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

> 5,424 well permits in Baca County. The median well is 270 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Baca County

**5,424** well permits — 0.9% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **270 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Baca 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 | **270 ft** | 496 ft | 148 ft — deeper here (3,227 permits, 59 %) |
| Yield | **650 gpm** | 1500 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (911 permits, 17 %) |
| Static water level | **125 ft** | 235 ft | 58 ft — higher here (2,361 permits, 44 %) |

### 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 |
|---|---|---|
| [Irrigation](/county/baca/irrigation.md) | 2,904 | 53.5% |
| [Stock](/county/baca/stock.md) | 1,206 | 22.2% |
| [Domestic](/use/domestic.md) | 600 | 11.1% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 279 | 5.1% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 145 | 2.7% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 130 | 2.4% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 64 | 1.2% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 47 | 0.9% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 33 | 0.6% |
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 11 | 0.2% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 3 | 0.1% |
| Fishery | 1 | 0.0% |

### What happened to these permits

**1,760** of the 5,424 permits in Baca County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 32.4%. And
**939** expired without one: 17.3%.

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 | 1,760 | 32.4% |
| Final Permit | 1,024 | 18.9% |
| Permit Expired | 939 | 17.3% |
| Permit Canceled | 404 | 7.4% |
| Permit Issued | 336 | 6.2% |
| Application Information Requested | 304 | 5.6% |
| Well Abandoned | 227 | 4.2% |
| Application Denied | 115 | 2.1% |
| Application Received | 88 | 1.6% |
| Application Withdrawn | 52 | 1.0% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 2,791 | 51.5% |
| Southern High Plains | 735 | 13.6% |
| [Dakota](/aquifer/dakota.md) | 410 | 7.6% |
| [Ogallala](/aquifer/ogallala.md) | 366 | 6.7% |
| Cheyenne | 361 | 6.7% |
| Southern High Plains Aquifer | 278 | 5.1% |
| Dockum | 170 | 3.1% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 153 | 2.8% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 45 | 0.8% |
| Cheyenne Sandstone | 39 | 0.7% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 302 | 5.6% |
| 2010s | 563 | 10.4% |
| 2000s | 588 | 10.8% |
| 1990s | 357 | 6.6% |
| 1980s | 176 | 3.2% |
| 1970s | 783 | 14.4% |
| 1960s | 956 | 17.6% |
| 1950s | 216 | 4.0% |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.0% |

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

5,424 well permits are on the Division’s register in Baca County, 939 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 Baca County

