Comanche Creek, Colorado Well and Water Guide

How deep are wells around Comanche Creek?

How much water do wells make near Comanche Creek?

Comanche Creek well depth and the Denver Basin

The median well depth near Comanche Creek is 340 feet. The middle half of reported wells runs from 118 to 381 feet, so a bid near the median is reasonable for planning, but it is not a guarantee for a particular lot. The 90th-percentile depth is 500 feet, and the deepest recorded well reaches 1,046 feet.

Depths cluster in the deeper part of the range: 58% of wells are between 300 and 600 feet. Another 24% are under 100 feet, while 13% fall between 100 and 300 feet and 4% are 600 feet or deeper. The permits name Denver Basin aquifers on all of the Denver Basin wells in this dataset, along with Denver, Arapahoe, and unnamed or fractured-bedrock descriptions.

What a Comanche Creek well is likely to produce

Reported production is one of the stronger parts of this local record. The median pump yield is 10.0 gallons per minute, and the middle half runs from 10.0 to 12.0 gallons per minute. Most reporting wells, 87%, produce between 5 and 15 gallons per minute. Eleven percent report more than 15 gallons per minute.

Only 2% report between 1 and 5 gallons per minute, and none report under 1 gallon per minute. That does not eliminate the possibility of a poor well on an untested parcel. It does mean a buyer can reasonably use 10.0 gallons per minute as a local comparison point when reviewing a well test, pump selection, storage tank, and household demand.

Domestic and household use appears on 75% of permits. Stock use appears on 53%, while irrigation appears on 9%. A permit’s authorized use still controls what the well can legally supply.

Water levels near Comanche Creek

Where static water levels were reported, the median depth to water is 120 feet below the ground surface. The middle half of measurements ranges from 82 to 150 feet. That matters when comparing pump settings, estimating lift, and planning electrical work.

The decade figures deserve a closer look. The median reported water level was 100 feet below the surface in the 2010s and 120 feet in the 2020s. That is a deeper measured level in the newer decade, but it is not enough by itself to prove a basin-wide declining water table. Measurement locations, seasons, well construction, and the smaller reporting subset can all affect the comparison.

Ask for the well’s static level, pumping level, and test details rather than relying only on the area median.

Permit history and drillers in this area

Comanche Creek has a long permit record, with 683 wells in Colorado DWR records and 391 recorded as constructed. Reported depths are available for 427 wells, pump yields for 302, and static water levels for 101. That difference is important: the strongest local statistics come from subsets of the full permit file.

Permit activity was highest in the 2000s, with 237 permits, followed by 125 in the 2010s and 90 in the 2020s. The newest permit year in the records is 2025. Older permits extend back to the 1950s.

Crandall Drilling & Pump Service, including Crandall Jr. and Howard H., appears most often with 213 records. Hamacher Well Works Inc. follows with 61, and Crandall's Look-N-Good Drilling appears with 25. Those are record appearances, not a recommendation or a guarantee of current availability.

Planning the cost of a new Comanche Creek well

The local cost model uses Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock and a drilling rate of $50 to $70 per foot. At the 340-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $17,000 to $23,800. A finished system, including the pump, tank, trenching, and electrical, is estimated at $23,000 to $35,800.

Use that range to compare bids, not as a fixed quote. The final price can change with actual depth, casing and grout requirements, access, trench length, power availability, pump size, storage, and site conditions. A driller should separate the per-foot rate from mobilization, casing, grouting, testing, and completion items.

If a parcel has no existing well, price the full water system before deciding what the land is worth.

Risks to check before building near Comanche Creek

Water quantity looks favorable in the records, but an area average cannot rule out a low-yield or unsuccessful hole. Fractured or variable subsurface conditions can make one lot perform differently from its neighbors. Review nearby well depths, yields, static levels, construction reports, and permits before buying.

Water quality deserves specific attention. Mapped sites within about 10 miles include 40 PFAS sampling or contamination sites and 27 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. That does not establish contamination at a particular parcel, but it supports testing the existing well and checking the site’s location relative to known environmental records.

Confirm septic setbacks, replacement-area requirements, driveway access, and building envelopes before drilling. A well location that works for water may conflict with septic, drainage, utilities, or a future home.

A practical lot check for Brick Center, Strasburg, and Byers

For a Comanche Creek lot, start with the DWR permit file and compare it with nearby properties in Brick Center, Strasburg, and Byers. Look for wells close in depth and aquifer description, not just the nearest mapped point. The local 340-foot median and 10.0-gallon-per-minute median are useful benchmarks for a preliminary budget and water plan.

Have a Colorado-licensed driller review the parcel before closing if the lot is undeveloped. Ask for a written estimate that addresses access, expected depth, casing, grout, pump equipment, storage, trenching, electrical work, testing, and the possibility of additional depth. If a well already exists, obtain the construction report, permit conditions, water-quality results, pump test, and maintenance history.

Finally, confirm that the permitted use matches your house, stock, irrigation, or other plans. Water rights and augmentation requirements can matter even when a well produces well.

Well permits by decade near Comanche Creek

What a new well costs in Comanche Creek, 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 (381 ft) would run roughly $25,050–$38,670. 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 Comanche Creek? 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 Comanche Creek 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.

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