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.
10,088Permits
100 ftMedian depth
1,670Expired
0Denver Basin aquifer
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.
| 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 | 3,719 | 36.9% |
| Irrigation | 3,228 | 32.0% |
| Household Use Only | 1,102 | 10.9% |
| Monitoring/sampling | 837 | 8.3% |
| Other | 369 | 3.7% |
| Stock | 362 | 3.6% |
| Commercial | 298 | 3.0% |
| Wildlife | 47 | 0.5% |
| Municipal | 37 | 0.4% |
| Not stated | 36 | 0.4% |
| Fire | 18 | 0.2% |
| Geothermal | 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.
| 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 | 5,213 | 51.7% |
| Unconfined San Luis Vall | 1,722 | 17.1% |
| Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer | 1,178 | 11.7% |
| Confined San Luis Valley | 1,073 | 10.6% |
| Confined San Luis Valley Aquifer | 714 | 7.1% |
| Not stated | 106 | 1.1% |
| Alluvial | 44 | 0.4% |
| Unconfined San Luis Valley | 34 | 0.3% |
| Upper Arapahoe | 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.
Permits on record in Alamosa County
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachus Replat & Minor Division of Land permit 90759-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2026 |
| Beit Jala Ranches permit 341966- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2026 |
| San Luis Valley Ranches permit 90679-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 5 | 2026 |
| Zapata permit 89744-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2025 |
| Nielsen 3-parcel Minor Subdivision permit 337118- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2025 |
| Nielsen 3-parcel Minor Subdivision permit 337119- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 38 | 0 | 2025 |
| Deer Valley Meadows permit 337964- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 10 | 2025 |
| Dumplin Valley Subdivision #2 permit 337686- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 38 | 0 | 2025 |
| Zapata permit 89847-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 7 | 2025 |
| Brink Divison of Land permit 338517- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 36 | 10 | 2025 |
| U Lazy U 2 Parcels permit 339131- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 10 | 2025 |
| Ranch At Alamosa permit 339587- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 56 | 10 | 2025 |
| Deer Valley Meadows permit 340239- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 0 | 2026 |
| U Lazy U 2 Parcels permit 340490- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 75 | 10 | 2025 |
| Zapata permit 90211-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2025 |
| Red Wing permit 340608- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 42 | 12 | 2025 |
| Beit Jala Ranches permit 341368- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2025 |
| San Luis Valley Ranches (filing: 13) permit 90293-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 5 | 2026 |
| Sangre de Cristo Estates permit 341459- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2026 |
| Red Wing permit 89360-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 1900 |
| Edward J Espinoza Division of Land permit 333006- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2024 |
| Dumplin Valley Subdivision #2 permit 334301- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 38 | 0 | 2025 |
| Sangre de Cristo Estates permit 334917- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2024 |
| John & Barbara Yoder Dol permit 334485- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2024 |
| Mount Blanca Valley Ranches permit 335112- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 10 | 2025 |
| Mustang Division of Wild Horse Ranch permit 335120- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 10 | 2025 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision permit 89393-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2025 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision permit 89392-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2025 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision permit 89391-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2025 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision (filing: 2) permit 89390-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2024 |
| Feliciana Acres permit 89406-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2024 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision permit 89493-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 10 | 2024 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision permit 89492-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 10 | 2024 |
| Beit Jala Ranches permit 335843- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2025 |
| Beit Jala Ranches permit 335844- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 45 | 0 | 2025 |
| Beit Jala Ranches permit 335845- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2024 |
| Peak View Estates permit 89544-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 10 | 2025 |
| Zapata permit 89536-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 1998 |
| Heikes Division of Land permit 336117- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 15 | 2024 |
| Blanca Mountain Ranches permit 329887- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 13 | 2023 |
| Deer Valley Meadows permit 330199- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2024 |
| Zapata permit 87977-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 138 | 5 | 2023 |
| Lyle F Hood Division of Land permit 88052-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 15 | 2023 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision (filing: 2) permit 88053-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2023 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision (filing: 2) permit 88054-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 13 | 2023 |
| Pickens Division of Land permit 331385- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 12 | 2024 |
| Pickens Division of Land permit 331386- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2024 |
| Peak View Estates permit 88096-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2023 |
| Deer Valley Meadows permit 330498- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 155 | 0 | 2024 |
| Zapata permit 88178-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2025 |
| Deer Valley Meadows permit 330798- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2024 |
