What Peetz Well Records Tell You Before You Buy

How deep are wells around Peetz?

How much water do wells make near Peetz?

Peetz well depth: plan around the middle, not the outlier

The median reported well depth near Peetz is 200 feet. The middle half runs from 142 to 260 feet, so a drilling bid based near that range is more grounded than one based on the deepest record. The 90th percentile is 410 feet, and the deepest recorded well is 560 feet.

Depth records are concentrated between 100 and 300 feet, accounting for 79% of the depth mix. Another 20% fall between 300 and 600 feet, while only 1% are under 100 feet. The spread reflects local changes in plains sediments and fractured rock. Ask a driller to review nearby logs before assuming your parcel will match the median.

Expected well yield around Peetz

Among the 39 wells with reported pump yields, the median is 15.0 gallons per minute. The middle half runs from 15.0 to 36.0 gallons per minute. That is a stronger reported yield profile than many buyers expect from a rural well, but a permit record is not the same as a current production test.

Seventy-seven percent of reported wells produce more than 15 gallons per minute. Another 21% fall between 5 and 15 gallons per minute, and 3% fall between 1 and 5 gallons per minute. No reported wells are under 1 gallon per minute. Confirm the actual yield, recovery, storage, and intended household or stock demand before closing.

Peetz water levels and what the records can show

The 11 wells reporting static water levels show a median depth to water of 92 feet. The middle half is relatively tight, from 80 to 100 feet. That gives a useful starting point for pump planning and for comparing nearby well logs, but it does not establish the water level at every property.

The permit totals by decade show activity in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s, with the newest permit issued in 2025. The available facts do not pair enough water-level measurements with dates to demonstrate a dropping or rising water table. Have the seller provide current testing rather than relying on the median alone.

Who has drilled near Peetz, and how recent is the record?

Permit activity near Peetz is spread across several decades. The records list 2 permits from the 1960s, 11 from the 1970s, 8 from the 1980s, 29 from the 1990s, 21 from the 2000s, 13 from the 2010s, and 15 from the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025.

In the recorded driller names, Stewart Drilling Co. (Stewart, Dennis W.) appears on 16 wells. M&S Drilling, Inc. (Monheiser, Mark) appears on 11, and M & S Drilling Inc. (Monheiser, Lawrence) on 10. These records can help identify local experience, but verify current licensing, availability, pricing, and references before hiring.

What a new well may cost in the Peetz area

For Peetz ground described as alluvium and plains sedimentary rock, the drilling model uses a typical rate of $35 to $55 per foot. At the local median depth of 200 feet, the drilled hole works out to about $7,000 to $11,000.

A finished system costs more than the hole. Including the pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical, the model puts a completed well near $13,000 to $23,000. Treat that as a planning range, not a fixed bid. Confirm what casing, grout, mobilization, water testing, power work, and difficult access are included. A deeper-than-median hole or a change in formation can move the price outside the initial estimate.

Peetz risks: water quality, dry holes, and site layout

The records identify 5 PFAS sampling or contamination sites within about 10 miles of Peetz. They identify 0 historic mine features and 0 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. Those facts do not certify a private well as safe. Test existing water for relevant contaminants, and ask the county or Colorado agencies whether a nearby site affects your parcel.

Most permits name an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer, with 122 wells in that category. Another 9 name the Ogallala and 1 names an alluvial aquifer. Fractured rock can be unpredictable, including the possibility of a low-yield or dry hole despite nearby success. Check casing, grout, pump setting, septic setbacks, drainage, and building access before finalizing a lot plan.

Buying or building between Peetz and nearby Logan County areas

Before buying, pull the neighboring permits and construction reports within the search area, then compare depth, aquifer name, static level, yield, and use. The same review is worthwhile around Padroni, Iliff, Crook, Sterling, Fleming, and Atwood when those places are part of your local comparison. A nearby well is evidence, not a promise for your parcel.

Confirm the permit allows the intended household, stock, or irrigation use. Colorado DWR rules matter, and an exempt household-use well still has limits, including the 35 gallons-per-minute exempt-well pumping limit. In an over-appropriated basin, an augmentation plan may be required. For a build, coordinate the well, septic system, driveway, electrical route, and house location before drilling so one difficult site condition does not force expensive redesign.

Well permits by decade near Peetz

What a new well costs in Peetz, 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 (260 ft) would run roughly $15,100–$26,300. 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 Peetz? 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 Peetz 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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