What to Know About Wells in Inverness, Colorado

How deep are wells around Inverness?

How much water do wells make near Inverness?

Inverness well depth reflects Denver Basin ground

The median reported well depth around Inverness is 290 feet. The middle half runs from 54 to 477 feet, so a driller’s bid based only on the median can miss the conditions on a particular lot. Seventeen percent of reported wells are 600 feet or deeper, while 33% are under 100 feet, 18% fall from 100 to 300 feet, and 32% from 300 to 600 feet.

The drilling model identifies Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock, with Denver Basin aquifer wells making up 100% of named aquifer records. Permits also identify 1,997 wells in unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifers, 650 in the Denver aquifer, and 466 in Lower Dawson. Nearby Centennial, Dove Valley, Meridian, and Lone Tree can provide comparison records, but your parcel still controls the final depth.

A 15 gpm median is a useful local production benchmark

Among the 930 wells that report pump yield, the median is 15.0 gallons per minute. The middle half is 12.0 to 15.0 gpm. Half of reported wells produce from 5 to 15 gpm, and half produce more than 15 gpm. No reported wells fall under 1 gpm or from 1 to 5 gpm in this dataset.

That is a stronger production profile than many Colorado locations, but it is not a guarantee for an untested well. Yield tests measure a particular well and aquifer, not every lot in Inverness. Confirm the well’s permitted use, pump setting, pressure tank performance, and recovery. Household, stock, and irrigation uses make up 42%, 7%, and 6% of the recorded use mix, while monitoring wells account for 25%.

Water levels vary widely, so the decade figures need context

The reported static water level has a median depth of 172 feet below the surface, with the middle half from 51 to 519 feet. That spread is large enough to affect pump selection, electrical planning, and the cost of reaching the water level. A well’s static level should be measured after the well has rested, not assumed from a nearby permit.

The decade medians are 150 feet in the 1970s, 404 feet in the 1980s, 931 feet in the 2000s, 253 feet in the 2010s, and 145 feet in the 2020s. This does not show a simple continuing decline. The records are uneven, with only 126 wells reporting a static water level, and measurements may represent different locations and conditions. Treat the series as historical context, not a parcel-specific forecast.

Permit history shows long use around Inverness

Permit activity began in the 1950s, with 83 permits issued then and 95 in the 1960s. Activity increased to 635 permits in the 1970s, 620 in the 1980s, 761 in the 1990s, and 598 in the 2000s. The record shows 370 permits in the 2010s and 226 in the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025.

The most active drillers in these records are Authorized (Pe, Pg), with 618 wells; Hier Drilling Co Inc (Hier, Bruce A.), with 470; and Hier Drilling Co. (Hier, Peter J), with 332. These counts describe permit records, not current availability or an endorsement. Check the original permit, construction report, abandonment record, and any later well-test paperwork before relying on a historical driller entry.

What drilling a well costs near Inverness

The local drilling model uses $50-$70 per foot for Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock. At the 290-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $14,500-$20,300. That is only the hole. A finished well including the pump, tank, trenching, and electrical is estimated at $20,500-$32,300.

The 54-to-477-foot middle range explains why bids can vary substantially from one parcel to another. A well near the 90th-percentile depth of 1,297 feet would be a very different project from a shallow hole, and the deepest record is 2,485 feet. Ask each contractor what depth is included, what happens if the hole is dry or low-producing, and which pump, tank, trenching, electrical, casing, and grout items are included.

Inverness buyers should investigate water quality and site limits

Mapped environmental information deserves a close review before closing. Within about 10 miles are 224 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 5 historic mine features, and 20 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. These mapped locations do not prove that a specific well is contaminated, but they are a reason to test the property’s water and check the site history, groundwater direction, and any required cleanup information.

Low yield and dry holes remain site-specific risks even with a 15.0 gpm reported median. Confirm the well construction, casing, grout, pump, static level, and recovery test. Also verify that the septic system and replacement area fit the lot, and that the well location works with the home, access, setbacks, drainage, and future building plans. A permit for household use does not automatically solve every water-rights or land-use question.

Use the nearby record to plan a parcel-specific decision

For a purchase in Inverness, start with the exact well permit and construction report, then compare nearby records in Centennial, Dove Valley, Acres Green, Meridian, Cherry Creek, and Lone Tree. The goal is not to find one average number; it is to see whether the parcel’s depth, aquifer name, yield, and static level fit the surrounding pattern.

Have a qualified contractor inspect the well and pressure system, and obtain a current water test before removing inspection conditions. If you plan to build, confirm the permitted use and any augmentation or water-rights requirements that apply to the basin and proposed use. Price the complete project rather than drilling alone, and keep contingency room for deeper drilling, a larger pump, trenching, electrical work, septic construction, and site access.

Well permits by decade near Inverness

What a new well costs in Inverness, 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 (477 ft) would run roughly $29,850–$45,390. 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 Inverness? 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 Inverness 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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