Firestone, Colorado Well Depth, Yield and Cost Guide

How deep are wells around Firestone?

How much water do wells make near Firestone?

Firestone well depth depends on the formation

The median reported well depth around Firestone is 25 feet. The middle half runs from 15 to 65 feet, and 81% of reported wells are under 100 feet. That is a different drilling picture from a mountain subdivision, but it does not mean every lot will have a shallow, inexpensive hole.

The record reaches 790 feet, with 9% of wells between 100 and 300 feet and 10% between 300 and 600 feet. The local geology is Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock, while permits also name unnamed or fractured-bedrock and alluvial aquifers. A driller’s bid should be based on the target aquifer, nearby completions and the planned use, not only the median.

What Firestone wells produce

Only 183 wells in the records report a pump yield, so treat the production statistics as local guidance rather than a promise for an unbuilt well. Among those reports, the median yield is 14.0 gallons per minute, with the middle half from 10.0 to 15.0 gallons per minute.

Forty-seven percent report more than 15 gallons per minute, while 46% fall from 5 to 15 gallons per minute. Seven percent report 1 to 5 gallons per minute, and none are recorded under 1 gallon per minute. A household well with a storage tank may work well at a lower pumping rate. Confirm the permit’s allowed use; an exempt household-use well also has a 35 gallon-per-minute pumping limit.

Firestone’s shallow water level looks stable

Of the records that report a static water level, the median depth to water is 9 feet. The middle half is 6 to 15 feet below the surface. That shallow water level can simplify pumping, but it also means the wellhead, casing, grout and surface drainage deserve close inspection.

The decade figures do not show a dropping table in this dataset: the median was 9 feet below surface in the 2010s and 8 feet in the 2020s. Those are measurements from different wells and dates, not a continuous monitoring record. A buyer should still request the well’s own static level and pumping information, especially where irrigation, stock use or nearby development could affect conditions.

Permit history shows continuing Firestone drilling

Firestone’s permit history is not limited to older rural homes. The records show 36 permits in the 1950s, 53 in the 1960s, 158 in the 1970s, 82 in the 1980s, 200 in the 1990s, 384 in the 2000s, 287 in the 2010s and 431 in the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2026.

Most records identify the driller as Authorized (Pe, Pg), with 643 wells. A. E. Crandall & Sons (Williams, G C) appears on 75, and Clement, Glenn A. on 44. These names help when tracing local construction patterns, but the permit and completion report for the specific property matter more than a contractor’s historical count.

A Firestone well may cost less to drill than to finish

For Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock, the modeled drilling rate is $50 to $70 per foot. At the 25-foot median depth, the drilled hole alone is about $1,200 to $1,800. That is only the borehole portion of the job, not a usable water system.

A finished well with pump, pressure tank, trenching and electrical is modeled at about $7,200 to $13,800 at the median depth. A shallow median does not make every project fall at the low end: casing, grout, access, difficult ground, permits, pump sizing and the distance to the house can change the bid. Compare proposals by asking what is included and what happens if the planned depth does not produce water.

Firestone buyers should check water quality and site constraints

Mapped environmental information within about 10 miles includes 1,496 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 29 historic mine features and 7 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. These mapped sites do not prove a particular well is contaminated, but they are a reason to test the property’s water and review nearby land uses before closing.

Low-yield and dry-hole risk still exists despite the reported yield distribution. Ask for the well construction report, pump test, treatment history and recent laboratory results. Check septic setbacks, replacement-area options, drainage, access for a rig and the proposed building location. A well permit is not automatically an approval for every household, irrigation or stock use. Over-appropriated basins may also require an augmentation plan.

Use the Firestone records before you choose a lot

Start with the exact parcel, then compare nearby permits by depth, aquifer, use and reported yield. The 25-foot local median is encouraging for drilling estimates, but the 790-foot record shows why a buyer should not budget from one statistic alone. Have a Colorado driller review neighboring completions before signing a construction contract.

For an existing home, make the sale contingent on reviewing the permit, inspecting the pressure system and testing the water. For a new build, confirm the water right, septic layout, electrical route and access for construction equipment together. Ask for a written drilling allowance, a dry-hole or inadequate-yield policy and a finished-system price. That process turns the local data into a site-specific decision.

Well permits by decade near Firestone

What a new well costs in Firestone, 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 (65 ft) would run roughly $9,250–$16,550. 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 Firestone? 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 Firestone 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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