Brick Center Colorado Well Depth, Yield, and Cost

How deep are wells around Brick Center?

How much water do wells make near Brick Center?

Brick Center well depth reflects the Denver Basin

The median reported well depth near Brick Center is 440 feet. The middle half runs from 310 to 580 feet, which is the range a buyer should use for an early drilling estimate rather than assuming every lot will match the median. The deeper end is real: 23% of recorded wells are 600 feet or deeper, and the deepest record reaches 1,864 feet.

Most wells, 55%, fall between 300 and 600 feet. Only 11% are under 100 feet. Permits identify the Denver aquifer most often, followed by unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer records and Arapahoe aquifer records. Sedimentary Denver Basin geology can produce useful, consistent wells, but depth still depends on the lot, target aquifer, casing and grout design, and the driller's geologic log.

What Brick Center wells produce

Among wells reporting a pump yield, the median is 10.5 gallons per minute. The middle half is tightly grouped from 10.0 to 13.0 gallons per minute, and 81% report between 5 and 15 gallons per minute. That is generally a practical production range for a rural household when the well, pressure system, storage, and water-use plan are designed together.

The local records show no wells under 1 gallon per minute, while 3% report from 1 to 5 gallons per minute and 16% report above 15 gallons per minute. Do not treat the median as a promise. Ask for the well-construction report, pump test, and any prior production history. A high-yield well can still have equipment or water-quality problems, and a lower-yield well may need storage planning.

Water levels around Brick Center and the apparent change

Reported static water levels have a median depth of 152 feet below the surface, with the middle half from 90 to 230 feet. Static level means the water depth after the well has recovered, not the depth of the aquifer or the pumping level while water is being used. That distinction matters when sizing a pump and evaluating a property.

The decade figures show a deeper reported level in newer measurements: the median was 122 feet below ground in the 2010s and 160 feet in the 2020s. That points toward lower water levels, but only 73 wells report a static water level, and measurements may come from different locations, aquifers, and conditions. Treat it as a warning to review local well logs, not proof of a uniform basin-wide decline.

Brick Center permit history and active drillers

Brick Center has a long well-construction record, with permits issued from the 1950s through the 2020s. The busiest period in the records was the 2000s, with 210 permits, followed by 151 in the 1990s and 126 in the 2010s. The newest permit year is 2025. Of 736 wells in the records, 398 are recorded as constructed.

The most active listed drillers are Hamacher Well Works Inc (Hamacher, Alan Ray) with 93 records, Crandall Drilling & Pump Service (Crandall Jr., Howard H.) with 70, and Parker Drilling/Pump Service Inc. (Thrasher, Tommy E.) with 60. A permit history helps identify local experience, but always verify current licensing, insurance, scope, and references before signing.

Planning the cost of a Brick Center well

For the Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock around Brick Center, the drilling model uses a typical rate of $50 to $70 per foot. At the local median depth of 440 feet, the drilled hole works out to about $22,000 to $30,800. That is not the complete water-system price.

A finished well with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is modeled at about $28,000 to $42,800. A bid should state the assumed depth, casing and grout, pump equipment, electrical distance, trenching, testing, permit work, and what happens if the hole is dry or must be deepened. The middle-half depth range of 310 to 580 feet is especially useful when comparing bids: a contractor pricing only a shallow hole may not be presenting a realistic Brick Center allowance.

Risks to check before buying near Brick Center

Water quantity is only one part of due diligence. The mapped area within about ten miles includes 44 PFAS sampling or contamination sites and 30 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. That does not establish contamination at a specific parcel, but it is a reason to test an existing well and review nearby environmental records before closing. Ask for recent laboratory results, the well permit, construction report, and any treatment or maintenance history.

Also check septic setbacks, drainfield space, access for a large drilling rig, and the location of the proposed house, driveway, and utility trench. A new domestic permit may involve water-rights restrictions, and irrigation or additional uses can require separate review or an augmentation plan in an over-appropriated basin. Fractured intervals and changing sediment layers can still produce a dry hole or a lower-than-expected result, so keep contingency money and confirm the contract terms.

A practical plan for a Brick Center lot

Before making an offer, pull the closest neighboring well records and compare depth, aquifer, yield, static level, construction date, and intended use. The local mix is primarily domestic or household use at 74%, with stock use on 44% of records, irrigation on 9%, and monitoring on 9%. Those categories overlap, so do not assume a stock or irrigation permit supports a new household.

For a vacant parcel, have a Colorado water-rights professional confirm the permit path and have a driller review access, siting, and expected depth. Put the well location, septic area, building envelope, and driveway on one site plan before excavation. For an existing home, test the water, inspect the pressure system, measure the static level, and confirm that the well permit matches the actual use. A neighboring well is evidence, not a guarantee.

Well permits by decade near Brick Center

What a new well costs in Brick Center, 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 (580 ft) would run roughly $35,000–$52,600. 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 Brick Center? 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 Brick Center 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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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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