Wells in Castle Pines Village, Colorado

How deep are wells around Castle Pines Village?

How much water do wells make near Castle Pines Village?

Castle Pines Village well depth is often substantial

Among wells with a reported total depth, the median is 474 feet. The middle half extends from 255 to 650 feet, so a drilling bid based only on the median can miss the conditions at a particular lot. The 90th percentile is 1,014 feet, and the deepest record reaches 3,220 feet.

Depths are spread across the area: 37% are between 300 and 600 feet, while 33% are 600 feet or deeper. Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock, changing formations and the target aquifer all affect the final depth. Neighboring permits are useful for planning, but they do not guarantee the same result on your parcel.

Most Castle Pines Village wells make useful water

Reported pump yields have a median of 12.0 gallons per minute, with the middle half between 10.0 and 15.0 gallons per minute. The records show 67% producing between 5 and 15 gallons per minute, and 32% producing more than 15 gallons per minute.

Only 1% report yields between 1 and 5 gallons per minute, and 0% are under 1 gallon per minute. That is encouraging for typical household planning, but a yield test is still important. Pump size, storage, irrigation demand and the well permit determine how much water can actually be used. An exempt household-use well is subject to Colorado’s 35 gallons-per-minute pumping limit.

Water levels show a deeper recent measurement pattern

The median static water level is 360 feet below the surface, with the middle half from 195 to 546 feet. This is the depth to water when the well is not being pumped, not the total well depth. It matters for pump setting, electrical planning and the cost of servicing the well.

Measurements by decade were 222 feet in the 1970s, 298 feet in the 1980s, 432 feet in the 2010s and 360 feet in the 2020s. That series shows deeper reported water levels in the later period than in the earlier records, but the measurements are limited to 132 wells and do not by themselves prove a uniform, continuing decline across Castle Pines Village.

Permit history points to a long-established drilling area

Colorado DWR records contain 2,714 permitted wells within the local study area. Of those, 1,416 are recorded as constructed, 1,556 report a total depth and 875 report a pump yield. The newest permit year is 2025, with 13 permits issued in the 2020s.

Hier Drilling Co Inc, listed with Bruce A. Hier, appears most often with 725 records. Hier Drilling Co., listed with Peter J. Hier, appears on 285, and records marked Authorized appear on 161. These names describe permit history, not a recommendation. Confirm current licensing, insurance, scope and references before hiring a driller.

A median-depth Castle Pines Village well costs real money

The local cost model uses a drilling rate of $50-$70 per foot in Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock. At the 474-foot median depth, the drilled hole is modeled at about $23,700-$33,100. A finished system with pump, pressure tank, trenching and electrical is modeled at about $29,700-$45,100.

Those figures are planning ranges, not a guaranteed bid. A deeper-than-typical hole, difficult access, casing and grout requirements, water-level conditions or extra trenching can change the total. Ask each contractor to separate drilling, casing, grout, development, pump equipment, electrical work and connection to the house so competing bids can be compared accurately.

Check water quality, yield and site constraints before closing

Mapped environmental records within about 10 miles include 71 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 28 historic mine features and 16 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. These mapped sites do not establish contamination on a specific parcel, but they are a reason to review the location and test the well water. A licensed laboratory should test for the contaminants relevant to the property and its surroundings.

Also investigate low-yield risk, dry-hole risk and the location of septic and replacement areas. Septic setbacks, driveway access, building placement and the well’s permitted use need to work together. In an over-appropriated basin, a new well may require an augmentation plan or other water-right review. Read the permit conditions before assuming a well can serve a new home, livestock or irrigation.

Use nearby permits to screen a lot before you build

Start with the well permits closest to the parcel, then compare depth, reported yield, static water level, aquifer name and drilling date. Castle Pines is about 2 miles away, Sedalia about 4 miles, and Castle Rock about 5 miles; Louviers, Lone Tree and Stepping Stone are each about 6 miles. These areas provide context, but the nearest well is usually more useful than a broad regional average.

For a purchase, make the contract and due-diligence period long enough to inspect the well, collect a water sample and verify the permit. For a build, obtain a site-specific drilling and access estimate before finalizing the house location. Plan the well, septic field, driveway, electrical route and backup access as one site layout, not as separate afterthoughts.

Well permits by decade near Castle Pines Village

What a new well costs in Castle Pines Village, 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 (650 ft) would run roughly $38,500–$57,500. 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 Castle Pines Village? 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 Castle Pines Village 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.

• Instant Online Report, $99 — type the address and get a buildability read on the spot: parcel, terrain and slope, soil and septic outlook. Cheap enough to run on every lot you're shopping.
• Desktop Report, $500 — a contractor's from-the-desk feasibility read: Regulation 43 and county code, GIS parcel data, terrain, flood and drainage, soil and septic viability, setbacks and buildable envelope, nearby well depths from our 591,000-well database, the likely driveway route, and a preliminary site-development cost breakdown.
• 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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