Mesa, Colorado Well Depth, Yield, and Cost Guide

How deep are wells around Mesa?

How much water do wells make near Mesa?

Mesa well depths depend on sediment and fractured bedrock

The 130-foot median is a useful starting point for Mesa, but the spread is wide. The middle half of reported wells runs from 80 to 245 feet. About 34% are under 100 feet, 48% fall between 100 and 300 feet, and 16% are between 300 and 600 feet. The deepest recorded well reaches 733 feet.

Records identify the aquifer as unnamed or fractured bedrock for 667 wells, with only a few permits naming the Mesa Verde Group or Wasatch. In fractured rock, nearby wells can differ substantially. Give a driller the neighboring depths before accepting a fixed bid, and ask how extra footage, casing, and grouting will be handled if the first target does not produce.

Expected well yield around Mesa

Reported production is reasonably strong in the local records, with a 10.0 gpm median and a middle half from 5.0 to 15.0 gpm. The yield mix shows 43% between 5 and 15 gpm and 37% above 15 gpm. Only 1% report less than 1 gpm, while 19% fall between 1 and 5 gpm.

That is useful for household planning, but a well's pumping rate is not the same as unlimited daily supply. Storage, pump controls, plumbing, and the well's recovery rate matter. Confirm the permit's allowed use before assuming irrigation, livestock, or other demands are covered. Most local permits are domestic or household permits, at 83% of the records.

Mesa water levels and what the record shows

Only 51 wells report a static water level, so the water-level sample is much smaller than the depth and permit sample. Where measurements are available, the median depth to water is 73 feet, with the middle half from 30 to 150 feet below the surface.

The decade figures do not show a simple decline in this record. The median measured water level was 100 feet below ground in the 2010s and 68 feet in the 2020s. That difference should not be treated as proof of a rising regional water table because the measured wells and locations may differ. For a purchase, ask for the well construction report, static level, pump test information, and any recent operating problems.

Mesa permit history and active drillers

Well permitting has continued across several decades. The records show 8 permits in the 1950s, 10 in the 1960s, 72 in the 1970s, 79 in the 1980s, 176 in the 1990s, 151 in the 2000s, 57 in the 2010s, and 53 in the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025.

The most common drillers in these records are Rule (Rule, Leo A) with 73 wells, Bill Kissner Drilling Inc (Kissner, Bill F.) with 71, and Wildcat Drilling & Pump, Inc. (Kissner, Billy D.) with 60. Treat this as permit history, not a current endorsement or guarantee of availability.

What a new Mesa well may cost

The local cost model assumes mixed sedimentary and alluvial ground and a drilling rate of $50-$75 per foot. At the 130-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $6,500-$9,800. A finished system, including pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical, is modeled at about $12,500-$21,800.

Use that range for early budgeting, not as a guaranteed quote. A deeper hole, difficult access, extra casing or grout, unusual trenching, and electrical distance can change the final price. Ask for a written breakdown separating drilling, casing and completion, pump equipment, trenching, electrical work, testing, and any permit-related work. On a vacant parcel, include driveway and equipment access in the site budget.

Mesa risks to check before buying or building

The records show 28 PFAS sampling or contamination sites within about 10 miles, along with 3 historic mine features. There are 0 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites in that mapped set. These facts do not establish contamination at a specific property. Test the well water for ordinary household concerns and contaminants relevant to the parcel's location, and review any available environmental records before closing.

Low yield and dry holes remain possible even where the area median is favorable. Confirm the well's construction, pump test, static level, and production history. Also verify setbacks and placement for the septic system, replacement area, house, driveway, and drainage. Colorado DWR permit conditions control use; an exempt household-use well is not automatically permission for every proposed use.

Well permits by decade near Mesa

What a new well costs in Mesa, 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 (245 ft) would run roughly $18,250–$30,375. 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 Mesa? 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 Mesa 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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