What Florissant Wells Really Cost and Produce

How deep are wells around Florissant?

How much water do wells make near Florissant?

Florissant well depth follows the fractured mountain rock

Florissant wells are commonly drilled into fractured granite, gneiss, or other crystalline bedrock. The local median depth is 280 feet, while the middle half runs from 151 to 400 feet. That range is the better starting point for a drilling budget than the median alone.

Depth varies sharply from lot to lot. 42% of recorded wells fall between 300 and 600 feet, and 7% are deeper than 600 feet. The deepest recorded well is 1,100 feet. A bid based only on a neighboring shallow well can be misleading, especially where fractures do not continue across a property.

For a buyer, ask the driller to explain the assumed footage, casing and grout approach, and what happens financially if the hole must continue beyond the estimate.

A Florissant well may make usable water without making much

The median reported pump yield near Florissant is 5.0 gallons per minute, with the middle half between 1.5 and 9.0 gallons per minute. That is a workable planning range for many household systems, but it is not a promise of continuous flow from a new hole.

Yield records are spread across the range: 14% report less than 1 gallon per minute, 33% report 1 to 5 gallons per minute, and 49% report 5 to 15 gallons per minute. Only 4% report more than 15 gallons per minute.

Low-yield homes often depend on storage tanks and careful peak-use planning. Have the driller discuss a pumping test, storage capacity, recovery time, and whether the proposed household use fits the permit.

Water levels vary, and the older record is thin

Among wells reporting a static water level, the median depth to water is 100 feet, with the middle half from 70 to 145 feet. That measurement is not the same as well depth: a 280-foot well may encounter static water considerably above its bottom.

The decade series does not show a simple steady decline. Median water level was 88 feet below the surface in the 1970s, 45 feet in the 1980s, 85 feet in the 2010s, and 115 feet in the 2020s. Only 215 wells report a static water level, so treat the pattern as a local comparison tool rather than proof of a basin-wide trend.

Nearby records from Divide, Lake George, Midland, or Woodland Park may help, but a site-specific test remains more useful.

Permit history shows a long-running domestic well area

Colorado DWR records contain 3,773 permitted wells within the mapped area, with 2,563 recorded as constructed. Most are domestic or household wells, making up 94% of the use mix. Stock wells account for 4%, monitoring wells for 1%, and irrigation is recorded at 0%.

Permit activity was highest in the 1990s, with 993 permits, after 692 in the 1980s and 546 in the 1970s. The record includes 207 permits from the 2020s, and the newest permit year is 2025.

The most active drillers in these records are Mountain Well Improvement LLC, Woods Drilling Inc., and RMPD, Ltd. DBA Rocky Mtn Pump & Drilling. A permit history is useful background, but verify the current license, scope, and references before hiring anyone.

Florissant drilling cost starts with footage

Local ground conditions are fractured mountain bedrock, described in the cost model as granite and gneiss. The typical drilling rate is $65 to $100 per foot. At the local median depth of 280 feet, the drilled hole models to about $18,200 to $28,000.

That is not the complete water-system price. A finished well including the pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is modeled at about $24,200 to $40,000. Access, difficult setup, casing, grouting, water storage, and unusual site work can affect the actual proposal.

Use the range to compare bids on equal terms. Ask what footage is included, which components are allowances, how unsuccessful drilling is handled, and whether the price includes testing and the equipment needed for a low-yield fractured-rock well.

Mines, PFAS sites, and septic layout deserve attention

Mapped environmental records within about 10 miles include 3 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 34 historic mine features, and 9 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. A map hit does not automatically mean a parcel's well is contaminated, but it is a reason to check the exact location, groundwater direction, and available sampling results.

Low yield and dry holes are separate risks from water quality. Fractured bedrock can produce a useful well on one lot and a poor result nearby. Test existing water for the contaminants relevant to the site, and use a qualified laboratory.

Before building, confirm well access for a rig, septic setbacks and soil suitability, electrical routing, storage needs, and the legal permitted use. Keep the well, septic system, and replacement areas workable on the site plan.

What to do before buying a Florissant lot

Start with the DWR permit record for the parcel and nearby wells. Look for total depth, reported yield, static water level, construction details, and the aquifer description. The local records are dominated by unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifers: 3,656 wells are listed that way, with 65 Fractured Crystalline wells and 29 Fractured Granite wells. No Denver Basin aquifer wells are recorded.

Then get a driller to inspect access and provide a written depth and completion allowance. A buyer should understand the plan if the hole reaches low-producing fractures, requires more footage, or needs storage to make household use practical.

For a building project, coordinate the well, septic design, driveway, trenching, and house location before closing. In an over-appropriated basin, confirm whether an augmentation plan or other water-right requirement applies to the intended use.

Well permits by decade near Florissant

What a new well costs in Florissant, 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 (400 ft) would run roughly $32,000–$52,000. 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 Florissant? 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 Florissant 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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