What Windsor Well Records Mean for a Rural Property

How deep are wells around Windsor?

How much water do wells make near Windsor?

Windsor wells are usually shallow, but the spread matters

The median reported well depth near Windsor is 30 feet. The middle half runs from 21 to 38 feet, and 93% of wells are under 100 feet. That is a favorable starting point for a drilling estimate in this plains setting. It does not mean every lot will match the median: the deepest record reaches 1,170 feet, while 3% of wells fall in each of the 100-to-300-foot and 300-to-600-foot ranges.

Most permits name an unnamed or fractured-bedrock aquifer, with alluvial and Quaternary Alluvium wells also present. A driller should review nearby completion records, geology, and the intended use before firming up a bid. A shallow median supports a narrower initial estimate, but unusual ground conditions can change the hole depth quickly.

Reported Windsor yields are generally strong

Among the 180 wells that report a pump yield, the median is 30.0 gallons per minute. The middle half spans 15.0 to 200.0 gallons per minute, and 78% report more than 15 gallons per minute. Only 2% report under 1 gallon per minute, while another 1% fall between 1 and 5 gallons per minute.

That is encouraging for a normal household well, but the yield figures are not a promise for an unbuilt lot. A test result, pump setting, storage tank, and the well's permitted use all matter. An exempt household-use well is subject to the state's 35 gpm pumping limit. Irrigation and other uses may require different permitting or water-right arrangements, especially in a basin where augmentation is required.

Windsor water levels look close to the surface

Reported static water levels have a median of 10 feet below the surface, with the middle half between 8 and 16 feet. That shallow water level fits the local plains and alluvial setting and can simplify initial drilling expectations. It can also mean that surface activities, poor casing, or damaged well seals deserve close attention.

The decade comparison does not show a clear dropping trend in these records: the median was 10 feet below surface in the 2010s and 9 feet in the 2020s. Treat that as a local record pattern, not a guarantee for a particular parcel. Static levels vary with location, season, pumping, and measurement quality. Ask for the well's construction report and recent performance information instead of relying only on the area median.

Windsor has a long permit and drilling history

Weld County records show permits from the 1950s through the newest permit year, 2025. The largest decade totals were 288 permits in the 2000s, 261 in the 2010s, and 240 in the 2020s. That history gives a buyer more neighboring records to compare, particularly around Windsor, Severance, and the edges toward Timnath.

The most active drillers in the available records are Authorized (Pe, Pg) with 403 wells, Lesh Drilling Inc. (Lesh Jr., Ed) with 219, and R & R Well & Pump Inc. (Rank, Samuel C) with 74. Those names describe permit history, not an endorsement or a current bid. Confirm licensing, insurance, scope, and who will perform the work on your property.

A Windsor well budget starts near the shallow median

For Windsor's alluvium and plains sedimentary ground, the local drilling model uses $35 to $55 per foot. Applied to the 30-foot median depth, the drilled hole is estimated at about $1,000 to $1,600. That is only the hole, not a functioning water system.

A finished well with pump, pressure tank, trenching, and electrical is estimated at $7,000 to $13,600 at that median depth. The actual proposal can move outside that range if the hole is deeper, the site has difficult access, the pump must be set differently, or electrical and trenching runs are long. Get a written bid that separates drilling, casing and grout, pump equipment, testing, electrical, and site restoration.

Check water quality, low-yield risk, and the building site

Depth and flow are only part of the due diligence. Mapped environmental records within about 10 miles include 655 PFAS sampling or contamination sites, 5 EPA Superfund or cleanup sites, and 2 historic mine features. These records do not prove a problem at a specific lot, but they justify testing the existing well and checking the property's location against known sites.

Have the well tested for the contaminants relevant to the area and the property's history. Confirm casing, grout, well cap, pump condition, and separation from septic components. Before building, verify the permit allows the planned use, identify the septic area and replacement area, and confirm access for a drill rig. A low-yield or dry hole is uncommon in the reported yield mix, but neighboring records cannot eliminate parcel-level risk.

Well permits by decade near Windsor

What a new well costs in Windsor, 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 (38 ft) would run roughly $7,330–$14,090. 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 Windsor? 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 Windsor 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.

• Instant Online Report, $99 — type the address and get a buildability read on the spot: parcel, terrain and slope, soil and septic outlook. Cheap enough to run on every lot you're shopping.
• Desktop Report, $500 — a contractor's from-the-desk feasibility read: Regulation 43 and county code, GIS parcel data, terrain, flood and drainage, soil and septic viability, setbacks and buildable envelope, nearby well depths from our 591,000-well database, the likely driveway route, and a preliminary site-development cost breakdown.
• 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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