Welcome to OwlLake.com, the official Owl Lake Estates Homeowners Association web site.
Located in Firestone, Colorado, Owl Lake Estates features 24 beautiful custom homes on rare, acreage lots. Owl Lake offers vast mountain views, a peaceful and private lake (irrigation use only), a small community atmosphere and of course, beautiful owls!
We encourage all Owl Lake homeowners to refer to this site and keep in touch with the latest information and upcoming news from Owl Lake Estates.
Upcoming Events / Notices
Last update: Saturday, 10/19/24 @ 2:30 PM
ATTENTION - The irrigation system has been shut down for the season
Irrigation Pump Shut Down – Saturday, October 19th, 2024, at Noon
The irrigation system has been shut down for the season. Don’t forget to winterize your yard. This includes plants, trees, lawns, and especially your irrigation systems. Draining and blowing out your sprinkler systems thoroughly will prevent broken pipes, and you will have far less headaches for when you start your systems in the Spring. If you plan on doing sprinkler blowouts, please close your isolation valve to the lake water to perform your winter blowouts.
Water Leases Remaining for 2024
This dynamic chart is updated every time we call for our leased water. Once we run out, there is no more water to be leased.
Leased water is primarily used July through September. Our leases must accommodate us through September.
Do not water between 11 AM and 4:00 PM! PLEASE STOP and check your systems!
In case of water emergency during these times, you may call:
Sean Flagg at 303.619.4455 (m) or Garrett Bragalone at 303.678.7677 (h)
Recent Events
- Oct 19 - Shut down pump around 2pm, blow out at the pump, drain lines around lake, leave valves open. Drain pump system.
- Oct 17-18 - Run sprinklers at the sign and soak for hours
- Oct 13 - 16th Partial fill (40 for 4 days, R at top of 3rd hole, finished at the top)
- Oct 8 - Discuss with HOA board extending watering due to very mild weather.
- Oct 7 - Finish banking transition. Provide status letter for closing.
- Oct 4 - Visit bank again, provide additional paperwork for transition.
- Oct 3 - Meet with bank, provide paperwork. Need to provide more paperwork
- Sept 29 - 15th Partial fill (40 for 4 days, R 53 of 60 at top of 3rd hole) - Season slowing down. No more using storage, on River/Storage
- Sept 27 - Work with Bank on transition to new treasurer, meet with executive board for bank transition minutes.
- Sept 26 - Talk with potential buyers about house and covenants/bylaws
- Sept 18 - 14th Partial fill (40" for 4 days, R 45 of 60 at 3rd hole, maxed out when done) - Ditch issues, delayed due to discarded oil in main ditch
- Sept 17- Talk with realtor and potential home buyer about rules, neighborhood covenants, etc.
- Sept 14 - 2nd mowing of lake 10:30am-1:30pm, lake is full, but really nice job. Bragalones spent 2 hours trimming trees for mower operations
- Sept 7 - Walk around with new mowing company (1.5 hrs)
- Sept 4 - 13th Partial fill with copper sulfate (40" for 4 days, S 37 of 60)
- Sept 1 - Transition activities with new treasurer and get invoices ready and sent
- August 19 - 12th Partial fill - with copper sulfate (40" for 4 days, S, 29 of 60)
- August 7 - 11th Partial fill - with copper sulfate (40" for 4 days, S, 21 of 60 - start of bottom of first hole, end at first line)
- August 5 - Successfully transferred Town of Firestone Account to from Doug to Garrett
- August 3 - Add gauge to website showing resources left
- July 29 - 10th Partial fill (40" for 4 days, S, 13 of 60 - start of bottom of first hole, end at first line)
- July 21 - 9th Partial fill (40" for 3 days, S. 6 of 60 - start of bottom of first hole - dirty water due to storm)
- July 13 - Flush all major HOA lines. Restart pump at 4:00 PM
- July 12 - Start Transition treasurer role from Sharp to Sewzack. Thermal shutdown on pump, restart at 3:30
- July 11th - Switch to Storage, water HOA trees
- July 9 - 8th Partial fill (60" for 3 days - R - water at second line, ended at top of concrete)
- Jun 27 - Homeowner line broken for 2 days. Shut them down from lake until they fix. Ditch water problems with delivery. Continuing to monitor
- June 26 - 6th Partial fill (60" for 6 days - R, water at bottom 4th hole) - Not running well, called ditch rider to adjust again
- June 23 - Shut down pump to clean cotton and vents for airflow. Fix valve at sign to water trees
- June 22 - Restart pump, heat shutdown, excessive usage observed. Homeowner issue with severe blockage. Blew out east side and lake valves again.
- June 15 - 5th Partial fill (40" for 6 days - R)
- June 11 - Pay water lease CBT transfer fees to Coal Ridge Ditch. Reach to groups about our available Panama water.
- June 1 - 5th Partial Fill (40" for 5 days - R)
- May 22nd - 4th Partial Fill (40" for 4 days -R - first hole, filled to first line)
- May 21st - First mowing of the lake - 10-1PM
- May 16th - Paid Leases, Quantum, Backflow - Backflow reports posted to the web
- May 15th - Quantum Pump came out, determined analog inputs for current position were not working, moved to another position and got correct pressure.
- May 15th - Work obtaining and leasing shares. Leases acquired (TOF 60 @ 54)
- May14th - Monitoring pump with vendor.
- May 11th - 3rd Partial Fill (40" for 3 days - R - at second line)
- May 11th - Replacement sensor and cable installed. Flushed out all 4 blowouts with Zadel, Flagg and Sharp. Really dirty on east side. Tightened water bearing, change set points.
- May 10th - Sean/Garrett test pump. Sensor problems. Faulty cable and possible sensor
- May 9th - Work on treasurer transition - Deposits
- May 3rd - Wise / Bragalone ran a load of branches to cleanup day
- May 3rd - Backflow testing - Everyone passed except for 6745, who is capping and 9160 removed theirs for 2024
- April 24th - Emergency ditch shutdown by Section 18 due to injury. Anita will resume from 5/1-5/7.
- April 22th - Confirm backflow testing schedule. Work on HOA communications and newsletters regarding backflow testing and irrigation startup.
- April 17th 2nd Fill (60" for 3 days, R - filled to the top) to top off before Clemmer runs for 12 days from 4/20 - 5/1 and Anita from 5/1 - 5/7 (locked up for 17-18 days)
- April 13th - Working with Backflow specialist on backflow testing dates towards the end of the month
- April 5 - Javier called and wants to start water ASAP. Bragalone's cleaned culvert. First fill (40" for 7 days - R)
- April 3 - Q2 invoices sent
- March 25 - File Periodic Report
- March 17 - Quote from Sawyer for Debris Pile removal
- Feb 5 - Annual HOA meeting at Carbon Valley Library
- Feb 5 - Attend Boulder White Rock ditch meeting
- Jan 22 - ACC meeting for review of projects
- Jan 19 - Remove Holiday lights
- Jan 17 - HOA dues and annual meeting information mailed.
- Jan 1 - Start to process HOA dues