Grand View Estates, Colorado Well Guide

How deep are wells around Grand View Estates?

How much water do wells make near Grand View Estates?

Grand View Estates well depth: plan for variable drilling

Wells around Grand View Estates are commonly deeper than a typical shallow foothills well. The median depth is 340 feet, and the middle half extends from 196 to 500 feet. That spread matters when you request a drilling estimate: a bid based only on the median can miss a materially deeper hole.

The depth mix shows 45% of recorded wells between 300 and 600 feet, while 14% are deeper than 600 feet. The deepest recorded well reaches 2,681 feet. Most permits identify Denver Basin aquifers, including Lower Dawson and Denver, while many others identify unnamed fractured bedrock. Local geology, the target aquifer, and the exact lot can change the required depth.

Expected well yield near Sierra Ridge and Meridian Village

Reported production is generally strong in this record set. The median pump yield is 14.0 gallons per minute, with the middle half between 12.0 and 15.0 gallons per minute. Among wells reporting yield, 57% produce between 5 and 15 gallons per minute, and 42% report more than 15 gallons per minute.

No recorded wells in this dataset fall below 1 gallon per minute, but that does not make a low-yield result impossible on an untested parcel. A well's pumping rate is not the same as storage in the well or the legal right to use water. Confirm the permit's allowed uses, test the well, and ask for a sustained production test before relying on the neighboring statistics.

What the water-level records show in Grand View Estates

The reported median static water level is 250 feet below the surface, with the middle half from 98 to 410 feet. That is a measurement of depth to water when the well is not being pumped, not the total drilling depth. A builder needs both figures when planning pump setting, electrical work, pressure equipment, and a reliable water supply.

The decade series does not show a simple continuing decline. Median depth to water was 132 feet in the 1970s, 260 feet in the 1980s, 685 feet in the 2000s, 332 feet in the 2010s, and 182 feet in the 2020s. Only 196 wells report static water level, so treat this as historical context rather than a prediction for your lot.

Permit history and drillers around Stonegate and Meridian

Colorado DWR permit records show long-term drilling activity in the area, with the largest decade totals in the 1970s and 1980s. Permits issued by decade were 1,073 in the 1970s, 998 in the 1980s, 782 in the 1990s, 629 in the 2000s, 448 in the 2010s, and 263 in the 2020s. The newest permit year in the records is 2025.

The most frequent driller names are Hier Drilling Co Inc, associated with Bruce A. Hier, with 847 records; Hier Drilling Co., associated with Peter J. Hier, with 597; and Authorized (Pe, Pg), with 485. These counts describe permit records, not current availability or a recommendation. Verify licensing, insurance, scope, and references before hiring.

What a new well may cost in Grand View Estates

The local cost model assumes Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock and a drilling rate of $50 to $70 per foot. At the 340-foot median depth, the drilled hole alone models to about $17,000 to $23,800. That is not the completed water system.

Adding the pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical brings the modeled finished-well range to about $23,000 to $35,800. A deeper-than-median hole, difficult access, casing and grout requirements, power distance, or site excavation can change the bid. Ask the contractor what footage is included, how extra depth is priced, and which equipment and connection work are excluded.

Risks to check before buying or building

Low yield is not the only concern. Confirm the well's permitted use, production test, water quality, casing, grout, pump condition, and measured static level. Household-use wells are commonly exempt wells, but the permit still controls allowed use. Pumping limits and water-right requirements can matter, especially in an over-appropriated basin where an augmentation plan may be needed for additional use.

Environmental records within about 10 miles include 113 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 8 historic mine features, and 8 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. Those mapped sites do not prove contamination at a specific parcel. Order an appropriate water test and review the location of septic systems, drainfields, wells, and proposed structures before closing or excavating.

A practical lot checklist for Dove Valley-area buyers

Start with the nearest permitted wells, not a countywide average. Compare wells in Grand View Estates and nearby Sierra Ridge, Meridian Village, Stonegate, Meridian, Stepping Stone, and Dove Valley for depth, aquifer name, yield, and water level. Then have a Colorado well contractor inspect the records and identify what remains unknown.

Before purchase, verify the permit and use restrictions with DWR, obtain the well construction and pump documents, and make the sale contingent on water-quality and production testing when appropriate. For a new build, confirm access for a drill rig, septic setbacks, electrical routing, storage needs, and the legal water supply before finalizing the house site. A promising neighboring well lowers uncertainty; it does not remove parcel-specific drilling risk.

Well permits by decade near Grand View Estates

What a new well costs in Grand View Estates, 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 (500 ft) would run roughly $31,000–$47,000. 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 Grand View Estates? 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 Grand View Estates 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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