Rock Creek Park, Colorado Well Depth, Yield and Cost

How deep are wells around Rock Creek Park?

How much water do wells make near Rock Creek Park?

Rock Creek Park well depths vary sharply by lot

The reported median depth is 36 feet, and the middle half of recorded wells falls between 21 and 64 feet. That points to many shallow wells in the local record. Still, depth is not uniform: 79% are under 100 feet, while 10% fall between 300 and 600 feet. The deepest recorded well is 2,150 feet, and the 90th percentile is 324 feet.

For a driller’s bid, the median is a useful starting point, not a promise. Mixed sedimentary and alluvial ground can change quickly across a short distance. Fractured-bedrock wells are especially unpredictable because water may depend on where fractures occur. Review nearby well logs and have a driller price the likely casing, grout and borehole depth for the specific parcel.

What Rock Creek Park wells produce

Only 69 wells report a pump yield, so the production data is much thinner than the depth data. Among those reports, the median yield is 10.0 gallons per minute, with the middle half between 5.0 and 12.0 gallons per minute. The records show 59% producing between 5 and 15 gallons per minute and 20% reporting more than 15 gallons per minute.

Low-producing wells are present but not dominant: 3% report under 1 gallon per minute, and 17% fall between 1 and 5 gallons per minute. For a buyer, that is a reason to ask for the original yield test, storage-tank details and recent pump performance. A permit’s intended use also matters; most records are monitoring wells rather than household wells.

The water-level record is too limited to show a trend

Only 8 wells report a static water level. Those records show a median depth to water of 138 feet, with the middle half between 69 and 336 feet. That spread is wide enough that one water-level measurement should not be treated as the expected level for every lot in Rock Creek Park.

The available facts do not provide a usable water-level series by decade, so they do not establish that the local water table is dropping or rising. Static level also differs from a pumping level. Before relying on a well for a home, confirm how and when the measurement was taken, ask for a current test, and have the pump contractor check whether the well can recover after sustained use.

Rock Creek Park permit history and drilling records

There are 1,038 wells in the Colorado DWR records for the area, with 679 recorded as constructed and 705 reporting a total depth. Permit activity increased substantially in the 2000s, when 479 permits were issued. The records show 125 permits in the 2010s and 20 in the 2020s; the newest permit year is 2025.

The most active driller name in the records is Authorized (Pe, Pg) with 517 entries. Can America Drilling, Inc. has 37, and W. V. Harding & Sons has 36. These counts describe permit records, not current availability, quality ratings or endorsements. Confirm licensing, insurance and present-day service area before selecting a contractor.

What a new well may cost near Rock Creek Park

The local cost model uses a typical drilling rate of $50–$75 per foot for mixed sedimentary and alluvial ground. At the recorded median depth of 36 feet, the drilled hole works out to about $1,800–$2,700. A usable installation with pump, pressure tank, trenching and electrical is estimated at $7,800–$14,700.

That finished-well range is more useful for budgeting than the borehole price alone. A deeper-than-typical hole, difficult access, extra casing, fractured rock, longer utility runs or a weak yield can change the bid. Ask for a written scope that separates drilling, casing and grout, pump equipment, pressure tank, trenching, electrical work, testing and permit-related work. The shallow median should not be used to cap a bid on an untested parcel.

Risks to check before building or buying

Most permits name an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer: 1,009 wells carry that description. The records include 4 Dakota wells and 4 Dawson wells, with no Denver Basin aquifer wells reported. That geology can produce a good well in one location and a poor or dry hole nearby. Test both quantity and recovery, not just whether water was encountered.

Environmental review also deserves attention. Within about ten miles are 81 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 67 historic mine features and 9 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. Those mapped sites do not prove contamination on a particular property, but they support professional water testing and a records review. Check septic setbacks, available building area, drainage, access for a rig, and the legal water use allowed by the DWR permit.

Well permits by decade near Rock Creek Park

What a new well costs in Rock Creek Park, 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 (64 ft) would run roughly $9,200–$16,800. 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 Rock Creek Park? 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 Rock Creek Park 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.

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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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