# Well permits in Adams County, Colorado — how deep, how much

> 26,561 well permits in Adams County. The median well is 55 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Adams County

**26,561** well permits — 4.4% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **55 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Adams County

This is the part a buyer actually wants, and it is not published anywhere else. The figures below are medians over the permits where the Division was told — a mean would be carried away by a handful of industrial wells.

*Medians, on the permits where the Division was told — never a mean, which a few industrial wells would carry away*

| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Colorado median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depth | **55 ft** | 560 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (15,737 permits, 59 %) |
| Yield | **12 gpm** | 128 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (4,329 permits, 16 %) |
| Static water level | **54 ft** | 240 ft | 58 ft — lower here (10,323 permits, 39 %) |

### What the permits allow

A well permit is not a general right to water: it names what the water may be used for, and the narrowest of them — household use only — means inside the house and nothing else.

| Decreed use | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Domestic](/county/adams/domestic.md) | 9,364 | 35.3% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/county/adams/monitoring-sampling.md) | 9,123 | 34.3% |
| [Irrigation](/county/adams/irrigation.md) | 1,926 | 7.3% |
| [Other](/county/adams/other.md) | 1,546 | 5.8% |
| [Commercial](/county/adams/commercial.md) | 1,007 | 3.8% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 996 | 3.7% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 835 | 3.1% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 569 | 2.1% |
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 492 | 1.9% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 271 | 1.0% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 165 | 0.6% |
| Dewatering | 129 | 0.5% |

### What happened to these permits

**13,757** of the 26,561 permits in Adams County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 51.8%. And
**4,035** expired without one: 15.2%.

An expired permit is the trap in a rural sale. A seller can
produce a permit that lapsed years ago, and a permit is not a water right
— the two are separate, and a purchase turns on both.
[What an expired permit does and does not mean](/expired.md).

| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Well Constructed | 13,757 | 51.8% |
| Permit Expired | 4,035 | 15.2% |
| Well Abandoned | 3,726 | 14.0% |
| Permit Issued | 1,043 | 3.9% |
| Permit Canceled | 877 | 3.3% |
| Application Information Requested | 782 | 2.9% |
| NA | 548 | 2.1% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 443 | 1.7% |
| Application Denied | 388 | 1.5% |
| Final Permit | 255 | 1.0% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 16,011 | 60.3% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 1,864 | 7.0% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 1,634 | 6.2% |
| [Upper Arapahoe](/aquifer/upper-arapahoe.md) | 1,446 | 5.4% |
| [Arapahoe](/aquifer/arapahoe.md) | 1,324 | 5.0% |
| [Lower Arapahoe](/aquifer/lower-arapahoe.md) | 1,232 | 4.6% |
| [Laramie Fox Hills](/aquifer/laramie-fox-hills.md) | 926 | 3.5% |
| [Denver](/aquifer/denver.md) | 761 | 2.9% |
| [Quaternary Alluvium](/aquifer/quaternary-alluvium.md) | 760 | 2.9% |
| [Laramie-fox Hills](/aquifer/laramie-fox-hills.md) | 323 | 1.2% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 2,570 | 9.7% |
| 2010s | 3,925 | 14.8% |
| 2000s | 4,860 | 18.3% |
| 1990s | 4,046 | 15.2% |
| 1980s | 1,970 | 7.4% |
| 1970s | 1,708 | 6.4% |
| 1960s | 1,116 | 4.2% |
| 1950s | 1,261 | 4.7% |
| 1930s | 2 | 0.0% |

### Buying land in Adams County, or need a well drilled?

26,561 well permits are on the Division’s register in Adams County, 4,035 of them expired. This site tells you what a permit says; it does not drill, and it is not advice on a water right. Tell us where and we pass the request to drillers and water-rights advisers working in Colorado.

We take no commission and we recommend no driller. We have no arrangement with any firm today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. [What we do with this](/privacy.md).

