What Brighton Well Records Mean for Your Property

How deep are wells around Brighton?

How much water do wells make near Brighton?

Brighton well depth varies sharply across the plains

The median reported well depth near Brighton is 66 feet. The middle half runs from 36 to 440 feet, which is a wide spread for a buyer trying to budget a new well. The 90th percentile is 724 feet, and the deepest recorded well reaches 1,378 feet.

Depth mix explains the variation: 53% of wells are under 100 feet, 10% fall between 100 and 300 feet, 23% are between 300 and 600 feet, and 13% are 600 feet or deeper. A driller should not price a lot from the median alone. Ask for a written bid with a per-foot rate, casing and grout assumptions, pump setting, and a clear treatment of extra depth.

Brighton well yields are generally workable, but verify the test

The reported median pump yield is 13.6 gallons per minute, with the middle half between 10.0 and 15.0 gallons per minute. In the available yield records, 54% produce 5 to 15 gallons per minute and 45% produce more than 15 gallons per minute. Only 1% fall between 1 and 5 gallons per minute, and 0% are reported under 1 gallon per minute.

That is a useful local picture, not a guarantee for a particular lot. Yield reports may represent different test methods and well uses. Confirm the permit, production test, pump information, storage tank, and intended household demand before assuming a well can support a house, irrigation, or livestock.

Brighton water levels show a mixed historical record

The median static water level is 20 feet below the surface, with the middle half from 10 to 94 feet. That suggests many local wells encounter water relatively close to the surface, but the broad range matters for casing, pump setting, trenching, and construction planning.

The decade series does not show a simple steady decline. Median depth to water was 38 feet in the 1960s, 44 feet in the 1980s, 260 feet in the 1990s, 35 feet in the 2000s, 18 feet in the 2010s, and 16 feet in the 2020s. The 1990s value is notably different from the surrounding decades. Treat these as reported measurements from a limited group of wells, not a site-specific forecast.

Permit history reaches from Brighton’s older wells to 2025

Brighton has a long drilling history. Permits issued by decade were 223 in the 1950s, 291 in the 1960s, 726 in the 1970s, 543 in the 1980s, 870 in the 1990s, 1,012 in the 2000s, 749 in the 2010s, and 350 in the 2020s. The newest permit year in the records is 2025.

Domestic and household wells make up 51% of the use mix. Monitoring wells account for 20%, irrigation 11%, and stock 8%, so not every nearby record represents a home water supply. The most active named drillers are Authorized (Pe, Pg), John'S Drilling Inc. (John, Lloyd), and Roger Schocke Well Drlg. Inc. (Schocke, Roger). Use these records as local history, not as a recommendation.

A Brighton well budget starts with depth, not just the pump

For the Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock described in the local cost model, drilling commonly runs $50 to $70 per foot. At the 66-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $3,300 to $4,600. A finished well, including pump, tank, trenching, and electrical, is modeled at about $9,300 to $16,600.

Those figures are planning numbers. A deeper-than-median well can change the budget quickly, and access, casing, grout, power distance, water storage, and difficult excavation can add work. Have the contractor separate drilling from completion equipment and site work. Confirm what happens if the hole is deeper than the estimate or does not produce an acceptable supply.

Check water quality, low yield, and septic constraints before closing

Environmental screening deserves attention around Brighton. Mapped sites within about 10 miles include 669 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 3 historic mine features, and 13 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. A mapped site is not proof that a private well is contaminated, but it is a reason to review the location and test the water through a qualified laboratory.

Also check for low production, an unsuccessful hole, pump condition, and the distance between the well, septic system, drainfield, property lines, and proposed building area. Colorado DWR permits control the authorized use. Exempt household-use wells have a 35-gallon-per-minute pumping limit, and an augmentation plan may be needed in an over-appropriated basin. Review water rights before designing irrigation or additional uses.

Well permits by decade near Brighton

What a new well costs in Brighton, 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 (440 ft) would run roughly $28,000–$42,800. 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.

Buying land near Brighton? 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 Brighton 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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