Park Center, Colorado Well Guide

How deep are wells around Park Center?

How much water do wells make near Park Center?

Park Center well depths reflect fractured mountain ground

Park Center wells are often shallow by Colorado mountain standards. The median recorded depth is 60 feet, and the middle half runs from 35 to 193 feet. About 65% are under 100 feet, while 16% fall from 100 to 300 feet, 13% from 300 to 600 feet, and 7% exceed 600 feet. The deepest record is 3,216 feet.

That spread matters when you ask for a drilling bid. A nearby shallow well may not predict your result because granite and gneiss can fracture differently from one lot to the next. Use nearby wells to establish a starting range, then ask a licensed driller how access, casing, grout and expected fractures could change the plan.

Most Park Center wells make usable household quantities

Among the 107 wells reporting pump yield, the median is 11.0 gallons per minute. The middle half produces 8.0 to 15.0 gallons per minute. About 57% fall between 5 and 15 gallons per minute, and 36% report more than 15 gallons per minute. Only 1% are under 1 gallon per minute, with 7% between 1 and 5 gallons per minute.

That is a favorable local record, but it does not remove the risk of a low-yield or dry hole. Yield testing and storage design still matter, especially for a larger home, livestock or irrigation. An exempt household-use well remains subject to its permit terms and Colorado’s 35-gallon-per-minute exempt-well pumping limit.

Recorded water levels do not cover enough wells for a trend

The 18 Park Center wells reporting static water level have a median depth to water of 62 feet. The middle half ranges from 16 to 154 feet. Those values help show how far a pump may need to lift water, but they are not a broad groundwater trend because static measurements are available for only a small part of the permitted record.

The permits identify 730 wells in unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifers, four in alluvial aquifers and three in the Dakota aquifer. No Denver Basin aquifer wells are recorded. For a purchase, ask for the actual well test and static level on the property, then compare it with nearby permits rather than assuming the regional median applies to your lot.

Park Center drilling records span decades

Permit activity increased from five permits in the 1950s and nine in the 1960s to 50 in the 1970s, 75 in the 1980s, 106 in the 1990s and 176 in the 2000s. The record shows 92 permits in the 2010s and 69 in the 2020s, with the newest permit year listed as 2025.

The most active names in these records are Authorized (Pe, Pg), Arkansas Valley Drilling (Moore, Todd A.) and Young'S Drilling & Pump Serv (Young, Nolen). Permit history can show how nearby ground has been developed, but it is not a recommendation or proof that a contractor is available for your project. Confirm current licensing, insurance, scope and references before signing.

What a new well may cost near Park Center

Park Center drilling is priced for fractured mountain bedrock, described in the local cost model as granite and gneiss. The typical drilling rate is $65 to $100 per foot. At the 60-foot median depth, the drilled hole works out to about $3,900 to $6,000.

A finished system costs more than the hole. Including a pump, pressure tank, trenching and electrical, the modeled total is about $9,900 to $18,000 at that median depth. A deeper hole, difficult access, extra casing or unexpected rock can move the bid higher. Get a written proposal that separates drilling, casing and grout, pump equipment, electrical, trenching, testing and permit-related work.

Check water quality, septic space and building access

Environmental due diligence deserves attention around Park Center. Within about 10 miles, the mapped record includes 29 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 76 historic mine features and four EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. Those locations do not prove a particular well is contaminated, but they are good reasons to test the water and investigate the lot’s history, drainage and nearby land uses.

Low yield and dry holes remain possible in fractured rock even though the reported yield statistics are generally strong. Before building, confirm that the well location, septic system, replacement area, driveway and house site can fit together. Septic setbacks, trenching, steep access and electrical runs can affect both feasibility and cost. Water treatment should be based on laboratory results, not assumptions about mountain wells.

Use neighboring permits before buying a Park Center lot

Start with the permit map for the immediate property and nearby Cañon City, Lincoln Park, Brookside, Williamsburg and Rockvale records. Compare depths, reported yields and static water levels, paying attention to whether the neighboring wells are completed in similar fractured ground. The strongest evidence is usually the closest comparable well, not the regional median by itself.

For an existing home, obtain the well permit, construction record, pump information, recent flow test and water-quality results. For vacant land, make the drilling risk part of the purchase decision and ask a local driller to assess access and likely depth before closing. If the parcel is in an over-appropriated basin, confirm whether an augmentation plan or other water-right requirement applies before relying on a new well for the proposed use.

Well permits by decade near Park Center

What a new well costs in Park Center, 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 (193 ft) would run roughly $18,545–$31,300. 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 Park Center? 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 Park Center 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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