Greenwood Village Well Depth, Yield, and Cost Guide

How deep are wells around Greenwood Village?

How much water do wells make near Greenwood Village?

Greenwood Village well depth depends on the formation

Most recorded wells near Greenwood Village are relatively shallow: 73% are under 100 feet. The middle half of reported depths runs from 23 to 120 feet, with a median of 35 feet. That is a useful local starting point, but not a guarantee for a particular lot.

The outliers are substantial. Seventeen percent of wells are 600 feet or deeper, the 90th-percentile depth is 1,072 feet, and the deepest record is 2,485 feet. Permits name the unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer most often, along with the Arapahoe and Alluvial aquifers. Denver Basin aquifer wells account for 100% of the listed aquifer records. A bid should be based on the parcel, nearby logs, casing and grout requirements, and the target aquifer—not just the local median.

How much water do Greenwood Village wells produce?

Reported pump yields have a median of 15.0 gallons per minute, and the middle half runs from 10.0 to 124.8 gallons per minute. Fifty-seven percent of the reported wells make more than 15 gallons per minute. Those figures indicate that strong wells are common in the records, but yield data exists for only 230 wells, so it is not a complete performance survey.

Low-producing wells still occur. Three percent report less than 1 gallon per minute, while 9% fall between 1 and 5 gallons per minute. For a buyer, a low-yield result can affect storage, household use, irrigation plans, and financing. Ask for the well permit, construction report, pumping information, and any yield test rather than relying on a neighbor’s result.

The Greenwood Village water table looks fairly stable

Among the 81 wells reporting a static water level, the median depth to water is 20 feet, with the middle half between 11 and 50 feet below the surface. That is a shallow water level compared with the full range of drilling depths, but static level and well depth are different measurements. A shallow water level does not mean every new well can be drilled shallow or will produce well.

The decade series does not show a dropping trend in these records. The median static level was 18 feet below surface in the 2010s and 17 feet in the 2020s. The sample is limited, so a property-specific measurement is still important. Confirm the static level, pump setting, and seasonal conditions in the well documents before treating the area trend as a guarantee.

Who has drilled near Greenwood Village, and when?

Permit activity has continued across several generations. Records show 126 permits from the 1950s, 133 from the 1960s, 263 from the 1970s, 288 from the 1980s, 1,064 from the 1990s, 1,164 from the 2000s, 550 from the 2010s, and 293 from the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025.

The most active names in these records are Authorized (Pe, Pg), with 1,622 listed wells, followed by Hier Drilling Co Inc (Hier, Bruce A.) with 188 and Ground Exploration LLC (Bender, Joseph T.) with 104. These counts describe permit records, not endorsements or current availability. Before buying, pull nearby DWR permits and construction reports. They can show actual depths, casing, aquifer names, and reported performance closer to the lot.

What a new well costs in Greenwood Village

The local cost model uses a typical drilling rate of $50 to $70 per foot in Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock. At the 35-foot median depth, the drilled hole alone is estimated at about $1,800 to $2,400. That is only the drilling portion, not a ready-to-use water system.

A finished well with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is modeled at about $7,800 to $14,400 at the median depth. A deeper-than-expected hole can move the price well beyond that range, especially if casing, grout, access, difficult material, or a different completion design is needed. Get the contractor’s assumptions in writing: included depth, casing and grout, pump equipment, testing, trench length, electrical work, permits, and the price for additional footage.

Environmental and construction checks for a Greenwood Village lot

Water quality and yield deserve separate checks. Mapped sites within about 10 miles include 364 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 126 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites, and 5 historic mine features. These mapped sites do not prove that a particular well is contaminated, but they are a reason to review the well’s location, test existing water, and ask the county or Colorado DWR about applicable records.

Septic placement, drainage, access for a rig, and the building envelope also matter. A well that produces water may still be a poor fit if the lot cannot separate the well from septic components or provide reliable drilling access. Confirm household-use rights, permit conditions, and any augmentation requirement before designing the house. In an over-appropriated basin, an augmentation plan may be needed for new use.

Before you buy or build near Greenwood Village

Start with the exact parcel, not a citywide average. Search nearby DWR permits in Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills Village, Cherry Creek, Centennial, Holly Hills, Inverness, and Acres Green. Compare depth, aquifer, casing, static level, and yield records. The local median is encouraging, but the 17% share of wells at 600 feet or deeper shows why a contingency for a deeper hole belongs in the budget.

For an existing home, inspect the well equipment, request recent water testing, and verify the permitted use. For raw land, have a Colorado well contractor review access, siting, septic separation, electrical routing, and likely drilling depth before closing. Fractured-bedrock results can be unpredictable, and a dry or low-yield hole is a real project risk. Treat a neighbor’s successful well as useful evidence, not a promise.

Well permits by decade near Greenwood Village

What a new well costs in Greenwood Village, 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 (120 ft) would run roughly $12,000–$20,400. 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 Greenwood Village? 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 Greenwood Village 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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