What Wells Are Like Around Kit Carson

How deep are wells around Kit Carson?

How much water do wells make near Kit Carson?

Kit Carson wells are usually shallow

Depth is the clearest local pattern. All recorded wells with a reported depth are under 100 feet. The median is 45 feet, the middle half is 38 to 52 feet, and the deepest well in the records is 81 feet. No recorded wells fall in the 100-300 foot, 300-600 foot, or 600+ foot ranges.

For a driller, that range usually means a bid should be based on a shallow target, with an allowance for variation in local alluvium and plains sedimentary rock. Shallow does not mean automatic. A casing and grout plan still matters, and a nearby well log is more useful than relying on the median alone.

What a Kit Carson well may produce

Only 21 wells in the records report a pump yield, so the yield statistics are a guide rather than a guarantee. Among those reports, the median is 15.0 gpm and the middle half is 7.0 to 15.0 gpm. The records show 57% above 15 gpm, 33% between 5 and 15 gpm, and 10% between 1 and 5 gpm.

No reported wells are under 1 gpm, but the small sample still deserves caution. A buyer should request the well construction report, pump test information, and actual pressure and recovery history. Household demand, stock use, and irrigation needs should be matched to the permitted use, not just to the reported yield.

Water levels around Kit Carson

The 11 reported static water levels have a median depth to water of 38 feet, with the middle half from 30 to 48 feet. That is broadly consistent with the shallow well depths in this plains setting, but it is not a measure of how much water a well can produce while pumping.

The permit record does not provide enough reported water-level observations here to establish a reliable dropping or rising trend by decade. A static level can also change with weather, pumping nearby, and the time since the well was last used. For a purchase, compare the subject well with current measurements from nearby wells and have the pump system checked under load.

Kit Carson permit history and local drillers

Kit Carson has 140 wells in the Colorado DWR permit records, with 86 recorded as constructed and 91 reporting a total depth. Permits appear across several decades: 7 in the 1950s, 7 in the 1960s, 14 in the 1970s, 8 in the 1980s, 7 in the 1990s, 1 in the 2000s, 28 in the 2010s, and 7 in the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2024.

The most active names in these records are Kemp's Well Service (Kemp, George), with 16 wells; Authorized (Pe, Pg), with 14; and Eastwood Drilling (Eastwood, Francis), with 8. Treat the list as permit history, not a current availability list.

Planning a new well near Kit Carson

For the local ground conditions, the drilling model uses a typical rate of $35-$55 per foot. At the 45-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $1,600-$2,500. A finished well, including the pump, tank, trenching, and electrical, is modeled at about $7,600-$14,500.

Those figures are planning ranges, not a fixed quote. Access, casing and grout requirements, power distance, trench conditions, pump sizing, water testing, and an unexpectedly poor hole can change the final price. Ask for a written bid that separates drilling from completion and identifies what happens if the hole is dry or the yield is below the intended use.

Risks to check before buying a lot

The local records name an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer for 123 wells, Alluvial for 7, and Ogallala for 2. Fractured material can be unpredictable even where nearby wells perform well. Confirm the well's permitted use: the recorded mix is 59% stock, 26% domestic or household, 11% monitoring, and 2% irrigation.

Water quality deserves separate testing. The mapping shows 33 PFAS sampling or contamination sites within about 10 miles, with no historic mine features and no EPA Superfund or cleanup sites mapped. Test the existing well, inspect septic setbacks and drainfield space, and confirm the lot can support the planned home, access, utility trenching, and replacement septic system.

Buying or building near Eads and Cheyenne Wells

Start with the exact parcel, not the area average. Pull the DWR permit and construction record, check the static level and pump performance, and compare neighboring wells before making an offer. The records around Kit Carson are shallow overall, but a shallow well can still have a damaged casing, poor grout, contamination, or a pump that cannot meet the home's demand.

For a new build, verify the well permit and allowed use before designing the house and septic system. Nearby reference points include Eads, Cheyenne Wells, Brandon, Arapahoe, and Sheridan Lake, but conditions can change from parcel to parcel. A licensed driller and septic professional should review access, setback constraints, water testing, and the construction budget before excavation begins.

Well permits by decade near Kit Carson

What a new well costs in Kit Carson, 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 (52 ft) would run roughly $7,820–$14,860. 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 Kit Carson? 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 Kit Carson 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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