Cokedale, Colorado Well Depths, Yields, and Costs

How deep are wells around Cokedale?

How much water do wells make near Cokedale?

Cokedale well depths vary across the plains

The median reported depth near Cokedale is 218 feet. The middle half of recorded wells falls from 100 to 395 feet, while the 90th percentile reaches 580 feet. The deepest well in the records is 1,000 feet. That spread matters when requesting a drilling bid: a quote based only on the median may not cover a deeper hole on a difficult parcel.

Depth records show 22% of wells under 100 feet, 39% between 100 and 300 feet, 29% between 300 and 600 feet, and 10% at 600 feet or deeper. The permits mostly identify an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer, with 512 wells in that category. Fractured rock can be unpredictable because productive water-bearing fractures are not evenly distributed.

Reported well yield is usually modest

Among the 39 wells reporting pump yield, the median is 3.5 gallons per minute. The middle half runs from 1.5 to 7.0 gallons per minute. Forty-four percent report 1 to 5 gallons per minute, while 41% report 5 to 15 gallons per minute. Ten percent are under 1 gallon per minute, and 5% report more than 15 gallons per minute.

For a buyer, the 10% under 1 gallon per minute is the warning group. That may still support a carefully managed household with storage, but it gives less margin for irrigation or other demand. Ask for the well completion report, pumping test information, storage capacity, and the permitted use. Domestic and household wells make up 36% of the recorded use mix.

Water levels are recorded, but the trend is unclear

The 8 reported static water levels have a median depth to water of 78 feet. The middle half ranges from 35 to 169 feet below ground. This is useful for planning pump-setting depth and discussing construction, but it is not a complete groundwater trend for Cokedale.

Permit activity is heavily concentrated in later decades, with 262 permits in the 2010s compared with 108 in the 1990s and 57 in the 2000s. The record includes 7 permits in the 2020s and the newest permit year is 2025. Because only 8 wells report static levels and the facts do not provide a decade-by-decade water-level series, these records do not establish that the water table is dropping or stable.

Cokedale permit history shows who has been drilling

Cokedale has a long permit record, but activity increased sharply in recent decades. The records list 6 permits in the 1950s, 4 in the 1960s, 8 in the 1970s, 11 in the 1980s, 108 in the 1990s, 57 in the 2000s, 262 in the 2010s, and 7 in the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025.

The most active names in these records are Boday Well Drilling, associated with Alex Boday on 57 wells and Kathleen Boday on 36 wells, followed by Grande Pump Service & Ojo Sprgs Drlng &, associated with William M. Grande on 15 wells. Treat that history as a starting point, not a quality ranking. Check current licensing, references, insurance, and what the contractor includes in the bid.

What a new Cokedale well may cost

The local cost model assumes alluvium and plains sedimentary rock. The typical drilling rate is $35 to $55 per foot. At the 218-foot median depth, the drilled hole is estimated at about $7,600 to $12,000. That is the hole only, not the complete water system.

A finished well with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is estimated at about $13,600 to $24,000 at the median depth. A deeper-than-median hole can move the total upward, and the bid may also change with access, casing, grout, pump size, water testing, or difficult ground. Ask the driller to separate footage, casing, grout, pump equipment, trenching, electrical, testing, and any failed-hole terms.

Check water quality, septic layout, and buildability

Mapped environmental information deserves attention before buying. Within about 10 miles, the records show 207 PFAS sampling or contamination sites and 231 historic mine features. There are 0 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. These mapped sites do not prove that a particular well is contaminated, but they are reasons to test existing water and understand nearby land uses, mine history, and groundwater direction.

Low yield and dry holes are separate risks from water quality. Review nearby completion reports, confirm the permitted use with Colorado DWR, and have a contractor evaluate access for a rig. Septic placement, well setbacks, drainage, and the house site need to work together. A new household well may also require attention to exempt-well rules, pumping limits, and augmentation requirements in an over-appropriated basin.

Use nearby records before choosing a Cokedale lot

Start with wells closest to the parcel, then compare records from Valdez, Jansen, Starkville, Segundo, Trinidad, and El Moro. Look for depth, reported yield, static water level, aquifer description, construction details, and the age of each permit. The Cokedale data shows why several comparisons matter: wells range from under 100 feet to 1,000 feet, and reported yields range from under 1 gallon per minute to more than 15 gallons per minute.

Before closing, make the well a due-diligence item. Obtain the permit and completion report, inspect the equipment, test the water, and ask a driller for a site-specific opinion and written price assumptions. If building, confirm the well permit, septic feasibility, driveway access, power route, and intended household demand before committing to the lot.

Well permits by decade near Cokedale

What a new well costs in Cokedale, 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 (395 ft) would run roughly $19,825–$33,725. 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 Cokedale? 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 Cokedale 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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