*Well permits, Baca County — 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Resolution 99-25](/search.md) permit 305235- | Well Constructed | Stock | 400 | 0 | 2017 |
| [J's Addition](/search.md) permit 301786- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 10 | 2016 |
| [B & B Addition](/search.md) permit 290301- | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 340 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Sunset Addition (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 285107- | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 380 | 20 | 1998 |
| [Kirkwood (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 215260- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Kirkwood (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 35148-MH | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 140 | 0 | 1998 |
| [Campo](/search.md) permit 32900-F-R | Well Constructed | Municipal | 460 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Pd4082bh10208](/search.md) permit 127301--A | Well Constructed | Stock | 380 | 20 | 1991 |
| [Pd4382bh90740](/search.md) permit 156851- | Well Constructed | Stock | 240 | 5 | 1990 |
| [Pd4382bh90740](/search.md) permit 156849- | Well Constructed | Stock | 120 | 3 | 1990 |
| [J's Addition](/search.md) permit 137380--A | Well Constructed | Stock | 178 | 0 | 1984 |
| [Application Parcel Name Missing](/search.md) permit 121532- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1981 |
| [J's Addition](/search.md) permit 121531- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 0 | 1981 |
| [Tipson Addition](/search.md) permit 88871- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 0 | 1977 |
| [Arbuthnot Addition (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 89927- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 15 | 1977 |
| [Campo](/search.md) permit 92137- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 305 | 0 | 1977 |
| [Stockyard Addition](/search.md) permit 83144- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 135 | 0 | 1976 |
| [Tipton Addition](/search.md) permit 70448- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 50 | 1973 |
| [Steward Addition](/search.md) permit 72562- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 50 | 1974 |
| [Collingwood Addition](/search.md) permit 2733- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 152 | 0 | 1959 |
| [J's Addition](/search.md) permit 137380- | Well Constructed | Stock | 200 | 0 | 1955 |
| [Rinon de la Plata](/search.md) permit 119845- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 0 | 1983 |
| [J's Addition](/search.md) permit 110900- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 275 | 0 | 1980 |
| [J's Addition](/search.md) permit 115608- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 1981 |
| [2023-01](/search.md) permit 343459- | Permit Issued | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2026 |
| [2017-1](/search.md) permit 304937- | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Hel Farmstead Tract 5623](/search.md) permit 298264- | Permit Expired | Stock | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Butler](/search.md) permit 76122--A | Permit Expired (Pump Installed) | Household Use Only | 0 | 10 | 2008 |
| [Kirkwood (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 215015- | Permit Expired | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Willow Height](/search.md) permit 34221-MH | Permit Expired | Monitoring/sampling | 0 | 0 | 1998 |
| [Sunset (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 49741-F | Permit Expired | Domestic | 380 | 20 | 1998 |
| [Willow Heights](/search.md) permit 212154- | Permit Expired | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1998 |
| [Po4382bh20456](/search.md) permit 128600--A | Permit Issued | Stock | 0 | 0 | 1992 |
| [J Addition](/search.md) permit 165069- | Permit Issued | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1992 |
| [Pd4082bh10208](/search.md) permit 120075--A | Permit Issued | Stock | 0 | 0 | 1991 |
| [Pd4382bh90740](/search.md) permit 156850- | Permit Expired (Pump Installed) | Stock | 200 | 5 | 1990 |
| [Campo](/search.md) permit 32900-FP | Final Permit | Municipal | 440 | 200 | 1987 |
| [J's Addition](/search.md) permit 25511-F | Permit Expired | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 1982 |
| [J's Addition](/search.md) permit 123869- | Permit Issued | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1982 |
| [J's Addition](/search.md) permit 123870- | Permit Issued | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1982 |
| [Kirkwood (filing: 1)](/search.md) | Application Information Requested | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | — |
| [J's Addition](/search.md) permit 122421- | Permit Expired | Domestic | 0 | 0 | — |
| [Herbert Addition](/search.md) permit 662-R | Permit Canceled | Commercial | 0 | 0 | — |
| [90705-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Commercial | 100 | 0 | 1961 |
| [91112-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 370 | 0 | 1959 |
| [91113-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 225 | 0 | 1962 |
| [91114-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 1956 |
| [47866-FP-R](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 297 | 0 | 2026 |
| [342533-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 638 | 0 | 2022 |
| [4812-FP-R](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 660 | 0 | 2025 |
| [4899-FP-R](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 660 | 0 | 2025 |
| [337113-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 136 | 0 | 2025 |
| [337083-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 25 | 2025 |
| [338468-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 424 | 0 | 1973 |
| [338742-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 450 | 0 | 2025 |
| [2560-FP-R](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 560 | 0 | 2026 |
| [339828-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 380 | 14 | 2025 |
| [336587-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 0 | 2025 |
| [88920-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 546 | 0 | 2014 |
| [128629--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 200 | 0 | 2024 |
| [333934-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 440 | 0 | 2024 |
| [334650-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 280 | 0 | 2024 |
| [335279-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 160 | 6 | 2024 |
| [335295--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 340 | 0 | 2024 |
| [335873-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 370 | 0 | 2025 |
| [77781--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 740 | 25 | 2024 |
| [336334-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 360 | 0 | 2025 |
| [336750-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 420 | 0 | 2025 |
| [87875-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 670 | 0 | 2020 |
| [87876-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 1961 |
| [87877-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 1964 |
| [87878-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 1957 |
| [87879-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 1965 |
| [87880-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 1965 |
| [87845-FP](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 660 | 0 | 2023 |
| [329683-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 295 | 0 | 2023 |
| [329704-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2024 |
| [330062-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 28 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330063-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 26 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330064-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 33 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330065-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 25 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330066-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 28 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330067-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 28 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330068-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 25 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330069-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 26 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330070-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 25 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330071-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 25 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330072-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 25 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330073-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 25 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330074-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 25 | 0 | 2022 |
| [330075-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 25 | 0 | 2022 |
| [330076-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 25 | 0 | 2022 |
| [330077-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 18 | 0 | 2019 |
| [330598-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 300 | 0 | 2023 |
| [17704-FP-R](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 560 | 350 | 2023 |
| [330714--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 260 | 0 | 2024 |
| [331371-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 310 | 0 | 2024 |
| [331372-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 360 | 0 | 2025 |
| [331379-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 360 | 0 | 2025 |
| [331424-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 300 | 0 | 2024 |
| [331895-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 205 | 15 | 2024 |
| [332227-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 180 | 0 | 2024 |
| [331994--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 20 | 2023 |
| [86721-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 10 | 0 | 1998 |
| [86722-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 10 | 0 | 2011 |
| [86723-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 10 | 0 | 2019 |
| [86724-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 10 | 0 | 2019 |
| [86725-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 10 | 0 | 2019 |
| [86726-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 10 | 0 | 2019 |
| [86727-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 10 | 0 | 2019 |

### By decreed use in Baca County

- [Irrigation in Baca County](/county/baca/irrigation.md) — 2,904
- [Stock in Baca County](/county/baca/stock.md) — 1,206

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Routt](/county/routt.md) 7,264
- [Custer](/county/custer.md) 6,916
- [Kit Carson](/county/kit-carson.md) 6,777
- [Mesa](/county/mesa.md) 6,494
- [Conejos](/county/conejos.md) 5,774
- [Washington](/county/washington.md) 5,722
- [Clear Creek](/county/clear-creek.md) 5,556
- [Pitkin](/county/pitkin.md) 4,805
- [Eagle](/county/eagle.md) 4,742
- [Gilpin](/county/gilpin.md) 4,606
- [Moffat](/county/moffat.md) 4,379
- [Costilla](/county/costilla.md) 4,256
- [Huerfano](/county/huerfano.md) 4,190

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