Security-Widefield Colorado Well Guide

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How much water do wells make near Security-Widefield?

Security-Widefield well depth and ground conditions

Security-Widefield wells are generally shallow compared with many Colorado mountain and foothill areas. The median reported depth is 50 feet, while the middle half falls between 30 and 69 feet. Ninety-four percent of reported wells are under 100 feet; 5% fall between 100 and 300 feet, and 1% are between 300 and 600 feet.

That spread matters when requesting a drilling bid. A contractor may be able to price a shallow well from nearby records, but the deepest record is 505 feet, showing that local conditions can change sharply from one parcel to the next. Records primarily identify unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifers, with fewer alluvial wells. Mixed sedimentary and alluvial ground can still produce different drilling conditions across Security-Widefield, Stratmoor, and Fountain.

What Security-Widefield wells produce

The reported yield median is 15.0 gallons per minute, with the middle half ranging from 3.9 to 150.0 gallons per minute. The distribution is broad: 19% of reported yields are under 1 gallon per minute, 7% are from 1 to 5, 22% are from 5 to 15, and 51% exceed 15 gallons per minute.

For a buyer, the 19% under 1 gallon per minute is the caution point. A low-yield well may still serve a household if storage and use are planned correctly, but it leaves less margin for irrigation or unusual demand. Because only 167 wells report yield, do not assume the median applies to an untested parcel. Ask for the well test, production rate, storage setup, and permit conditions before relying on a water supply.

Water levels and the local record

Reported static water levels have a median depth of 47 feet below the surface, with the middle half between 35 and 64 feet. That generally places the water level near the same shallow range as the typical well depth, but static level is not the same as a guaranteed pumping level.

The decade comparison deserves attention. The median measured water level was 41 feet below the surface in the 2010s and 51 feet in the 2020s. That is a deeper measured level in the more recent decade, which may suggest declining water levels, but the record includes only 78 static-water-level reports and may not compare the same wells or seasons. Have a contractor measure the existing well and review neighboring logs before assuming the trend applies to a specific lot.

Security-Widefield permit history and drillers

There are 2,726 wells in the Colorado DWR permit records within the study area, with 1,458 recorded as constructed and 1,704 reporting total depth. Permits span from the 1950s through the newest permit year, 2025. Activity was highest in the 2000s, when 803 permits were issued, followed by 469 in the 1990s and 448 in the 2010s.

The most active driller names in these records are Authorized (Pe, Pg), with 793 records; M & B Drilling Co. (Mateyka, John E.), with 86; and Layne, Christensen Co. (Tormoehlen, David A.), with 83. These names help identify local permit history, but they are not a recommendation. Confirm current licensing, insurance, references, and the scope of a written bid.

What a new well costs near Security-Widefield

For the mixed sedimentary and alluvial ground reported around Security-Widefield, the drilling model uses about $50 to $75 per foot. At the local median depth of 50 feet, the drilled hole works out to roughly $2,500 to $3,800.

That is not the complete water-system price. A finished well including the pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is modeled at about $8,500 to $15,800. The final bid can change with access, casing and grout requirements, ground conditions, required testing, distance to the building, and whether the hole must go deeper than nearby wells. Get the drilling and completion scopes separated so a low per-foot price does not hide omitted site or electrical work.

Risks to check before building or buying

Water quantity is the first concern: 19% of reported yield tests are under 1 gallon per minute, and a single dry or low-producing hole can change a project budget. Water quality also deserves independent testing. Within about ten miles are 121 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 14 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites, and 26 historic mine features. Those mapped sites do not prove a particular parcel is contaminated, but they justify checking location, direction of groundwater flow, and prior land use.

Review the well permit, construction report, casing and grout details, pump test, and static water level. Confirm septic setbacks, replacement-area needs, building location, driveway access, and utility trench routes before closing. Household-use wells may be exempt wells, but the actual permit controls what the well can legally serve.

Buying or building on a Security-Widefield lot

Start with the nearest completed wells, not a countywide average. Compare their depths, reported yields, static levels, aquifer descriptions, construction dates, and intended uses. Records show 15% domestic or household use, 8% irrigation, 2% stock, and 54% monitoring, so many nearby records may not represent a residential supply.

Before committing, make the contract contingent on reviewing the DWR permit and construction report, inspecting any existing pump and pressure system, and obtaining water-quality results. For a vacant lot, ask drillers to price a reasonable target depth and a deeper contingency, then budget the complete system rather than only the hole. Coordinate the well with septic, the home footprint, access, and electrical service so a workable water source does not create a site-layout problem.

Well permits by decade near Security-Widefield

What a new well costs in Security-Widefield, 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 (69 ft) would run roughly $9,450–$17,175. 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.

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