48% of the use mix, while domestic or household wells make up 28%. That distinction matters because not every nearby record represents a home water supply.

The most active driller names in these records are Authorized (Pe, Pg), with 1,879 records; Hier Drilling Co Inc (Hier, Bruce A.), with 173; and Ground Exploration Llc (Bender, Joseph T.), with 110. These are historical permit appearances, not a recommendation or proof of current availability.

What a new Bow Mar well may cost

The local cost model uses a typical drilling rate of $50 to $70 per foot in Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock. At the 36-foot median depth, the drilled hole alone models at about $1,800 to $2,500. That is only the hole, not a usable water system.

A finished well with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is modeled at about $7,800 to $14,500 at that median depth. A deeper-than-typical hole can raise the drilling portion quickly, and difficult access, casing, grout, water testing, storage, or site conditions can affect the final proposal. Get a written bid that separates drilling, completion, equipment, trenching, electrical, and permitting.

Bow Mar risks to check before you commit

Water quality deserves a separate investigation. Within about 10 miles, the mapping shows 392 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 136 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites, and 57 historic mine features. Those mapped sites do not prove that a particular well is contaminated, but they are a reason to test the existing well and ask about nearby land uses before closing.

Low yield and dry holes remain possible even where nearby wells look productive. Confirm casing, grout, well construction, pump performance, and recent laboratory results. For a new home, also verify septic setbacks, suitable drainfield ground, driveway access, electrical routing, and the water-use rules attached to the permit. A DWR permit and an exempt household-use well are not interchangeable assumptions; confirm the permitted use for the property.

Well permits by decade near Bow Mar

What a new well costs in Bow Mar, 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 (120 ft) would run roughly $12,000–$20,400. 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 Bow Mar? 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 Bow Mar 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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