What to Expect From a Well in Kittredge

How deep are wells around Kittredge?

How much water do wells make near Kittredge?

A 320-Foot Median, With Plenty of Deeper Kittredge Wells

The 4,878 wells reporting depth have a 320-foot median, with the middle half running 163-505 feet. That is a broad bidding range: the median is a planning reference, not a depth a contractor can promise before drilling. The 90th-percentile depth is 750 feet, and 20% of reported wells are 600 feet or deeper.

Most permits identify an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer; others name Fractured Granite or Fractured Crystalline. Denver Basin aquifer wells account for 0%. Around Kittredge, drilling is about finding productive fractures in mountain bedrock rather than reaching a predictable basin aquifer. Compare neighboring completion logs and ask how the bid handles additional footage.

What a 6.3 GPM Yield Means for a Kittredge Home

Among 2,239 wells with reported pump yields, the median is 6.3 gpm, and the middle half falls between 3.0 and 9.1 gpm. Those figures describe reported performance, not a guarantee of sustained production during extended household demand. A current pumping test matters more than an old permit entry when evaluating an existing home.

The low end deserves attention: 3% report less than 1 gpm, while 32% report 1-5 gpm. A modest-producing well may need storage and careful demand management. For a buyer, the key questions are how long the well can sustain pumping, how it recovers, and whether its permitted use matches the intended household and outdoor needs.

Water Levels Are Deeper in Later Records, but Not a Clear Decline

Static water level is the resting depth to water, not the bottom of the well. Only 286 nearby records report it. Their median is 100 feet below ground, with the middle half at 44-160 feet. These measurements do not establish how much water a well can produce.

Decade medians deepen from 41 feet in the 1960s to 60 in the 1970s, 74 in the 1980s and 150 in the 1990s. The 2010s and 2020s both show 120 feet. Later records generally show deeper water than early records, but this is not a continuous decline or a repeated measurement of the same wells. Assess an individual Kittredge well using its own water-level and pumping history.

Kittredge's Permit History and Recorded Drillers

The surrounding well record reflects established mountain development. Permit issuance reached 1,401 in the 1970s and 1,449 in the 1990s, compared with 398 in the 2010s and 206 in the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025, so the latest decade is incomplete. Domestic and household uses account for 92% of the use mix.

The most active listed drillers are James Drilling Company (Keaton, Michael K.), with 612 records; Walton, with 430; and Living Water Systems Inc. (Goble, Robert), with 414. These are historical record counts, not confirmation of current availability. Ask prospective drillers about recent fractured-bedrock work near Kittredge, Evergreen and Indian Hills, and request an itemized written scope.

Budgeting Beyond the Hole in Kittredge Bedrock

The local cost model assumes fractured granite or gneiss at $65-$100 per foot. At the 320-foot median depth, the drilled hole is about $20,800-$32,000. A finished well with pump, tank, trenching and electrical is estimated at $26,800-$44,000. These are planning estimates, not a parcel-specific quote.

With the middle half of reported depths spanning 163-505 feet, budgeting only for a median-depth hole leaves substantial depth uncertainty. Have the driller explain additional-footage charges, casing and grout allowances, and what happens if production is inadequate. On a mountain lot, confirm rig access and the proposed trench route before comparing bids. Make sure each quote covers the same finished system.

Mine Features, PFAS Records and Low-Yield Risk

Within about 10 miles, mapped records identify 55 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 173 historic mine features and 51 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. Those counts do not prove that a particular Kittredge well is contaminated. They do justify reviewing nearby site records and choosing laboratory tests with local environmental conditions in mind.

Request current water-quality results rather than judging safety by taste or clarity. Have a qualified professional inspect the wellhead, casing condition and surface drainage. Fractured bedrock also brings low-yield and dry-hole risk, so clarify the contractor's unsuccessful-hole terms. For a building lot, evaluate well placement alongside septic suitability, required separations, excavation and the house location before committing to a site plan.

Before Closing on a Kittredge Home or Building Lot

Start with the actual parcel, not the surrounding median. Locate its DWR permit, construction report and pumping records, then check nearby wells with similar terrain and bedrock conditions. A well near Idledale or Genesee can provide context, but proximity alone does not establish what a Kittredge lot will produce.

For an existing home, make a current yield evaluation and water-quality testing part of due diligence. For vacant land, verify that a permit is available and what uses it will authorize before assuming a household well can serve irrigation or livestock. Resolve drilling access, septic feasibility and the utility route together. A workable house site still needs a workable water supply.

Well permits by decade near Kittredge

What a new well costs in Kittredge, 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 (505 ft) would run roughly $38,825–$62,500. 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 Kittredge? 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 Kittredge 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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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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