What to expect from a well near Pine

How deep are wells around Pine?

How much water do wells make near Pine?

Pine's bedrock makes depth a budget variable

Among the 5,826 wells reporting depth, the median is 305 feet. The middle half falls between 200 and 500 feet, and the 90th-percentile depth is 700 feet. A bid built around the median needs a clear price for continuing deeper; 305 feet is a planning reference, not a stopping point that guarantees water.

The permit descriptions are dominated by unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifers, with Fractured Crystalline and Fractured Granite also listed. Water comes from connected fractures in the mountain rock. Their location and productivity can change across a parcel. Compare nearby completion logs, particularly around the proposed drilling location, rather than assuming wells toward Bailey or Conifer establish your depth.

A 5.0 gpm well still needs a demand plan

The 3,231 reported pump yields have a 5.0 gpm median, with the middle half between 2.0 and 7.2 gpm. That is useful planning information for household supply, but a reported pump yield is not a guarantee of sustained output through changing conditions.

7% report less than 1 gpm. For a buyer, that is a reason to make a current pumping and recovery test part of due diligence, rather than accepting that a working faucet proves adequate supply. A low-producing well may need storage and careful demand management. A deeper hole does not automatically produce more water in fractured rock. Also check permitted uses: 94% of the records are domestic/household, but the individual permit controls what is allowed.

Water at 85 feet does not mean an 85-foot well

Only 395 records report a static water level. Their median is 85 feet below the surface, with the middle half between 42 and 184 feet. Static level describes where water rests when the well is not pumping; it is not the total drilled depth or the pumping level under demand.

The decade medians do not show a steady decline in the water table. They move from 40 feet in the 1960s to 120 in the 1990s, back to 52 in the 2000s, then 120 in the 2010s and 98 in the 2020s. These are measurements from different wells, not a continuous monitoring record. Ask for repeat measurements and recovery information on the property itself.

Pine's drilling record is largely an older one

Permit issuance was strongest in the 1990s, with 2,129 permits, followed by 1,917 in the 1970s. The records include 258 permits from the 2020s, and the newest permit year is 2025. Permits document authorization and history; they do not establish that every listed well was completed or remains serviceable.

The most represented drillers are Living Water Systems Inc. (Goble, Robert), with 1,045 records; Stan'S Drilling (Stansbury, Larry), with 622; and James Drilling Company (Keaton, Michael K.), with 478. These are historical record counts, not confirmation of current availability. On an existing Pine property, use the permit and completion documents to identify who drilled it and what was actually installed.

Budgeting a new well in Pine's granite and gneiss

The local cost model uses $65-$100 per foot for drilling fractured mountain bedrock. At the 305-foot median depth, that puts the drilled hole at about $19,800-$30,500. A finished well with pump, tank, trenching and electrical is modeled at about $25,800-$42,500.

Treat that as a planning range, not a parcel-specific quote. The 200-500-foot middle depth range leaves substantial room for the drilling bill to move. Have the contractor spell out casing, grout, testing, mobilization and what happens if drilling must continue. Steep access, a difficult rig setup and the route from the well to the house can affect the scope. Compare bids with the same finished-system requirements.

Check water quality and the buildable layout together

Within about 10 miles, the map identifies 5 PFAS sampling/contamination sites, 20 historic mine features and 3 EPA Superfund/cleanup sites. Those markers warrant a closer look, but they do not prove that a particular Pine well is contaminated. A sampling location is not necessarily a confirmed contamination source.

Get property-specific laboratory testing and discuss additional testing with the lab or local health authority based on nearby site records. Inspect the wellhead, casing and surface drainage. Fractured rock also carries low-yield and dry-hole risk; local depth alone cannot settle either concern. Before fixing the house location, confirm a workable well site, septic layout, required separation distances and drilling access. A favorable water test does not resolve a constrained building layout.

Before closing on a Pine lot or well-served home

Start with the parcel's DWR permit, not the listing's description of the well. Confirm the authorized uses, locate the completion report and match the paperwork to the physical well. For an existing home, obtain a current pumping and recovery test, laboratory results and available pump-service records.

For vacant land, review neighboring wells around the proposed site before committing to a drilling budget. The 305-foot median depth and 5.0 gpm median yield are reference points, not promises. Settle access, septic feasibility and permit eligibility early. Do not assume a household-use permit allows outdoor watering or livestock; expanded uses may require a different legal arrangement, including augmentation where applicable. Make unresolved water and site questions part of purchase due diligence.

Well permits by decade near Pine

What a new well costs in Pine, 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 (500 ft) would run roughly $38,500–$62,000. 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 Pine? 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 Pine 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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