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

> 10,088 well permits in Alamosa County. The median well is 100 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Alamosa County

**10,088** well permits — 1.7% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **100 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Alamosa 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 | **100 ft** | 600 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (6,527 permits, 65 %) |
| Yield | **20 gpm** | 800 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (1,827 permits, 18 %) |
| Static water level | **10 ft** | 49 ft | 58 ft — lower here (3,769 permits, 37 %) |

### 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/alamosa/domestic.md) | 3,719 | 36.9% |
| [Irrigation](/county/alamosa/irrigation.md) | 3,228 | 32.0% |
| [Household Use Only](/county/alamosa/household-use-only.md) | 1,102 | 10.9% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 837 | 8.3% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 369 | 3.7% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 362 | 3.6% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 298 | 3.0% |
| Wildlife | 47 | 0.5% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 37 | 0.4% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 36 | 0.4% |
| Fire | 18 | 0.2% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 16 | 0.2% |

### What happened to these permits

**5,712** of the 10,088 permits in Alamosa County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 56.6%. And
**1,670** expired without one: 16.6%.

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 | 5,712 | 56.6% |
| Permit Expired | 1,670 | 16.6% |
| Application Denied | 553 | 5.5% |
| Well Abandoned | 541 | 5.4% |
| Permit Issued | 421 | 4.2% |
| Permit Canceled | 398 | 3.9% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 376 | 3.7% |
| Application Received | 150 | 1.5% |
| Application Information Requested | 125 | 1.2% |
|   | 58 | 0.6% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 5,213 | 51.7% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Vall](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-vall.md) | 1,722 | 17.1% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 1,178 | 11.7% |
| [Confined San Luis Valley](/aquifer/confined-san-luis-valley.md) | 1,073 | 10.6% |
| [Confined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/confined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 714 | 7.1% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 106 | 1.1% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 44 | 0.4% |
| Unconfined San Luis Valley | 34 | 0.3% |
| [Upper Arapahoe](/aquifer/upper-arapahoe.md) | 3 | 0.0% |
| Confining Layer | 1 | 0.0% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 848 | 8.4% |
| 2010s | 901 | 8.9% |
| 2000s | 1,261 | 12.5% |
| 1990s | 1,645 | 16.3% |
| 1980s | 732 | 7.3% |
| 1970s | 1,725 | 17.1% |
| 1960s | 334 | 3.3% |
| 1950s | 188 | 1.9% |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.0% |

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

10,088 well permits are on the Division’s register in Alamosa County, 1,670 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 Alamosa County

