What Brush, Colorado Wells Are Really Like

How deep are wells around Brush?

How much water do wells make near Brush?

Brush wells are usually shallow, but the ground still matters

Brush-area wells have a median reported depth of 80 feet. Half of the wells with depth data fall between 57 and 103 feet, and 67% are under 100 feet. Another 29% fall between 100 and 300 feet. The local 90th-percentile depth is 130 feet, while the deepest record reaches 1,625 feet.

That spread matters when you request a drilling bid. Alluvium and plains sedimentary rock commonly make the median-depth scenario less complicated than fractured granite, but a driller still has to account for the parcel, casing, grout, access, and the formation actually encountered. Nearby records in Snyder, Hillrose, Fort Morgan, Blue Sky, Saddle Ridge, and Log Lane Village can provide context, not a promise for your lot.

Most Brush wells report strong yield, with a data warning

Among the 241 local records that report pump yield, the median is 20.0 gallons per minute. The middle half ranges from 15.0 to 1,100.0 gallons per minute. Records show 88% producing more than 15 gallons per minute, 11% between 5 and 15 gallons per minute, and 1% between 1 and 5 gallons per minute. No reported wells are under 1 gallon per minute.

This is a favorable yield pattern for a buyer, but it is not a guarantee because most permitted wells do not report a pump yield. Ask for the well construction record, pump test information, and any production history. A household well also has a 35 gpm exempt-well pumping limit, so a high-yield formation does not automatically mean unrestricted use.

Brush water levels appear shallow in the available records

The median static water level is 19 feet below the surface, with the middle half from 14 to 25 feet. That means a buyer may encounter groundwater relatively close to grade, but the static measurement is not the same as the water available during pumping. Well depth, casing, pump setting, seasonal conditions, and nearby withdrawals still matter.

The reported decade series does not suggest a dropping water table in this dataset. Median depth to water was 23 feet in the 1960s, 18 feet in the 2010s, and 15 feet in the 2020s. Only 59 wells report static water level, so treat that pattern as local evidence rather than a site-specific forecast. Have the existing well measured and tested under normal use.

A long permit history, with Canfield prominent in the records

Brush has a long recorded well history. Permits were issued in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s, with the newest permit year listed as 2025. The records include domestic or household wells at 36%, stock wells at 15%, irrigation wells at 20%, and monitoring wells at 18%.

Canfield Drilling Company, also listed as Canfield, Harold E, appears on 197 records. Authorized, listed as Pe, Pg, appears on 149, and Canfield, Leslie George appears on 139. Those names show who appears often in the permit history; they do not establish current availability, pricing, or workmanship. Confirm the permit status and intended use through Colorado DWR before closing or building.

A Brush well budget starts around the shallow local median

For Brush ground described as alluvium and plains sedimentary rock, the drilling model uses $35-$55 per foot. At the local median depth of 80 feet, the drilled hole works out to about $2,800-$4,400. A finished well including pump, tank, trenching, and electrical is modeled at $8,800-$16,400.

Use that range as a planning number, not a fixed bid. The final price can change with access, casing and grout requirements, pump size, trench length, electrical service, water testing, and the actual depth reached. Get a written scope that separates drilling from completion and identifies what happens if the hole must go deeper or the site cannot produce an acceptable well.

Check water quality, septic separation, and the building plan

Mapped environmental records deserve attention before purchase. Within about 10 miles of Brush, the data show 20 PFAS sampling or contamination sites and 3 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. There are no historic mine features in the mapped set. These records do not prove contamination at a parcel, so test the existing well and review nearby site history rather than relying on the map alone.

Low yield and dry-hole risk are not visible from the median alone, especially because only 241 records report yield. Confirm the well permit, construction, casing, grout, pump, and maintenance history. Before placing a house or septic system, verify setbacks, soil conditions, access for a rig, and the water-use rules for the proposed use. A household well may also require an augmentation plan in an over-appropriated basin.

What to do before buying or building near Brush

Start with the parcel’s DWR permit number and compare it with nearby records. Request a current production test, static water-level reading, laboratory water test, and inspection of the pump and pressure system. The local numbers point to a shallow, generally productive setting, but the limited yield reporting means the individual well controls the decision.

For a vacant lot, have a driller review access, likely depth, casing and grout, electrical routing, trenching, and the proposed septic and house locations before you set a budget. Also confirm that the permit allows the intended household, stock, irrigation, or other use. Nearby communities such as Snyder and Fort Morgan can help with regional comparison, but a neighboring well is the better guide to conditions at this specific property.

Well permits by decade near Brush

What a new well costs in Brush, 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 (103 ft) would run roughly $9,605–$17,665. 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 Brush? 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 Brush 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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