| Smalley Division of Land permit 57098--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 48 | 20 | 2025 |
| Sicco Division of Land permit 331902- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 10 | 2023 |
| El Valle Del Sol Estates permit 332098- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 10 | 2024 |
| Mount Blanca Valley Ranches permit 332302- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 10 | 2024 |
| Sangre de Cristo Estates permit 325410- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 10 | 2022 |
| Nielsen 3-parcel Minor Subdivision permit 325822- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2023 |
| Small Farms permit 86887-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 57 | 15 | 2022 |
| Hooper Town of permit 325829- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 89 | 14 | 2024 |
| Zapata permit 86961-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 138 | 0 | 2023 |
| Sangre de Cristo Estates permit 326711- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 15 | 2022 |
| Del Viento Estates permit 326834- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2023 |
| Deer Valley Meadows permit 326858- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2022 |
| Deer Valley Meadows permit 327526- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2023 |
| Zapata Falls permit 87191-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 130 | 0 | 2022 |
| Mosca Town of permit 327550- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 150 | 0 | 1930 |
| Small Farms permit 327654- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 1964 |
| Resubdivision of Dumph Exemption permit 327956- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 525 | 0 | 1936 |
| Deer Valley Meadows permit 327959- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2023 |
| Del Viento Estates permit 328403- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2022 |
| Red Wing permit 23848--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 13 | 2023 |
| River Dance permit 87534-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 15 | 2023 |
| Peak View Estates permit 87700-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 15 | 2023 |
| Callbreath's Blanca Gardens permit 326070- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2022 |
| Michael Porter Division of Land permit 85083-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2020 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision permit 85141-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 15 | 2021 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision permit 85143-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2022 |
| San Luis Valley Ranches (filing: 12) permit 85323-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2021 |
| Mount Blanca Valley Ranches (filing: 1) permit 321218- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2021 |
| Eloquent Division of Land permit 321597- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 36 | 0 | 2010 |
| Mount Blanca Valley Ranches permit 322606- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 1914 |
| Deer Valley Meadows permit 322031- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 10 | 2021 |
| Marcelo Juarez Division of Land permit 322428- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 10 | 2022 |
| Deer Valley Meadows permit 324293- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2021 |
| Deer Valley Meadows permit 323801- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2022 |
| Zapata permit 86125-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 56 | 0 | 1991 |
| Sangre de Cristo Estates permit 324025- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2021 |
| Sangre de Cristo Estates permit 232885--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 2001 |
| River Dance Preserve permit 86232-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 15 | 2022 |
| Mount Blanca Valley Ranches permit 324330- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 10 | 2021 |
| Dumplin Valley Subdivision #2 permit 324635- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 15 | 2022 |
| Mckinney Addition permit 324807- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 1956 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision permit 84138-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2021 |
| Mount Blanca Valley Ranches permit 317036- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2020 |
| Small Farms First Addition permit 225338--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 15 | 2020 |
| Small Farms First Addition permit 152909--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 15 | 2020 |
| Circle Dj Ranch permit 317224- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 15 | 2020 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision permit 84279-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2020 |
| Mosca, Town of permit 317791- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 45 | 0 | 1936 |
| R and D Division of Land permit 317782--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 575 | 10 | 2020 |
| Yoder Minor Subdivision permit 84452-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2020 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision permit 84479-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2021 |
| U Lazy U 2 Parcels permit 317927- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 10 | 2020 |
| Zapata (filing: 1) permit 84578-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2021 |
| Davis Minor Subdivision permit 318304- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2022 |
| Pettyjohn Acres permit 318708- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2020 |
| Yoder Ridgetop Subdivision permit 84825-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2021 |
| Ridgetop Division of Land permit 84899-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2020 |
| Del Viento Estates permit 84905-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2021 |
| Mourning Dove Ranch permit 316620- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1010 | 0 | 2021 |
By decreed use in Alamosa County
- Domestic in Alamosa County — 3,719
- Household Use Only in Alamosa County — 1,102
- Irrigation in Alamosa County — 3,228
Counties with a comparable register
- Pueblo 12,597
- Yuma 12,410
- Garfield 12,165
- Grand 11,297
- Teller 10,843
- Fremont 10,353
- Chaffee 10,321
- Rio Grande 9,833
- Morgan 9,779
- Logan 9,308
- Gunnison 8,894
- Saguache 8,803
- Summit 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.