Ken Caryl Colorado Well Depth, Yield and Cost Guide

How deep are wells around Ken Caryl?

How much water do wells make near Ken Caryl?

Ken Caryl well depths vary sharply by ground conditions

The median reported well depth near Ken Caryl is 64 feet. The middle half runs from 30 to 285 feet, so a driller's bid based only on the median could be misleading. The 90th-percentile depth is 528 feet, and the deepest record reaches 1,601 feet.

More than half of the wells, 56%, are under 100 feet. Another 19% fall between 100 and 300 feet, while 16% are 300 to 600 feet and 9% exceed 600 feet. In this Denver Basin sedimentary-bedrock setting, the local geology and the target aquifer matter more than distance alone. Fractured-bedrock wells can be especially unpredictable, so neighboring well depths are useful but not a guarantee.

What Ken Caryl wells produce for household use

Among the 246 wells in the records that report a pump yield, the median is 10.0 gallons per minute. The middle half produces 5.0 to 14.0 gallons per minute. That is a workable range for many household systems, but a yield test is more useful than a permit average for judging one property.

The low-yield tail still matters: 2% report under 1 gallon per minute, 21% report 1 to 5, 53% report 5 to 15, and 24% report more than 15. A buyer should ask how the well performed during testing, what storage tank is installed, and whether the pump and pressure system match the home's expected demand. A reported yield is not the same as a legal right to use water.

Water levels near Ken Caryl are not showing a simple decline

The median static water level is 32 feet below the surface, with the middle half between 15 and 119 feet. This is the standing water level measured when a well is not being pumped, not the depth of the well and not necessarily the level during heavy household use.

The decade series does not suggest a dropping table in these records. The median measured level was 30 feet below ground in the 2010s and 25 feet in the 2020s, meaning the later median is closer to the surface. Only 50 wells report a static water level, however, and measurements can reflect different locations, seasons and conditions. Treat the trend as limited context, not a guarantee for a particular parcel near Columbine, Dakota Ridge or Littleton.

Ken Caryl has a long permit history and several recorded drillers

Permits in the five-mile area span decades. The largest period in the records is the 1990s, with 679 permits. Other totals are 87 in the 1950s, 53 in the 1960s, 228 in the 1970s, 328 in the 1980s, 354 in the 2000s, 215 in the 2010s and 190 in the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025.

Most active driller records identify Authorized (Pe, Pg) with 567 wells, Layne, Christensen Co. (Tormoehlen, David A.) with 134, and Hier Drilling Co Inc (Hier, Bruce A.) with 102. These names help when tracing nearby construction history, but they do not replace a current licensed driller's evaluation. Check the DWR permit and construction report, including casing, grout, depth, pump information and approved use.

A median-depth Ken Caryl well costs about $9,200 to $16,500 finished

The local drilling model uses a typical rate of $50 to $70 per foot in Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock. At the 64-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $3,200 to $4,500. That is only the hole, not a complete operating system.

Including the pump, pressure tank, trenching and electrical work, the modeled finished-well range is about $9,200 to $16,500 at the median depth. A deeper-than-median site, difficult access, more casing or a different pump setup can move the bid higher. Ask each contractor to separate drilling, casing and grout, pump equipment, electrical, trenching, testing and permit-related work so competing bids describe the same scope.

Check water quality, dry-hole risk and the building layout

Water quality deserves its own investigation. Within about 10 miles, the mapped environmental inventory includes 151 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 69 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites and 61 historic mine features. That does not prove a problem at a specific well, but it is a reason to test existing well water and review nearby land uses before relying on it.

Low yield and dry holes remain possible because the records include a wide depth range and many wells have no reported pump yield. Before building, confirm septic setbacks, the wellhead location, access for a drill rig, electrical routing and space for tanks. Ask about casing and grout protection, and do not assume a permit for a household well allows unrestricted irrigation or other uses. In an over-appropriated basin, an augmentation plan may be required for some uses.

Well permits by decade near Ken Caryl

What a new well costs in Ken Caryl, 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 (285 ft) would run roughly $20,250–$31,950. 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 Ken Caryl? 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 Ken Caryl 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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