Lazear, Colorado Well Depths, Yields, and Costs

How deep are wells around Lazear?

How much water do wells make near Lazear?

Lazear well depths and the ground below

The median permitted well near Lazear is 90 feet deep. The middle half runs from 40 to 142 feet, so a driller bidding a typical site may be working in a relatively shallow range, but should not treat 90 feet as a promised target. The deepest recorded well reaches 577 feet.

Depth records are split between shallow and moderate wells: 53% are under 100 feet, while 44% fall from 100 to 300 feet. Only 4% are from 300 to 600 feet, and none are recorded above 600 feet. Permits name an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer for 471 wells, with only a few identifying the Mancos or Mesa Verde Group. Mixed sedimentary and alluvial ground can change quickly across a parcel, so the nearby depth pattern is useful for a bid but not a guarantee.

What Lazear wells produce

Among the 121 wells reporting a pump yield, the median is 15.0 gallons per minute, and the middle half runs from 12.0 to 15.0 gallons per minute. That is a strong reported production pattern for household planning, although a pump yield is not the same thing as a guaranteed long-term supply.

Sixty-seven percent of reported wells produce more than 15 gallons per minute. Another 28% fall between 5 and 15 gallons per minute, 4% are between 1 and 5 gallons per minute, and 1% are under 1 gallon per minute. The low-yield share is small, but it matters when comparing lots. Ask for the well construction report, pump information, and any sustained test rather than relying only on a seller’s verbal estimate.

Water levels around Lazear and what changed

Reported static water levels are shallow overall. The median depth to water is 4 feet, with the middle half from 3 to 35 feet below the surface. That can reduce pumping lift, but a shallow water level also makes proper casing, grout, surface drainage, and wellhead protection important.

The decade figures deserve a closer look. The median reported level was 3 feet below ground in the 2010s and 59 feet in the 2020s. That difference suggests deeper measured water levels in the newer records, but it does not by itself prove that the aquifer has dropped. The sample contains only 33 static-water-level reports, and measurement location, season, well type, and pumping conditions can vary. Obtain a current measurement and ask how it was taken before drawing a conclusion about the local water table.

Lazear permit history and local drillers

Permit activity is concentrated in the more recent record. The area has 2 permits from the 1950s, 1 from the 1960s, 46 from the 1970s, 19 from the 1980s, 109 from the 1990s, 156 from the 2000s, 61 from the 2010s, and 32 from the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025.

Wildcat Drilling & Pump, Inc. (Kissner, Billy D.) appears on 104 records, while Bill Kissner Drilling Inc (Kissner, Bill F.) appears on 76. Authorized (Pe, Pg) appears on 39. These records can help identify local drilling experience and construction history, but the permit holder is not necessarily the contractor available for a new job. Confirm current licensing, insurance, scope, casing and grout details, pump sizing, and who handles the permit.

What a new well costs near Lazear

For the mixed sedimentary and alluvial ground reported in the local cost model, a typical drilling rate is $50 to $75 per foot. At the 90-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $4,500 to $6,800. That is only the drilling portion.

A finished well including the pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is modeled at about $10,500 to $18,800. The final bid can move with access, casing and grout requirements, difficult formations, water testing, power distance, and whether the site needs extra trenching or other excavation. Ask each driller to separate drilling, casing, grouting, development, pump equipment, electrical, trenching, permits, and unsuccessful-hole terms so bids can be compared fairly.

Risks to check before buying or building

Water quantity is not the only issue near Lazear. Mapped records within about 10 miles include 14 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 34 historic mine features, and 9 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. Those locations do not establish contamination on a particular parcel, but they are a reason to check the exact address, drainage direction, historic land use, and available laboratory results.

Low yield and dry-hole risk still deserve a written discussion even though only 1% of reported yields are under 1 gallon per minute. Confirm the well’s permitted use: 66% of the local use mix is domestic or household, 15% stock, 8% irrigation, and 16% monitoring. Before building, verify septic setbacks, suitable leach-field ground, driveway access, power routing, and the well’s legal ability to serve the planned home. A DWR permit review may also be needed for use changes or an augmentation plan in an over-appropriated basin.

A practical plan for a Lazear lot

Start with the exact parcel, not just the nearest town. Pull nearby DWR permits and construction reports, then compare depths, yields, aquifer descriptions, static levels, and uses. Records near Hotchkiss, about 4 miles away, may offer useful context, while Orchard City, Crawford, Cedaredge, Paonia, and Olathe are farther comparisons and should not replace parcel-level research.

For an existing home, request the well permit, construction report, pump details, recent flow information, and an independent water test. For vacant land, have a licensed driller review access and siting before you assume the median depth. Get a written drilling and completion proposal, and confirm septic and building feasibility at the same time. The local records support cautious optimism, but the property-specific well, water quality, and legal-use checks should control the purchase decision.

Well permits by decade near Lazear

What a new well costs in Lazear, 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 (142 ft) would run roughly $13,100–$22,650. 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 Lazear? 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 Lazear 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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