Fort Lupton Colorado Well Guide

How deep are wells around Fort Lupton?

How much water do wells make near Fort Lupton?

Fort Lupton well depths vary sharply by site

Fort Lupton’s depth numbers are pulled in two directions. Sixty-six percent of wells are under 100 feet, while 20% are at least 600 feet. The deepest recorded well is 1,166 feet. The median of 49 feet is useful for orientation, but it is not a bid for a particular parcel.

The aquifer names on permits help explain the variation. Records include 2,661 unnamed or fractured-bedrock wells, 750 Laramie Fox Hills wells, and 478 alluvial wells. All recorded aquifer wells are Denver Basin aquifer wells. In Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock, a driller should use nearby construction records to set a realistic depth allowance instead of relying only on the local median.

What Fort Lupton wells produce

Among wells reporting a pump yield, the median is 13.0 gallons per minute, with the middle half between 10.0 and 15.0 gallons per minute. The records show 44% producing more than 15 gallons per minute, and another 51% between 5 and 15 gallons per minute. Only 5% are in the 1-to-5 gallon-per-minute range, and none are reported below 1 gallon per minute.

That is encouraging for ordinary household demand, but yield is not the same as storage or guaranteed long-term supply. Ask for a pump test and review the well construction before assuming the result will support irrigation, livestock, or additional connections. Household-use wells are commonly subject to exempt-well rules, including the 35-gallon-per-minute pumping limit.

Water levels near Fort Lupton need careful reading

The median reported static water level is 20 feet below the surface, with the middle half from 10 to 258 feet. That is a broad range. A shallow water level can simplify pumping, but it does not by itself prove that a well has good quality or adequate production.

The decade series does not show a simple steadily dropping table. Median depth to water was 17 feet in the 1960s, 358 feet in the 1990s, 94 feet in the 2000s, 45 feet in the 2010s, and 12 feet in the 2020s. Measurement locations and well types differ, so treat the series as context, not a parcel-specific forecast.

Permit history and drillers around Fort Lupton

Permit activity is strongest in the more recent record. The data show 100 permits in the 1950s, 202 in the 1960s, 360 in the 1970s, 290 in the 1980s, 702 in the 1990s, 1,082 in the 2000s, 732 in the 2010s, and 455 in the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2026.

The most active names in these records are Authorized (Pe, Pg), with 884 wells, Glover’s Drilling, with 241, and Roger Schocke Well Drlg. Inc., with 186. Those counts describe permit records, not current availability or a recommendation. Confirm licensing, insurance, scheduling, and the exact scope of a written bid before hiring.

Fort Lupton well drilling cost range

For the local cost model, drilling in Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock is estimated at $50 to $70 per foot. Applied to the 49-foot median depth, the drilled hole is about $2,400 to $3,400. That is only the hole, not the complete water system.

A finished well with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is modeled at about $8,400 to $15,400 at the median depth. A deeper site can move well beyond that range because depth affects drilling, casing, pump selection, and electrical work. Get the bid separated into drilling, casing and grout, development, pump equipment, trenching, and testing so you can compare proposals on the same basis.

Risks to check before buying near Fort Lupton

The record contains many productive wells, but buyers still need to verify the individual parcel. Only 2,951 wells report a total depth, 980 report a pump yield, and 287 report a static water level. Missing data means a nearby map point may not answer the questions that matter for your property.

Environmental screening also deserves attention. Within about 10 miles are 1,481 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 14 historic mine features, and 5 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. These mapped sites do not prove contamination at your lot. Order a water-quality test, inspect the wellhead and casing, and keep septic setbacks, replacement area, driveway access, and building placement in the design. In an over-appropriated basin, confirm whether an augmentation plan or other approval is required.

Buying or building on a Fort Lupton lot

Start with the exact parcel, not the Fort Lupton median. Pull DWR permits for the property and compare construction depth, aquifer, yield, static level, and use with nearby wells in Aristocrat Ranchettes, Lochbuie, Brighton, Todd Creek, Dacono, and Frederick. Nearby records can reveal whether the lot resembles the shallow majority or the much deeper part of the local range.

Before closing, make the contract contingent on a well inspection, water-quality testing, and confirmation that the intended household, stock, or irrigation use is permitted. If you are building, have the driller, septic designer, and excavator coordinate the well location, tank, electrical route, access drive, and septic replacement area. A well that produces water still has to fit the site and the permit.

Well permits by decade near Fort Lupton

What a new well costs in Fort Lupton, 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 (378 ft) would run roughly $24,900–$38,460. 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 Fort Lupton? 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 Fort Lupton 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.

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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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