Lake George, Colorado Well Depth, Yield, and Cost

How deep are wells around Lake George?

How much water do wells make near Lake George?

How deep are wells around Lake George?

The median reported well depth near Lake George is 154 feet. The middle half runs from 100 to 250 feet, so a bid based around the median should still allow for meaningful variation. A driller pricing only a shallow hole may not be allowing enough room for this mountain ground.

Depths range considerably in the records. Fifty-five percent of wells are between 100 and 300 feet, while 23% are under 100 feet. Another 20% fall between 300 and 600 feet, and 2% are deeper than 600 feet. The deepest recorded well is 701 feet.

Most permits identify unnamed fractured bedrock. Seven name Fractured Granite and one names Fractured Crystalline. Granite and gneiss can change quickly over short distances, so neighboring depths are planning evidence, not a guarantee.

What water yield can a Lake George well make?

Among the 214 wells that report a pump yield, the median is 7.0 gallons per minute. The middle half is 2.1 to 10.0 gallons per minute. That spread matters when sizing a pressure system and deciding whether storage is useful for the home.

Fifty-one percent of reported wells produce between 5 and 15 gallons per minute. Thirty-five percent fall between 1 and 5 gallons per minute, while 6% are under 1 gallon per minute. Seven percent report more than 15 gallons per minute.

A low-yield well is not automatically unusable, but it can require careful pump selection, a storage tank, and conservative household planning. Ask for the completion report and the actual production test instead of relying only on a driller’s verbal estimate.

What does the water table look like near Lake George?

Only 36 wells in the local records report a static water level, so this part of the dataset is limited. For those wells, the median depth to standing water is 85 feet, with the middle half from 54 to 118 feet.

That water-level information helps with pump planning, but it is not enough to establish a broad trend for the Lake George area. The records do not provide a dependable water-level-by-decade series here. Do not assume that a deeper well automatically means a declining water table; fractured rock can produce different results on nearby parcels.

Have the driller review static and pumping levels from nearby wells, then confirm the finished well’s recovery and pump performance. A permit record shows history, not a promise of future supply.

Who has drilled near Lake George, and when?

Permit activity began in the records during the 1950s, with the largest decade being the 1990s at 134 permits. The records show 10 permits in the 1950s, 14 in the 1960s, 83 in the 1970s, 81 in the 1980s, 69 in the 2000s, 48 in the 2010s, and 37 in the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025.

The most active names in this dataset are Rmpd, Ltd Dba Rocky Mtn Pump & Drilling (Dietrich, William F.) with 90 records, Inter Mountain Drilling Ltd. (Moss, Dan) with 59, and Mountain Well Improvement Llc (Wiley, David D.) with 55.

Use these records to identify local experience, then verify current licensing, insurance, availability, and the exact work included in a bid. A driller familiar with fractured mountain ground can explain the risks more clearly than a generic per-foot quote.

What does a new well cost at Lake George?

The cost model for Lake George assumes fractured mountain bedrock, including granite and gneiss, at a drilling rate of $65 to $100 per foot. At the 154-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $10,000 to $15,400.

That is not the complete water system. A finished well with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical work is modeled at about $16,000 to $27,400. The upper end becomes more likely when the hole runs deeper, access is difficult, casing or grout requirements increase, or the site needs more excavation.

When comparing bids, ask where drilling stops and whether testing, casing, grout, pump equipment, trenching, electrical work, and permits are included. A low per-foot number can leave major parts of the finished system outside the quoted price.

What risks should buyers check before building?

Water quantity is the first practical risk. Six percent of reported yields are under 1 gallon per minute, and fractured-bedrock wells can be unpredictable even where nearby parcels have water. A dry hole or weak production result can change the project budget, so review nearby completion reports before closing.

Water quality also deserves its own check. Within about 10 miles, the mapped environmental sites include 3 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 50 historic mine features, and 1 EPA Superfund or cleanup site. These locations do not prove contamination on a particular lot, but they are reasons to test the well water and investigate site history.

Confirm septic setbacks, well access for a rig, building-envelope limitations, and the location of driveways and utilities. A domestic or household use appears on 92% of permits, while stock use appears on 11% and monitoring on 3%; irrigation is not reported in this dataset.

Buying or building on a Lake George lot

Start with the Colorado DWR permit file for the parcel and nearby wells. Look for completed depths, reported yields, static water levels, well construction, and the stated use. The nearby records cover Florissant, about 10 miles away, and extend toward Divide, Guffey, Hartsel, Westcreek, and Midland, but the closest comparable wells deserve the most attention.

Before buying, have a local driller review access, likely casing depth, bedrock conditions, and a realistic dry-hole or low-yield contingency. For a building plan, budget from the full finished-well range rather than the drilling-only range, and coordinate the well, septic system, driveway, electrical service, and house location together.

After completion, obtain the well construction and pump-test paperwork, test the water, and keep the records with the property documents. Permits and neighboring wells reduce uncertainty; they do not replace site-specific investigation.

Well permits by decade near Lake George

What a new well costs in Lake George, 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 (250 ft) would run roughly $22,250–$37,000. 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 Lake George? 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 Lake George 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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