Crawford, Colorado Well Depth, Yield, and Cost

How deep are wells around Crawford?

How much water do wells make near Crawford?

Crawford well depths vary with the ground

The median completed well depth near Crawford is 190 feet. The middle half runs from 100 to 262 feet, meaning many local wells fall in that range, but a bid based only on the median would be incomplete. The 90th-percentile depth is 358 feet, and the deepest recorded well reaches 917 feet.

Depth distribution gives useful context: 23% of wells are under 100 feet, 59% are between 100 and 300 feet, 16% are between 300 and 600 feet, and 2% are deeper than 600 feet. Most permits identify unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifers. In this setting, fractures can make nearby wells behave differently, so neighboring depths help but do not guarantee the result on a new lot.

What Crawford wells produce

Among the 64 wells with a reported pump yield, the median is 14.5 gallons per minute. The middle half runs from 7.0 to 15.0 gallons per minute. Half of the reported wells produce more than 15 gallons per minute, while 33% fall between 5 and 15 gallons per minute.

Low production is present but not dominant: 16% report 1 to 5 gallons per minute and 2% report under 1 gallon per minute. For a buyer, yield is not the same as storage or guaranteed daily supply. Ask for the well construction report, pump test information, and any operating history. A well that makes adequate water slowly may still work for a home if the tank and system are designed around its recovery.

Water levels near Crawford need careful comparison

Only 28 records report a static water level, so the water-level data is much thinner than the depth data. The overall median depth to water is 142 feet, with the middle half from 63 to 214 feet below the surface.

The decade comparison is notable: the median measurement was 182 feet below the surface in the 2010s and 76 feet in the 2020s. That change does not prove a regional rise or fall. It may reflect different locations, seasons, measuring practices, or well types. Do not treat it as a complete groundwater trend. For a property under contract, have the current well measured and compare that result with the original permit and nearby records.

Who has drilled around Crawford, and when

Permit activity is spread across several decades, with the largest period in the 2000s: 143 permits. The records show 18 permits in the 1970s, 13 in the 1980s, 35 in the 1990s, 32 in the 2010s, and 28 in the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025, so this is not an area with only old well information.

The most active names in these records are Bill Kissner Drilling Inc, also listed as Kissner, Bill F., with 59 wells; Wildcat Drilling & Pump, Inc., also listed as Kissner, Billy D., with 40; and Valley Drilling Co., listed as Stoy, Kenneth, with 23. These records show local experience, but availability, pricing, and current licensing should still be confirmed directly.

Crawford well drilling cost at local depths

For the mixed sedimentary and alluvial ground reported in this area, the drilling model uses $50 to $75 per foot. At the 190-foot median depth, that puts the drilled hole at about $9,500 to $14,200. This is the hole only, not the complete water system.

A finished well with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is modeled at about $15,500 to $26,200 at that median depth. A 300-foot or deeper hole can push the price higher, especially if casing, grout, access, or difficult formation conditions add work. Get a written bid that separates drilling, casing, grout, pump equipment, testing, trenching, electrical, and any unsuccessful-hole terms.

Crawford risks to check before building

Low yield and dry-hole risk deserve attention because fractured-bedrock wells can change substantially over short distances. The records show 2% of reported yields under 1 gallon per minute, and 16% between 1 and 5 gallons per minute. Those figures are not a prediction for one parcel, but they are a reason to review nearby wells before buying.

There are also 5 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 1 historic mine-features site, and 1 EPA Superfund or cleanup site mapped within about 10 miles. Check the exact distance and direction from the parcel, then test the well water through a qualified laboratory. Confirm septic setbacks, drainfield space, access for a rig, power routing, and the site’s building envelope. Colorado DWR permit conditions and any augmentation requirements also need review before construction.

Well permits by decade near Crawford

What a new well costs in Crawford, 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 (262 ft) would run roughly $19,100–$31,650. 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 Crawford? 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 Crawford 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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