Floyd Hill Colorado Well Depth, Yield, and Cost

How deep are wells around Floyd Hill?

How much water do wells make near Floyd Hill?

Floyd Hill well depth reflects fractured mountain rock

Floyd Hill wells are commonly deeper than a buyer may expect in a flatland setting. The median completed depth is 305 feet, and the middle half runs from 200 to 477 feet. About 41% of reported depths fall from 300 to 600 feet, while 15% exceed 600 feet. The deepest record reaches 3,523 feet, showing how widely drilling conditions can vary.

Permits identify the local system mainly as unnamed fractured bedrock, with smaller numbers naming fractured crystalline rock or fractured granite. Water-bearing fractures are not evenly distributed. For a driller’s bid, the middle-half range is more useful than the median alone: plan for a broad depth allowance, and ask what happens if the hole must continue beyond the initial target.

What Floyd Hill wells usually produce

Among wells with reported pump yields, the median is 7.0 gallons per minute. The middle half produces from 4.0 to 10.0 gallons per minute, and 64% report between 5 and 15 gallons per minute. Only 1% report under 1 gallon per minute, while 26% fall from 1 to 5 gallons per minute and 8% exceed 15 gallons per minute.

That distribution is generally workable for a household, but a pump test is still important. A well’s yield is not the same as the amount you can use instantly from the plumbing. Storage, recovery, pump sizing, and the permitted use all matter. An exempt household-use well is generally subject to the 35-gallon-per-minute pumping limit, and irrigation or other uses may require different water rights.

The water table and its measured Floyd Hill trend

Reported static water levels have a 100-foot median, with the middle half from 45 to 158 feet below ground. Measurements by decade show a higher depth to water over time: the median was 50 feet in the 1970s, 95 feet in the 1980s, 100 feet in the 1990s, 100 feet in the 2010s, and 120 feet in the 2020s.

That pattern suggests the measured water table is deeper in the more recent records, but it is not a complete basin-wide trend. Only 113 wells report a static water level, and measurement timing, location, well construction, and recent pumping can affect the result. Treat the series as a reason to inspect current neighboring wells, not as a promise that water will be at a particular depth on your parcel.

Floyd Hill permit history and drilling activity

The records show long-running residential development rather than a new drilling rush. Permits were issued across the decades, with the largest recorded periods in the 1970s and 1990s. The newest permit year is 2025. Of 3,260 wells in the Colorado DWR records, 2,068 are recorded as constructed, 2,098 report total depth, and 1,137 report a pump yield. Those differences matter: a permit count is not the same as a completed well count, and many records lack the measurements a buyer wants.

The most active drillers in these records are James Drilling Company, Walton, and Living Water Systems Inc. Their presence identifies local drilling history, but it is not a guarantee of current availability or performance. Check the DWR permit and construction record for the specific neighboring wells before relying on a contractor name.

What a new Floyd Hill well may cost

Floyd Hill drilling is priced around fractured granite and gneiss, where penetration rate and final depth can change the estimate. The local model uses $65 to $100 per foot. At the 305-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $19,800 to $30,500. A finished system with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is modeled at about $25,800 to $42,500.

Those figures are planning ranges, not a fixed bid. Confirm what the quote includes: casing, grout, drilling beyond the estimate, pump testing, water testing, electrical distance, access-road work, and difficult setup. A steep or tight lot can add site work even when the well depth is ordinary. Ask for separate line items so a low drilling price does not hide excluded completion costs.

Risks to check before building near Floyd Hill

Low yield is not the only concern. The area’s permits are dominated by fractured-bedrock wells, so a dry hole or a weak fracture is possible even when nearby wells perform well. Review the well construction, yield test, static level, and pumping history for properties in Pine Valley, Echo Hills, Blue Valley, Upper Witter Gulch, Idaho Springs, and Black Hawk where comparable records exist.

Environmental review also deserves attention. Within about 10 miles are 18 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 2,720 historic mine features, and 8 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. These mapped sites do not prove contamination on your lot. Test the raw well water, ask about mine workings and drainage, and confirm septic setbacks, usable building area, winter access, and electrical routing. A septic design and building plan must fit the actual slope and groundwater conditions.

A practical buying plan for a Floyd Hill lot

Before closing, obtain the Colorado DWR permit, construction report, well yield information, and water-quality history for the property and nearby wells. Verify that the permitted use matches your plans. Household wells make up 90% of the recorded use mix, while stock accounts for 2% and monitoring for 7%; irrigation is recorded at 0%. Do not assume a domestic permit covers landscaping, livestock, or future additional homes.

For a vacant lot, have a local driller review access, likely depth, fracture-bedrock risk, and the cost range before you commit. Then coordinate the well location with septic, the house, driveway, and utility trench. If the basin or proposed use requires augmentation, resolve that water-right issue early. The best decision combines neighboring well evidence with a site-specific drilling, septic, and building review.

Well permits by decade near Floyd Hill

What a new well costs in Floyd Hill, 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 (477 ft) would run roughly $37,005–$59,700. 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.

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