Redstone, Colorado Well Depths, Yields, and Costs

How deep are wells around Redstone?

How much water do wells make near Redstone?

Redstone well depth: shallow records, hard-rock uncertainty

Redstone wells in the records have a median depth of 85 feet. The middle half runs from 55 to 144 feet, so many bids may fall in that range, but the spread is important: the 90th-percentile depth is 245 feet and the deepest recorded well is 600 feet. About 56% are under 100 feet, 37% fall from 100 to 300 feet, and 7% are from 300 to 600 feet.

That pattern is consistent with fractured mountain bedrock, identified on 328 permits as an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer. Granite and gneiss can produce water through fractures that change sharply across a parcel. A median-depth estimate is a planning point, not a drilling guarantee.

How much water do Redstone wells produce?

Reported well yields are generally strong, but the sample is limited to 56 wells. The median is 15.0 gallons per minute, with the middle half from 10.0 to 15.0 gallons per minute. Of the reported yields, 68% are above 15 gallons per minute, 27% are from 5 to 15 gallons per minute, and 5% are from 1 to 5 gallons per minute. No reported well is under 1 gallon per minute.

For a buyer, that is encouraging but not a promise for an untested lot. Fractured rock can make nearby wells perform differently. Ask for the well completion report, pump test information, storage capacity, and any history of seasonal shortage before relying on the headline median.

Water levels around Redstone and what the records show

The reported static water level has a median depth of 64 feet, with the middle half from 22 to 112 feet below ground. In practical terms, a pump installer may need to plan around a water level that varies substantially from one location to another. Static water level is not the same as pumping level, and it does not by itself tell you how quickly a well will recover.

Only 8 wells report a static water level, so the Redstone records are too sparse to establish a reliable water-table trend. The permit counts by decade show activity rather than groundwater decline: 18 permits in the 1960s, 42 in the 1970s, 60 in the 1980s, 89 in the 1990s, 49 in the 2000s, 21 in the 2010s, and 10 in the 2020s. The newest permit year is 2025.

Who drilled near Redstone, and when?

Permit history reaches from the 1960s through 2025, with the largest recorded decade being the 1990s at 89 permits. The records include 329 permitted wells, of which 187 are recorded as constructed. The most active drillers named in the data are Shelton Drilling Corporation, with 88 records; Collins Drilling Co, with 64; and Steve Shelton Drilling, Inc., with 46.

Those names can help when comparing older completion reports, but a past driller's presence does not establish current availability or price. Before closing, pull the actual DWR permit and construction record for the property and nearby parcels. Confirm the permitted use: 80% of the records are domestic or household wells, while monitoring wells account for 10%.

What a new Redstone well may cost

For Redstone's fractured granite and gneiss, the drilling model uses a typical rate of $65 to $100 per foot. At the local median depth of 85 feet, the drilled hole is estimated at about $5,500 to $8,500. A finished system, including pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical, is estimated at about $11,500 to $20,500.

That range is not a fixed bid. A deeper hole, difficult access, casing and grout requirements, unexpected fracture conditions, or longer utility runs can move the total. Have a driller separate drilling, casing, grout, pump equipment, trenching, electrical, water testing, and permits in the estimate. Ask what happens if the first hole is low-yield or dry.

Redstone risks to check before construction

Two PFAS sampling or contamination sites and 52 historic mine features are mapped within about 10 miles. There are no EPA Superfund or cleanup sites in that area, but a mapped feature still deserves a parcel-specific review. Test existing well water for appropriate local concerns, especially if the property is near mining activity or a potential contamination source.

Low yield and dry holes remain possible in fractured rock even though 68% of reported yields exceed 15 gallons per minute. Confirm the proposed well location, access for a rig, setbacks from septic components, and room for a replacement or storage system. A septic designer should evaluate soil, slope, and groundwater separation before a house site is selected. A DWR permit and any required augmentation plan also need review for the intended use.

Buying or building near Redstone: a practical sequence

Start with neighboring wells, not the median alone. Compare depths, reported yields, static levels, construction dates, and uses on parcels close to the lot. The local record is dominated by fractured-bedrock wells, with 328 permits naming that aquifer type and only 1 naming an alluvial aquifer, so distance to a productive neighbor does not remove geologic uncertainty.

Before making the purchase contingent on water, have a Colorado well driller review the records and price the likely depth range. Verify the permit status, household-use limitations, access route, septic layout, and electrical path. If you are building, coordinate the well, septic, driveway, and house location before excavation. For an existing home, obtain recent water-quality results and a pump test or flow evaluation rather than relying only on the seller's description.

Well permits by decade near Redstone

What a new well costs in Redstone, 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 (144 ft) would run roughly $15,360–$26,400. 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 Redstone? 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 Redstone 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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