What Kersey Wells Cost, Produce, and Require

How deep are wells around Kersey?

How much water do wells make near Kersey?

Kersey well depth is usually shallow, but not always

The median reported depth near Kersey is 48 feet. The middle half of wells falls from 30 to 68 feet, and 90% are under 100 feet. That gives a driller a reasonable starting point for a bid on a typical plains property, rather than assuming a deep mountain-style hole.

The range is still wide. The deepest well in the records reaches 1,315 feet, while 8% fall between 100 and 300 feet and 2% between 300 and 600 feet. Local permits name unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifers for 1,563 wells, alluvial aquifers for 337, and Quaternary Alluvium for 46. Denver Basin aquifer wells account for 54%, so the exact formation beneath your parcel can change the plan.

Reported Kersey yields are strong, but verify the test

Only 271 wells in the records report a pump yield, so the yield statistics describe tested wells rather than every permitted well. Among those reports, the median is 15.0 gallons per minute, and the middle half runs from 15.0 to 500.0 gallons per minute.

Seventy-six percent of reported wells produce more than 15 gallons per minute. Another 20% fall between 5 and 15 gpm, and 4% fall between 1 and 5 gpm. No reported wells are under 1 gpm. For a buyer, that is encouraging, but a yield test and the approved permit use still control the practical water supply. An exempt household-use well is subject to the 35-gpm pumping limit, even when the aquifer could produce more.

Kersey water levels look shallower in newer records

Of the local records, 215 report a static water level. The median depth to water is 8 feet, with the middle half between 5 and 14 feet below the surface. That is important for excavation, casing, grout, pump placement, and protecting the wellhead from surface water.

The decade series does not suggest a dropping water table in these records. Median measured depth to water was 20 feet in the 2000s, 9 feet in the 2010s, and 7 feet in the 2020s. This is a record trend, not a guarantee for a specific parcel; measurement locations, seasons, pumping, and well construction can differ. Ask for the original static-water reading and compare nearby wells in Kersey, Garden City, and La Salle.

Kersey permits show steady drilling activity

Permit history shows wells being added across every decade from the 1950s through the 2020s. The largest recorded decade is the 2020s, with 401 permits, and the newest permit year is 2025. The records also include 264 permits from the 2000s and 205 from the 2010s.

The most frequently listed drillers are Authorized (Pe, Pg), with 418 records; Clement, Glenn A., with 152; and R & R Well & Pump Inc. (Rank, Samuel C), with 84. These are names in the permit history, not a recommendation or a statement that they are available today. Before hiring anyone, confirm current licensing, insurance, scope, and who will handle the DWR permit and completion paperwork.

A typical Kersey well costs more than the drilled hole

The local cost model uses Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock and a drilling rate of $50 to $70 per foot. At the 48-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $2,400 to $3,400. That is not the finished water system.

With a pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical work, the modeled finished-well range is about $8,400 to $15,400. A bid should identify casing, grout, pump size, pressure equipment, testing, electrical, trench length, access, and permit work. A shallow hole can still require substantial site and utility work. If a driller encounters different ground or the well must go deeper than the local median, the final price can move outside this planning range.

Check Kersey water quality, yield, and building constraints

Mapped environmental records within about 10 miles include 2,356 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 12 historic mine features, and 3 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. These mapped sites do not prove that a particular well is contaminated, but they are a reason to test existing water and understand the parcel’s relationship to potential sources.

Low yield and dry holes remain possible despite the strong reported median. Review nearby completion reports, aquifer names, static levels, and pump tests before buying. Septic setbacks, wellhead protection, access for a rig, and separation from waste systems must fit the lot. A water-rights review is also important for irrigation or other uses; over-appropriated basins can require an augmentation plan.

Well permits by decade near Kersey

What a new well costs in Kersey, 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 (68 ft) would run roughly $9,400–$16,760. 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 Kersey? 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 Kersey 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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