*Well permits, Alamosa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Bachus Replat & Minor Division of Land](/search.md) permit 90759-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Beit Jala Ranches](/search.md) permit 341966- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2026 |
| [San Luis Valley Ranches](/search.md) permit 90679-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 5 | 2026 |
| [Zapata](/search.md) permit 89744-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Nielsen 3-parcel Minor Subdivision](/search.md) permit 337118- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Nielsen 3-parcel Minor Subdivision](/search.md) permit 337119- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 38 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Deer Valley Meadows](/search.md) permit 337964- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Dumplin Valley Subdivision #2](/search.md) permit 337686- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 38 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Zapata](/search.md) permit 89847-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 7 | 2025 |
| [Brink Divison of Land](/search.md) permit 338517- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 36 | 10 | 2025 |
| [U Lazy U 2 Parcels](/search.md) permit 339131- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Ranch At Alamosa](/search.md) permit 339587- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 56 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Deer Valley Meadows](/search.md) permit 340239- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 0 | 2026 |
| [U Lazy U 2 Parcels](/search.md) permit 340490- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 75 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Zapata](/search.md) permit 90211-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Red Wing](/search.md) permit 340608- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 42 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Beit Jala Ranches](/search.md) permit 341368- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2025 |
| [San Luis Valley Ranches (filing: 13)](/search.md) permit 90293-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 5 | 2026 |
| [Sangre de Cristo Estates](/search.md) permit 341459- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Red Wing](/search.md) permit 89360-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 1900 |
| [Edward J Espinoza Division of Land](/search.md) permit 333006- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Dumplin Valley Subdivision #2](/search.md) permit 334301- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 38 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Sangre de Cristo Estates](/search.md) permit 334917- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2024 |
| [John & Barbara Yoder Dol](/search.md) permit 334485- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Mount Blanca Valley Ranches](/search.md) permit 335112- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Mustang Division of Wild Horse Ranch](/search.md) permit 335120- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision](/search.md) permit 89393-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision](/search.md) permit 89392-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision](/search.md) permit 89391-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 89390-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Feliciana Acres](/search.md) permit 89406-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision](/search.md) permit 89493-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision](/search.md) permit 89492-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Beit Jala Ranches](/search.md) permit 335843- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Beit Jala Ranches](/search.md) permit 335844- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 45 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Beit Jala Ranches](/search.md) permit 335845- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Peak View Estates](/search.md) permit 89544-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Zapata](/search.md) permit 89536-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 1998 |
| [Heikes Division of Land](/search.md) permit 336117- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Blanca Mountain Ranches](/search.md) permit 329887- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 13 | 2023 |
| [Deer Valley Meadows](/search.md) permit 330199- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Zapata](/search.md) permit 87977-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 138 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Lyle F Hood Division of Land](/search.md) permit 88052-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 88053-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 88054-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 13 | 2023 |
| [Pickens Division of Land](/search.md) permit 331385- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 12 | 2024 |
| [Pickens Division of Land](/search.md) permit 331386- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Peak View Estates](/search.md) permit 88096-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Deer Valley Meadows](/search.md) permit 330498- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 155 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Zapata](/search.md) permit 88178-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Deer Valley Meadows](/search.md) permit 330798- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Smalley Division of Land](/search.md) permit 57098--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 48 | 20 | 2025 |
| [Sicco Division of Land](/search.md) permit 331902- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 10 | 2023 |
| [El Valle Del Sol Estates](/search.md) permit 332098- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Mount Blanca Valley Ranches](/search.md) permit 332302- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Sangre de Cristo Estates](/search.md) permit 325410- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Nielsen 3-parcel Minor Subdivision](/search.md) permit 325822- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Small Farms](/search.md) permit 86887-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 57 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Hooper Town of](/search.md) permit 325829- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 89 | 14 | 2024 |
| [Zapata](/search.md) permit 86961-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 138 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Sangre de Cristo Estates](/search.md) permit 326711- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Del Viento Estates](/search.md) permit 326834- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Deer Valley Meadows](/search.md) permit 326858- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Deer Valley Meadows](/search.md) permit 327526- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Zapata Falls](/search.md) permit 87191-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 130 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Mosca Town of](/search.md) permit 327550- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 150 | 0 | 1930 |
| [Small Farms](/search.md) permit 327654- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 1964 |
| [Resubdivision of Dumph Exemption](/search.md) permit 327956- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 525 | 0 | 1936 |
| [Deer Valley Meadows](/search.md) permit 327959- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Del Viento Estates](/search.md) permit 328403- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Red Wing](/search.md) permit 23848--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 13 | 2023 |
| [River Dance](/search.md) permit 87534-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Peak View Estates](/search.md) permit 87700-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Callbreath's Blanca Gardens](/search.md) permit 326070- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Michael Porter Division of Land](/search.md) permit 85083-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision](/search.md) permit 85141-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 15 | 2021 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision](/search.md) permit 85143-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2022 |
| [San Luis Valley Ranches (filing: 12)](/search.md) permit 85323-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Mount Blanca Valley Ranches (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 321218- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Eloquent Division of Land](/search.md) permit 321597- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 36 | 0 | 2010 |
| [Mount Blanca Valley Ranches](/search.md) permit 322606- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 1914 |
| [Deer Valley Meadows](/search.md) permit 322031- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Marcelo Juarez Division of Land](/search.md) permit 322428- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Deer Valley Meadows](/search.md) permit 324293- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Deer Valley Meadows](/search.md) permit 323801- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Zapata](/search.md) permit 86125-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 56 | 0 | 1991 |
| [Sangre de Cristo Estates](/search.md) permit 324025- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Sangre de Cristo Estates](/search.md) permit 232885--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 2001 |
| [River Dance Preserve](/search.md) permit 86232-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Mount Blanca Valley Ranches](/search.md) permit 324330- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Dumplin Valley Subdivision #2](/search.md) permit 324635- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Mckinney Addition](/search.md) permit 324807- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 1956 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision](/search.md) permit 84138-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Mount Blanca Valley Ranches](/search.md) permit 317036- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Small Farms First Addition](/search.md) permit 225338--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Small Farms First Addition](/search.md) permit 152909--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Circle Dj Ranch](/search.md) permit 317224- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision](/search.md) permit 84279-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Mosca, Town of](/search.md) permit 317791- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 45 | 0 | 1936 |
| [R and D Division of Land](/search.md) permit 317782--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 575 | 10 | 2020 |
| [Yoder Minor Subdivision](/search.md) permit 84452-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision](/search.md) permit 84479-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2021 |
| [U Lazy U 2 Parcels](/search.md) permit 317927- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 10 | 2020 |
| [Zapata (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 84578-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Davis Minor Subdivision](/search.md) permit 318304- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Pettyjohn Acres](/search.md) permit 318708- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision](/search.md) permit 84825-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Ridgetop Division of Land](/search.md) permit 84899-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Del Viento Estates](/search.md) permit 84905-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Mourning Dove Ranch](/search.md) permit 316620- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1010 | 0 | 2021 |

### By decreed use in Alamosa County

- [Domestic in Alamosa County](/county/alamosa/domestic.md) — 3,719
- [Household Use Only in Alamosa County](/county/alamosa/household-use-only.md) — 1,102
- [Irrigation in Alamosa County](/county/alamosa/irrigation.md) — 3,228

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Pueblo](/county/pueblo.md) 12,597
- [Yuma](/county/yuma.md) 12,410
- [Garfield](/county/garfield.md) 12,165
- [Grand](/county/grand.md) 11,297
- [Teller](/county/teller.md) 10,843
- [Fremont](/county/fremont.md) 10,353
- [Chaffee](/county/chaffee.md) 10,321
- [Rio Grande](/county/rio-grande.md) 9,833
- [Morgan](/county/morgan.md) 9,779
- [Logan](/county/logan.md) 9,308
- [Gunnison](/county/gunnison.md) 8,894
- [Saguache](/county/saguache.md) 8,803
- [Summit](/county/summit.md) 8,609

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