### Permits on record in Adams County

*Well permits, Adams County — 110 of the 110 shown carry the subdivision or plat name the applicant gave; a 0 means the Division was never told, not a measurement of zero*

| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Green Estates](/search.md) permit 111418--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 10 | 2026 |
| [Parcel 3](/search.md) permit 90703-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 15 | 2026 |
| [Parcel 1](/search.md) permit 342730- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Tapia Residences](/search.md) permit 90873-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 480 | 9 | 2023 |
| [Parcel 16](/search.md) permit 337024- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Parcel 14](/search.md) permit 337269- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 11 | 2025 |
| [Aguilar (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 336940- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| [C & D Estates Pud](/search.md) permit 337975- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Oak Park Estates](/search.md) permit 89756-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 515 | 11 | 2025 |
| [Seven Hills](/search.md) permit 337244- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 9 | 2025 |
| [Comanche Creek Estates](/search.md) permit 337571- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Seven Hills](/search.md) permit 338740- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 11 | 2025 |
| [Transport](/search.md) permit 87902--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 950 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Wolf Creek Run Pud](/search.md) permit 90151-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 1149 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Wadley Farms (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 100159--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 6 | 2025 |
| [Seven Hills](/search.md) permit 339667- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 9 | 2025 |
| [Green Estates](/search.md) permit 278654--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Parcel 5](/search.md) permit 340126- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Van Aire](/search.md) permit 67876--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Brighton East Horizons](/search.md) permit 340514- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 560 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Comanche Vista Estates](/search.md) permit 340629- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 8 | 2026 |
| [Comanche Creek Estates](/search.md) permit 340824- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 11 | 2025 |
| [Wadley Farms](/search.md) permit 341435- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 345 | 0 | 1977 |
| [Barr City](/search.md) permit 341045- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 440 | 11 | 2025 |
| [Brighton Terrace](/search.md) permit 90425-F | Well Constructed | Municipal | 61 | 0 | 1996 |
| [Brighton East Horizons](/search.md) permit 185328--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1250 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Heritage Heights](/search.md) permit 58209-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 680 | 9 | 2026 |
| [Tlc Estates](/search.md) permit 89264-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Rose Hill](/search.md) permit 333251- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2024 |
| [B1](/search.md) permit 333012- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 580 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Buffalo Estates](/search.md) permit 223796--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Barr City (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 114922--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Grasslands At Comanche](/search.md) permit 89017-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 13 | 2024 |
| [Parcel 3](/search.md) permit 333784- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Barr City](/search.md) permit 334098- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 270 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Seven Hills](/search.md) permit 333989- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Seven Hills](/search.md) permit 333990- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Van Aire](/search.md) permit 61427--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Twin Lakes Estates](/search.md) permit 44657-F-R | Well Constructed | Municipal | 1030 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Parcel 3](/search.md) permit 334156- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Neitenbach Minor](/search.md) permit 89063-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 930 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Neitenbach Minor](/search.md) permit 89064-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 935 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Grasslands At Comanche](/search.md) permit 89362-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 13 | 2026 |
| [Town of Bennett](/search.md) permit 334564- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 9 | 2024 |
| [Riverdale Peaks](/search.md) permit 52312-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Parcel 16](/search.md) permit 334572- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Heritage Heights](/search.md) permit 79589-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 550 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Parcel 6](/search.md) permit 335451- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 14 | 2024 |
| [Wiesner](/search.md) permit 89443-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 902 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Parcel 3](/search.md) permit 336079- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 165 | 9 | 2025 |
| [Parcel 3](/search.md) permit 335799- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Pleasant View](/search.md) permit 335510- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 20 | 1971 |
| [Parcel 1](/search.md) permit 336129- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 580 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Parcel 10](/search.md) permit 336188- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 11 | 2025 |
| [Corcilius Acres](/search.md) permit 132959--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 803 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Parcel 6](/search.md) permit 329985- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 14 | 2024 |
| [Parcel 4](/search.md) permit 330245- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 505 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Parcel 2](/search.md) permit 330229- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 452 | 13 | 2023 |
| [Parcel 2](/search.md) permit 329895- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 12 | 2023 |
| [Parcel 4](/search.md) permit 329896- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 11.2 | 2023 |
| [Tract](/search.md) permit 329993- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Grasslands At Comanche](/search.md) permit 88089-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 9 | 2023 |
| [Grasslands At Comanche](/search.md) permit 88342-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 12 | 2023 |
| [Grasslands At Comanche](/search.md) permit 88754-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Wadley Farms (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 94950--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Marquart Tract](/search.md) permit 331783- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 375 | 12 | 2023 |
| [Seven Hills](/search.md) permit 332138- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Grasslands At Comanche](/search.md) permit 88662-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Farmlore North](/search.md) permit 37148-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 52 | 19 | 2024 |
| [Marquart Tract](/search.md) permit 325241- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 12 | 2023 |
| [7 Hills Estates](/search.md) permit 325490- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 12 | 2023 |
| [Silva Estates](/search.md) permit 325407- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 930 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Hayesmount Ridge Estates](/search.md) permit 86940-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1310 | 10 | 2022 |
| [High Prairie Ranch](/search.md) permit 325381- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 8 | 2023 |
| [Sand Creek](/search.md) permit 86708-F | Well Constructed | Dewatering | 17 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Sand Creek](/search.md) permit 86709-F | Well Constructed | Dewatering | 19 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Sand Creek](/search.md) permit 86710-F | Well Constructed | Dewatering | 17 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Sand Creek](/search.md) permit 86711-F | Well Constructed | Dewatering | 17 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Parcel 1](/search.md) permit 326119- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Parcel 2](/search.md) permit 326120- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Parcel 2](/search.md) permit 326303- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 9 | 2022 |
| [Parcel 2](/search.md) permit 326582- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Marquart](/search.md) permit 326477- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 12 | 2023 |
| [Grasslands At Comanche](/search.md) permit 86953-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 13 | 2022 |
| [Pleasant View](/search.md) permit 327105- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 445 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Wadley Farms (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 171050--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1012 | 5 | 2022 |
| [Parcel D](/search.md) permit 327732- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Parcel 8](/search.md) permit 328191- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 9 | 2024 |
| [Grasslands At Comanche](/search.md) permit 87378-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 540 | 11 | 2022 |
| [Grasslands At Comanche](/search.md) permit 87379-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 520 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Byers Mountain View Estates](/search.md) permit 329091- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 12 | 2023 |
| [Parcel 1](/search.md) permit 329146- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Marquart](/search.md) permit 48013--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 12 | 2023 |
| [Buffalo Estates](/search.md) permit 214341--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 510 | 11 | 2024 |
| [New England Heights](/search.md) permit 61677-MH | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 25 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Parcel](/search.md) permit 85094-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 700 | 11 | 2021 |
| [Wheatland Heights](/search.md) permit 320100- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 580 | 9 | 2021 |
| [Grasslands At Comanche](/search.md) permit 85054-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 11 | 2021 |
| [Parcel 2](/search.md) permit 323276- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Hayesmount Ridge Estates](/search.md) permit 85098-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1310 | 11 | 2022 |
| [Northwest Estates](/search.md) permit 320123- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 380 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Bray Tract](/search.md) permit 320172- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1010 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Hayesmount Ridge Estates](/search.md) permit 85196-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1310 | 11 | 2021 |
| [Camas (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 85350-F | Well Constructed | Municipal | 36 | 300 | 2020 |
| [Parcel A](/search.md) permit 321219- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Deer Valley Estates](/search.md) permit 321579- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 710 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Strasburg East](/search.md) permit 321526- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Parcel 2](/search.md) permit 321642- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 110 | 7 | 2021 |
| [Verland Reavis](/search.md) permit 322308- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 850 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Grasslands At Comanche](/search.md) permit 85539-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 15 | 2022 |

