What Limon, Colorado Wells Are Really Like

How deep are wells around Limon?

How much water do wells make near Limon?

Limon’s shallow wells reflect plains geology

Limon sits in a plains setting where the drilling model is based on alluvium and plains sedimentary rock. The local depth median is 30 feet, with the middle half of reported wells between 20 and 50 feet. The 90th percentile is 61 feet, and 98% of the depth records are under 100 feet.

That is useful when reviewing a driller’s proposal. A bid that assumes a very deep hole deserves questions, although depth can change quickly from one parcel to the next. The deepest recorded well is 350 feet, so shallow conditions are common rather than guaranteed. Nearby records from Genoa, Hugo and Matheson can provide additional context, but the wells closest to the proposed house and septic field matter most.

What a Limon well may produce

The reported yield median is 10.0 gallons per minute, with the middle half between 10.0 and 15.0 gallons per minute. The records show 58% producing between 5 and 15 gallons per minute, while 29% report more than 15 gallons per minute.

Low-yield wells are still part of the local picture: 6% report under 1 gallon per minute and another 6% report between 1 and 5 gallons per minute. Only 65 wells report a pump yield, so these percentages describe the available records rather than every permitted well. Ask for a yield test, storage-tank sizing and the intended household use. An exempt household-use well is generally subject to Colorado’s 35 gallons-per-minute pumping limit, but that limit does not promise that the aquifer will produce that rate.

The Limon water table: shallow, but not a proven trend

Only 12 permitted wells in the Limon records report a static water level. Those measurements have a median depth to water of 20 feet, with the middle half between 17 and 27 feet. For excavation and well construction, that suggests groundwater may be encountered fairly close to the surface in some locations.

The available facts do not provide a water-level series by decade, so they do not establish that the water table is dropping or rising. A static level is also not the same as a pumping level. Ask the driller for nearby well logs, the expected pumping drawdown and the recovery behavior after testing. A shallow water table can reduce drilling depth while increasing the importance of proper casing, grout and surface drainage.

Permit history shows continued drilling around Limon

Limon’s permit record stretches from the 1950s through the newest permit year, 2025. The busiest decade in the supplied history was the 2000s, with 146 permits, followed by the 2010s with 94 and the 1990s with 86. The 2020s account for 27 permits so far in the record.

The use mix is not limited to homes: 28% are domestic or household wells, 23% stock, 5% irrigation and 39% monitoring. The most frequent driller names are Authorized (Pe, Pg), with 147 records; Eastwood Drilling (Eastwood, Francis), with 68; and Eastwood Drilling LLC (Eastwood, Robert D.), with 20. Treat permit history as evidence of local experience, not an endorsement. Confirm current licensing, insurance and the exact scope of work before hiring.

Estimated well drilling cost near Limon

The local cost model uses a drilling rate of $35 to $55 per foot for Limon’s alluvium and plains sedimentary rock. At the 30-foot median depth, the drilled hole itself models to about $1,000 to $1,600. That is only the hole, not a functioning water system.

The modeled finished-well range is about $7,000 to $13,600, including the pump, pressure tank, trenching and electrical work. A written bid should identify casing and grout, pump equipment, testing, electrical service, trench length and any difficult access. Compare bids using the same scope. A shallow hole can still become an expensive project if the lot needs a long utility trench, special access or additional site work.

Limon risks to check before you buy

Water quality deserves specific attention. The mapping shows 30 PFAS sampling or contamination sites within about 10 miles of Limon. It shows 0 historic mine features and 0 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. Those facts do not determine the quality of a particular well, but they are a reason to test the existing well or budget for a full baseline test before relying on it.

Low yield and dry holes remain possible even in an area with a 10.0-gallon-per-minute yield median. Review nearby logs for depth, aquifer name, construction and production. Most permits name an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer, with 467 wells; 58 name Alluvial and 55 name Quaternary Alluvium. Before building, confirm well and septic separation, soil suitability, driveway access, electrical routing and any augmentation-plan requirements for the intended use.

Well permits by decade near Limon

What a new well costs in Limon, 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 (50 ft) would run roughly $7,750–$14,750. 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 Limon? 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 Limon 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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• On-Site Report, $2,000 — everything above, then boots and a drone on the actual ground: house pad and septic zone located, access and winter conditions checked, rock and soil observed in person, a 15 to 20 page written opinion you can hand a lender or seller. Credited toward your project if you build with us.

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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