Fulford, Colorado Well Depth, Yield, and Cost Guide

How deep are wells around Fulford?

How much water do wells make near Fulford?

How deep are wells around Fulford?

Fulford’s permitted wells are mostly moderate-depth wells, but mountain geology creates a broad bidding range. 25% are under 100 feet, while 49% fall between 100 and 300 feet. Another 22% reach between 300 and 600 feet, and 4% are deeper than 600 feet.

For a driller’s estimate, the 180-foot median is a planning point rather than a promise. A site near the middle of the local data may support a standard-depth bid, but a lot requiring a hole near the upper part of the 98-to-300-foot middle half will carry more drilling, casing, grout, and development exposure. Fractured granite and gneiss can change depth quickly from one property to the next.

What well yield can a Fulford buyer expect?

The available yield records are unusually favorable: the median reported pump yield is 15.0 gallons per minute, and the middle half is also 15.0 to 15.0 gpm. The record shows 79% of reported wells producing more than 15 gpm, while 20% fall between 5 and 15 gpm. Only 1% are in the 1-to-5-gpm range, and none are recorded below 1 gpm.

That is encouraging for household planning, but it is based on 164 wells reporting a pump yield, not every permitted well. Ask for the actual well construction report and pump test for nearby properties. Storage tanks can help smooth peak household demand, but they do not turn a low-producing well into a high-producing one.

Is the water table changing near Fulford?

Reported static water levels have a median depth of 56 feet below the surface, with the middle half from 22 to 85 feet. Only 49 records include a static water level, so the data is a limited local sample rather than a complete groundwater trend.

The decade series does not show a simple dropping water table in these records. Median depth to water was 82 feet in the 1990s, 32 feet in the 2010s, and 25 feet in the 2020s. In other words, the reported measurements became shallower over time. Differences in well locations, measurement conditions, and reporting may explain part of that change. Treat the current nearby static levels as a comparison point, not a guarantee for an unbuilt lot.

Who has drilled Fulford wells, and when?

Permit history is concentrated in the 1990s, when 288 permits were issued in the local record. The record also includes 92 permits from the 2000s, 74 from the 1980s, 62 from the 2010s, and 38 from the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025. There are 640 wells in the Colorado DWR permit record, with 270 recorded as constructed.

Golden Eagle Drilling Corporation, listed with Shelton and Joe Wayne, appears most often with 225 records. Shelton Drilling Corporation, listed with Shelton and Wayne, appears on 46. Authorized, listed as Pe and Pg, appears on 23. Use these names as permit-history clues, then confirm current licensing, availability, and scope directly before selecting a contractor.

What does a new well cost in Fulford?

Local drilling is priced for 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 180-foot median depth, the drilled hole alone models to about $11,700 to $18,000.

A finished system costs more than the hole. With a pump, tank, trenching, and electrical included, the modeled total at that depth is about $17,700 to $30,000. A bid should state what is included, including casing, grout, well development, testing, mobilization, trenching, and electrical work. If the driller has to continue toward the local 462-foot 90th percentile, the drilling portion can move well beyond a median-depth allowance. Get a written depth assumption and a clear change-order rate.

What risks should Fulford buyers check?

Low yield is not the only concern. The mapped area within about 10 miles includes 5 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 38 historic mine features, and 6 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. Those mapped features do not prove contamination on a particular parcel, but they justify a records review and water-quality testing before closing.

Most permits name an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer, covering 635 wells. Only 2 name the Mancos and 1 names an alluvial aquifer. Ask about casing and grout, well construction, pump testing, and a certified drinking-water test. Also confirm septic setbacks, drainfield space, access for a rig, and whether the building site can support trenching and utilities. Domestic use may require the correct DWR permit, and an augmentation plan can matter in an over-appropriated basin.

Buying or building on a Fulford lot

Start with the neighboring wells, not the most optimistic number in a listing. Compare depth, static water level, yield, aquifer description, construction date, and reported use. The local use mix is 58% domestic or household, 9% irrigation, 4% stock, and 23% monitoring, so make sure the records you compare serve a purpose similar to yours.

Before closing, have a Colorado water professional review the DWR permit and confirm that the proposed home, number of residences, fixtures, and any irrigation plan fit the permit terms. For a new build, price the access driveway, drilling contingency, pump system, electrical service, septic system, and water testing together. Fulford is near Edwards, Avon, Eagle, Wolcott, Norrie, and Minturn, but a closer well record is usually more useful than a general regional average.

Well permits by decade near Fulford

What a new well costs in Fulford, 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 (300 ft) would run roughly $25,500–$42,000. 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 Fulford? 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 Fulford 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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