### By decreed use in Adams County

- [Commercial in Adams County](/county/adams/commercial.md) — 1,007
- [Domestic in Adams County](/county/adams/domestic.md) — 9,364
- [Irrigation in Adams County](/county/adams/irrigation.md) — 1,926
- [Monitoring/sampling in Adams County](/county/adams/monitoring-sampling.md) — 9,123
- [Other in Adams County](/county/adams/other.md) — 1,546

### Counties with a comparable register

- [El Paso](/county/el-paso.md) 46,491
- [Weld](/county/weld.md) 43,473
- [Jefferson](/county/jefferson.md) 42,751
- [Park](/county/park.md) 22,930
- [Douglas](/county/douglas.md) 22,500
- [Larimer](/county/larimer.md) 20,919
- [Boulder](/county/boulder.md) 20,791
- [La Plata](/county/la-plata.md) 18,518
- [Elbert](/county/elbert.md) 17,636
- [Arapahoe](/county/arapahoe.md) 17,030
- [Denver](/county/denver.md) 13,096
- [Pueblo](/county/pueblo.md) 12,597
- [Yuma](/county/yuma.md) 12,410

Neighbours by the size of their register, not a ranking: the list slides with the county you are on, so each of the 63 county pages is reachable from the others. [All of them](/county.md).

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Recolha: 2026-08-21