Saddle Ridge, Colorado Well Guide

How deep are wells around Saddle Ridge?

How much water do wells make near Saddle Ridge?

Saddle Ridge well depth is usually shallow

The typical permitted well near Saddle Ridge is not deep by Colorado standards. The median total depth is 75 feet, while the middle half of reported wells falls between 53 and 100 feet. About 71% are under 100 feet, and 28% fall between 100 and 300 feet. The deepest recorded well is 540 feet.

For a buyer, that range gives a reasonable starting point for a drilling bid. A proposal around the local median depth may be plausible, but a lot-specific quote still needs to account for the exact ground, casing, grout, access, and completion design. Permits identify a well’s legal and construction history; they do not promise that a new hole will match a nearby one.

Most Saddle Ridge wells report useful yields

Yield records are favorable, although only 180 wells report a pump yield. The median reported yield is 15.0 gpm, and the middle half is 15.0 to 31.2 gpm. Records show 89% producing more than 15 gpm, 10% between 5 and 15 gpm, and 1% between 1 and 5 gpm. No reported wells are under 1 gpm.

That pattern suggests a buyer should not assume low production is normal here. It also does not replace a well test. Ask for the pumping rate, recovery behavior, and usable storage in the pressure tank. Domestic wells have a defined household-use role, and an exempt well is subject to Colorado’s 35 gpm pumping limit.

Water levels near Saddle Ridge vary by measurement period

Among the 48 wells reporting a static water level, the median depth to water is 22 feet. The middle half is 15 to 38 feet below the surface, which helps explain why many local wells can be relatively shallow.

The decade series does not show a simple steadily dropping water table. The median was 27 feet below the surface in the 1950s, 8 feet in the 2010s, and 26 feet in the 2020s. Measurements may reflect different locations, seasons, and well conditions, so treat them as local history rather than a forecast. A driller should check the proposed site and nearby completed wells before finalizing depth and pump design.

Saddle Ridge has a long permit and drilling history

Colorado DWR records include 1,318 permitted wells within 5 miles of Saddle Ridge. Of those, 968 are recorded as constructed, 990 report a total depth, and 180 report a pump yield. Permits were issued from the 1950s through the 2020s, with the newest permit year being 2025.

The most active names in these records are Canfield Drilling Company, also listed as Canfield, Harold E, with 208 wells; Authorized (Pe, Pg), with 121; and Canfield, Leslie George, with 111. These records can help you identify local experience, but verify current licensing, insurance, scope, and references before hiring. Nearby Blue Sky, Morgan Heights, Log Lane Village, Fort Morgan, Trail Side, and Weldona can provide additional comparison points.

What a new Saddle Ridge well may cost

The cost model for Saddle Ridge assumes alluvium and plains sedimentary rock. A typical drilling rate is $35 to $55 per foot. At the local median depth of 75 feet, the drilled hole is modeled at about $2,600 to $4,100.

A finished system is more than the borehole. Including the pump, tank, trenching, and electrical, the estimated total is about $8,600 to $16,100 at the median depth. Use this as an early budgeting range, not a fixed bid. Access, casing and grout requirements, water testing, difficult ground, power distance, and a deeper-than-expected hole can change the final price.

Check water quality, yield, and site constraints

Permit data does not establish that water is safe to drink. Within about 10 miles, the mapped environmental record includes 22 PFAS sampling or contamination sites and 3 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites. There are no historic mine features in the mapped information. Before buying, test an existing well and ask for the laboratory report, treatment history, and any notices tied to the property.

Low yield and dry-hole risk still deserve attention even where nearby production looks good. Confirm the proposed well location has room for casing, grout, maintenance, and separation from septic components. A septic designer should evaluate soil, setbacks, and the building layout before the well location is fixed. Water rights also matter: some uses require an augmentation plan in an over-appropriated basin.

Well permits by decade near Saddle Ridge

What a new well costs in Saddle Ridge, 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 (100 ft) would run roughly $9,500–$17,500. 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 Saddle Ridge? 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 Saddle Ridge 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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