What Eagle Colorado Wells Are Like

How deep are wells around Eagle?

How much water do wells make near Eagle?

Eagle well depths reflect fractured mountain ground

The median reported well depth near Eagle is 160 feet. The middle half runs from 52 to 268 feet, so a bid based only on the median may not cover the full range of ordinary results. The 90th percentile is 380 feet, and the deepest recorded well is 700 feet.

Depths are spread across the area: 44% are under 100 feet, 38% fall between 100 and 300 feet, 17% fall between 300 and 600 feet, and 1% are deeper than 600 feet. The permit records identify fractured bedrock, including granite and gneiss, on 402 wells. Fractures control where water is found, so the driller's experience with the immediate ridge, valley, or subdivision matters.

Reported Eagle well yields are generally strong, but verify the test

The reported yield median is 15.0 gallons per minute, with the middle half from 14.0 to 15.0 gallons per minute. Among the 89 wells reporting a pump yield, 72% report more than 15 gallons per minute, while 24% report between 5 and 15 gallons per minute. Only 1% report under 1 gallon per minute, and 3% report between 1 and 5 gallons per minute.

Those figures describe reported well tests, not a guarantee for an unbuilt lot. Ask for the actual completion report, test duration, pump setting, and recovery information. A strong short-term yield can still require storage and careful pump sizing. An exempt household-use well is generally limited to 35 gallons per minute under Colorado rules, and the permit's allowed use still controls.

The Eagle water-level record is limited, not a trend line

Only 22 wells in the local records report a static water level. Their median depth to water is 94 feet, with the middle half from 26 to 163 feet. That gives a useful planning range for pump installation, casing, and electrical work, but it is not enough to establish a water-table trend for Eagle.

The records do not provide a water-level-by-decade series here, so they do not show whether groundwater is dropping over time. Static level also changes with season, weather, nearby pumping, and the time allowed for a well to recover. Before buying, request the well construction report and any recent water-level or production information. A driller should evaluate the proposed lot rather than apply the local median mechanically.

Eagle's permit history points to established local drilling experience

Permitting increased through the late twentieth century, with 143 permits in the 1990s and 68 in the 2000s. The records include 41 permits in the 2010s, 15 in the 2020s, and the newest permit year is 2025. Older records are concentrated in domestic and household use, which accounts for 56% of the local permits. Monitoring wells account for 24%.

The most frequently listed drillers are Golden Eagle Drilling Corporation, with 115 records; Steve Shelton Drilling, Inc., with 46; and Shelton Drilling Corporation, with 32. These names show who appears most often in the permit history, not who is available or best for a new project. Check current licensing, insurance, references, and proposed testing before hiring.

What drilling a new Eagle well can cost

In Eagle's fractured mountain bedrock, the drilling model uses $65 to $100 per foot. At the local median depth of 160 feet, the drilled hole works out to about $10,400 to $16,000. A finished well, including the pump, tank, trenching, and electrical work, is estimated at about $16,400 to $28,000.

That is a planning range, not a fixed quote. The estimate can change with depth, access, casing and grout requirements, water testing, power distance, trench conditions, and whether the hole must be deepened or abandoned. Get the bid in writing and ask what happens if the hole is dry, produces too little water, or encounters unstable rock. A median-depth allowance should not be treated as a guaranteed maximum.

Check environmental sites, septic separation, and buildability

Mapped environmental records within about ten miles include 19 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 15 historic mine features, and 7 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. These sites do not prove contamination on a particular parcel, but they justify a records search and water testing before closing. Ask about metals, bacteria, PFAS, and other tests recommended for the property's setting and well construction.

Low-yield and dry-hole risk remains possible in fractured rock even when nearby wells look productive. Confirm the proposed well location can meet Colorado setbacks from septic systems, property lines, and other sources of contamination. Mountain access, slope, drilling staging, driveway work, electrical service, and a septic design can affect the project as much as the hole itself. Have the well, septic, and house locations reviewed together.

Well permits by decade near Eagle

What a new well costs in Eagle, 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 (268 ft) would run roughly $23,420–$38,800. 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 Eagle? 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 Eagle 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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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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