What Idalia Wells Are Like Before You Buy or Build

How deep are wells around Idalia?

How much water do wells make near Idalia?

Idalia well depth: plan around the middle of the local range

Reported wells near Idalia have a median depth of 300 feet. The middle half runs from 249 to 310 feet, so a driller bidding a typical site should be working in that neighborhood rather than assuming a shallow plains well. The deepest recorded well is 500 feet.

Depths are split between the 100-to-300-foot range, which accounts for 47% of records, and the 300-to-600-foot range, which accounts for 51%. Only 2% are under 100 feet, and none are recorded above 600 feet. The local geology is described in the cost model as alluvium and plains sedimentary rock. Nearby Vernon, Kirk, Joes, Wray, Burlington, and Laird can provide additional comparison points, but the closest wells still matter most.

What an Idalia well may produce

The reported yield numbers are generally encouraging, but the sample is limited to 75 wells. The median pump yield is 20.0 gallons per minute, with the middle half between 15.0 and 50.0 gallons per minute. Records show 76% producing more than 15 gallons per minute.

Another 21% fall between 5 and 15 gallons per minute, while 3% are between 1 and 5 gallons per minute. No recorded wells are under 1 gallon per minute. These figures describe tested or reported wells, not a promise for an unbuilt well. Ask for the actual well test, production method, and intended household or irrigation use. A domestic well also remains subject to its permit conditions, including applicable exempt-well limits.

Water levels around Idalia and what the records show

Only 12 wells report a static water level, so this part of the local picture is much thinner than the depth data. Among those records, the median depth to water is 204 feet, with the middle half from 178 to 230 feet.

That gives a useful planning point for pump setting, casing, and electrical work, but it is not enough to establish a long-term water-table trend. The permit history spans the 1950s through the 2020s, with the newest permit issued in 2024, yet the supplied water-level records are not reported as a decade-by-decade series. Do not assume the water table is either stable or falling without checking nearby measurements and the well construction report.

Who has drilled near Idalia, and how recent is the history

Idalia’s permit history is spread across several decades. The records show 9 permits from the 1950s, 12 from the 1960s, 46 from the 1970s, 30 from the 1980s, 32 from the 1990s, 44 from the 2000s, 16 from the 2010s, and 14 from the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2024.

The most active names in the records are Schaal Drilling Co. (Schaal, Ruben T.) with 48 wells, Wellstone Industries Dba Twiss & Wilson Drilling Inc (Twiss, Raymond L.) with 29, and Parrish Drilling (Parrish, Wayne) with 17. This is permit history, not a recommendation or proof of current availability. Confirm licensing, insurance, scheduling, casing and grout specifications, testing, and the exact scope of a written bid.

Idalia well drilling cost: a practical budget

For the local ground conditions of alluvium and plains sedimentary rock, the drilling model uses $35-$55 per foot. At the 300-foot median depth, that puts the drilled hole at about $10,500-$16,500. This is the hole only, not the complete water system.

A finished well with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is estimated at about $16,500-$28,500. A deeper-than-typical hole, difficult access, extra casing or grout, longer utility runs, and site conditions can move the final bid. Compare proposals line by line: planned depth, casing, grout, pump size, test requirements, trenching, electrical work, and what happens if the first target does not produce enough water.

Idalia risks to check before construction

Low yield is not the dominant result in the available records, but production data exists for only 75 wells. Dry holes and disappointing wells remain possible, especially when a buyer relies on a broad area median instead of nearby construction reports. A fractured-bedrock or unnamed aquifer is listed for 269 wells, while 139 name the Ogallala and 13 name the High Plains Aquifer. The records show no Denver Basin aquifer wells.

Water quality also needs its own investigation. There are 13 mapped PFAS sampling or contamination sites within about 10 miles, although no historic mine features and no EPA Superfund or cleanup sites are mapped. Test the well water before relying on it. Check septic setbacks, soil and drainage, building access, and the permitted use. In an over-appropriated basin, an augmentation plan may be needed for some uses; read the DWR permit rather than assuming household use covers every plan.

A sensible Idalia plan for buying or building

Before closing, pull the DWR permit and construction report for the subject property and compare it with wells nearest the lot. Confirm the permitted use, total depth, casing and grout, pump information, static water level, and any recorded test. Because only 206 of the 421 permitted wells are recorded as constructed, do not treat every mapped permit as a completed, producing well.

For a vacant lot, have the driller and septic designer review access, the well location, building envelope, septic area, and electrical route together. For an existing home, test the water, inspect the pressure system, and verify the well can serve the intended use. A Colorado DWR permit controls what the well may do. If irrigation, livestock, additional residences, or other uses are planned, get the water-rights and augmentation question answered before buying.

Well permits by decade near Idalia

What a new well costs in Idalia, 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 (310 ft) would run roughly $16,850–$29,050. 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 Idalia? 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 Idalia 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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