What Sherrelwood well records mean for your property

How deep are wells around Sherrelwood?

How much water do wells make near Sherrelwood?

Why Sherrelwood’s 29-foot median needs context

Among 5,826 records reporting depth, the median is 29 feet and the middle half runs from 20 to 40 feet. That describes a predominantly shallow dataset: 89% are under 100 feet. It does not establish the drilling depth for a new residential supply, especially with monitoring wells dominating local records.

Depth also has a long upper tail. The 90th percentile is 115 feet, while the deepest record reaches 1,751 feet. Permits identify Alluvial and Quaternary Alluvium wells, and the cost model assumes Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock. A useful bid must identify the intended aquifer and permitted use rather than price a household well from the overall median.

Reported yields are strong, but sparsely documented

Only 228 nearby records report pump yield. Their median is 20.0 gpm, with the middle half between 10.0 and 80.0 gpm. Recorded yields of 15 gpm or more make up 64%, but those figures combine well purposes and should not be treated as a household-well guarantee.

At the low end, 5% report less than 1 gpm. For a buyer, that means checking sustained output and recovery rather than relying on a pump turning on during a showing. A low-producing well may require storage and careful demand management. Reported yield also does not establish how much water a DWR permit legally allows you to withdraw or use.

Shallow groundwater does not show a falling trend

The 245 records with static water levels show a median depth to water of 10 feet, with the middle half from 6 to 20 feet below the surface. Static level is where water stands when the well is resting; it is not the total well depth or the water level while pumping.

Decade medians move from 30 feet in the 1960s to 10 feet in the 2010s and 8 feet in the 2020s. Those figures do not show a dropping water table. They also are not repeat measurements of the same wells, so they cannot prove recovery at a particular Sherrelwood property. Shallow groundwater warrants attention during excavation and septic feasibility work.

Sherrelwood’s permit activity is largely monitoring work

Permit activity increased from 402 records in the 1980s to 1,687 in the 1990s. The 2010s account for 2,536 permits, while the 2020s include 987; the newest permit year is 2025. The current decade is incomplete, so that comparison does not establish a slowdown. Of all nearby permits, 5,047 are recorded as constructed.

The leading driller-field entry is “Authorized (Pe, Pg)” with 3,353 records; treat that as a record label, not a verified drilling-company recommendation. Named firms include Layne, Christensen Co. (Tormoehlen, David A.) with 184 and Ground Exploration Llc (Bender, Joseph T.) with 157. Given the monitoring-heavy use mix, activity counts alone do not establish residential drilling experience.

What the Sherrelwood drilling estimate actually covers

The supplied cost model uses Denver Basin sedimentary bedrock at $50-$70 per foot. At the recorded median depth, it estimates about $1,400-$2,000 for the drilled hole and $7,400-$14,000 for a finished well with pump, tank, trenching and electrical.

That is a median-depth model, not a residential quote. The shallow monitoring-heavy records may not match the aquifer a household supply must reach. Ask a driller to state the target depth, casing and grout specifications, pump assumptions and access requirements. Have the estimate distinguish drilling from the complete working system, and explain how additional depth or an unsuccessful hole would be billed.

Environmental records deserve a parcel-level review

Within about 10 miles, the mapped inventory includes 699 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 176 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites and 4 historic mine features. These are screening flags, not proof that a particular Sherrelwood well is contaminated. A sampling location does not necessarily represent a confirmed contamination finding.

Before buying, obtain available water-quality results and arrange testing appropriate to nearby site histories, including PFAS where warranted. Inspect the wellhead, casing and surface drainage. The 5% share reporting less than 1 gpm supports checking production carefully, but yield records do not measure dry-hole risk. Review septic separation, groundwater conditions and the proposed building footprint before committing to a layout.

Start with the permit before buying a Sherrelwood lot

First establish how the parcel is legally supplied with water. Do not assume a mapped well can serve a new home or that an existing household permit authorizes irrigation. Confirm the permit, approved uses and construction record with DWR, along with any applicable augmentation requirements.

Then compare genuinely similar wells around Twin Lakes, Welby, Shaw Heights and North Washington. Match aquifer and use before comparing depth or yield. For an existing supply, request a pumping evaluation, recovery observations and current laboratory results. For a build, coordinate drilling access, driveway placement, septic feasibility and utility trenching before fixing the house location. Make unresolved water-supply questions part of purchase due diligence.

Well permits by decade near Sherrelwood

What a new well costs in Sherrelwood, 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 (40 ft) would run roughly $8,000–$14,800. 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 Sherrelwood? 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 Sherrelwood 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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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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