Lynn, Colorado Well Depth, Yield, and Cost

How deep are wells around Lynn?

How much water do wells make near Lynn?

Lynn well depths vary sharply across the plains

The median reported well depth near Lynn is 222 feet. The middle half runs from 57 to 563 feet, so a driller bidding a new well has a wide local range to consider. One well reaches 2,458 feet, and 24% of reported wells are 600 feet or deeper.

The depth mix is spread out: 34% are under 100 feet, 21% fall between 100 and 300 feet, 22% between 300 and 600 feet, and 24% are 600 feet or deeper. That spread points to changing sediment and bedrock conditions from lot to lot. Use the median as a starting point for a bid, not as a promised target depth. Ground conditions, casing, grout, access, and the result of drilling all affect the final job.

Most Lynn wells make usable household quantities

Among the 53 wells with a reported pump yield, the median is 6.0 gallons per minute. The middle half produces 4.0 to 9.0 gallons per minute. That is a reasonable planning range for a household well, but the yield record is incomplete and a nearby result does not prove the same result on your lot.

Only 2% of reported wells are under 1 gallon per minute. Another 30% produce 1 to 5 gallons per minute, 58% produce 5 to 15 gallons per minute, and 9% produce more than 15 gallons per minute. Ask for the well completion report and pump test, then have a contractor size the pump, pressure tank, and storage around the actual result. Fractured-bedrock wells can be unpredictable over short distances.

Lynn water levels are recorded, but not as a trend

The 17 wells reporting static water level have a median depth to water of 57 feet. The middle half runs from 35 to 235 feet below ground. These figures help with pump planning, trenching, and estimating how much lift the system may need, but they are not a water-table measurement for every parcel.

The permit totals by decade show activity rather than groundwater decline: 2 permits in the 1960s, 12 in the 1970s, 5 in the 1980s, 49 in the 1990s, 77 in the 2000s, 30 in the 2010s, and 17 in the 2020s. Because static levels are reported for only 17 wells and no comparable decade series is provided, this record does not establish a dropping water table. Request a current water-level check when buying.

Lynn drilling history includes recent permits

The records include permits from the 1960s through the 2020s, with the newest permit year listed as 2025. The use mix is primarily domestic or household at 65%, with stock use at 37%. Irrigation accounts for 5%, and monitoring accounts for 12%; some permits can have more than one use designation.

The most active drillers in these records are Boday Well Drilling, listed with Kathleen Boday, with 26 wells; Weber Water Well Drilling & Pump Service LLC, listed with David J. Weber, with 21; and Sharpe Drilling Co, listed with Lyle M. Sharpe, with 18. These names describe permit history, not a recommendation. Confirm current licensing, availability, scope, and warranty before hiring. A Colorado DWR permit and the construction report are important parts of the property file.

What a new Lynn well may cost

For Lynn's alluvium and plains sedimentary rock, the drilling model uses $35 to $55 per foot. At the 222-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $7,800 to $12,200. That is only the hole. A finished system with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is estimated at about $13,800 to $24,200 at the same depth.

Depth is the main reason the estimate can move. A well in the 600-foot-plus group will not fit the median-depth budget, and a 2,458-foot record shows that very deep outcomes exist locally. Get a written bid that separates drilling, casing, grout, development, pump equipment, electrical, trenching, access, and unsuccessful-hole terms. Ask what happens if the well is deeper than the initial allowance.

Checks before building or buying near Lynn

Low yield is not the only risk. Review the 15 PFAS sampling or contamination sites mapped within about 10 miles and ask for a certified water test for the property well. The area also has 187 historic mine features. There are 0 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites mapped, but that does not replace a site-specific inspection or laboratory testing.

Confirm the well's casing, grout, pump setting, static level, and construction report. Septic placement and repair access need to protect the well from contamination and leave room for service equipment. Before building, confirm the DWR permit allows the intended household or stock use. In an over-appropriated basin, additional water use may require an augmentation plan. Have the septic designer, excavator, and well contractor review the lot together.

Well permits by decade near Lynn

What a new well costs in Lynn, 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 (563 ft) would run roughly $25,705–$42,965. 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 Lynn? 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 Lynn 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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