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Well permits in Bent County

2,362 well permits — 0.4% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 78 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.

2,362Permits
78 ftMedian depth
262Expired
0Denver Basin aquifer

How deep people drill in Bent 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
MeasurementMedian90th percentileColorado median
Depth78 ft405 ft148 ft — shallower here (1,670 permits, 71 %)
Yield15 gpm380 gpm10 gpm — higher here (257 permits, 11 %)
Static water level52 ft235 ft58 ft — lower here (1,034 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 usePermitsShare
Domestic77632.9%
Stock45319.2%
Irrigation44518.8%
Monitoring/sampling38616.3%
Commercial1114.7%
Household Use Only642.7%
Not stated592.5%
Municipal461.9%
Other190.8%
Geothermal20.1%
Dewatering10.0%

What happened to these permits

1,509 of the 2,362 permits in Bent County ended with a well the Division was told about — 63.9%. And 262 expired without one: 11.1%.

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.

StatusPermitsShare
Well Constructed1,50963.9%
Permit Expired26211.1%
Well Abandoned1335.6%
Permit Issued1054.4%
Permit Canceled1034.4%
Well Replaced - Abandonment Required883.7%
Application Denied522.2%
Application Information Requested461.9%
220.9%
See Associated Receipts170.7%

Which aquifers

AquiferPermitsShare
All Unnamed Aquifers1,87579.4%
Dakota1556.6%
Cheyenne1034.4%
Not stated823.5%
Alluvial461.9%
Cheyenne Sandstone391.7%
Dakota Sandstone241.0%
Quaternary Alluvium140.6%
Dakota Group Aquifer70.3%
Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer50.2%

When the permits were issued

Issued inPermitsShare
2020s1456.1%
2010s2169.1%
2000s49420.9%
1990s31613.4%
1980s1586.7%
1970s1405.9%
1960s1014.3%
1950s562.4%
1900s10.0%

Buying land in Bent County, or need a well drilled?

2,362 well permits are on the Division’s register in Bent County, 262 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 Bent County

Well permits, Bent County — 48 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 numberStatusDecreed useDepth (ft)Yield (gpm)Year
Fort Lyons
permit 297470-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only31502015
Fort Lyon National Cemetery
permit 77297-F		Well ConstructedIrrigation3402013
Broyles Ranch At Prowers
permit 286013-		Well ConstructedDomestic639.52011
Railroad Addition
permit 282329-		Well ConstructedDomestic22502010
City of Las Animas
permit 68010-F		Well ConstructedMunicipal302402009
City of Las Animas
permit 67969-F		Well ConstructedMunicipal312452009
Taliaferro
permit 282221-		Well ConstructedDomestic4502009
Broyles Ranch Amended Plat
permit 29680-F-R		Well ConstructedIrrigation569002007
Broyles Ranch Amended Plat
permit 10072-R-R		Well ConstructedIrrigation627102007
Broyles Ranch Amended Plat
permit 10071-R-R		Well ConstructedIrrigation5914002007
Las Animas City of
permit 275120-		Well ConstructedDomestic3502007
City of Las Animas
permit 15297-R-R		Well ConstructedMunicipal322502006
Caddoa Town of
permit 247601-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only18502003
Las Animas City of
permit 241319--A		Well ConstructedDomestic38122002
Las Animas City of
permit 231133--A		Well ConstructedDomestic35352001
Caddoa Dam Townsite
permit 37632-MH		Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling20001999
Caddoa Dam Townsite
permit 223687-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only51502000
Caddoa Town of
permit 227857-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only60002000
Seifert & Martin Addition
permit 229642-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only440102000
Mcvay Addition
permit 229396--A		Well ConstructedIrrigation3002001
Caddoa Town of
permit 193224-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only13801996
Jay's Addition
permit 171928-		Well ConstructedDomestic3001993
Gaddoa
permit 147363-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only26021987
Caddoa Town of
permit 132151-		Well ConstructedDomestic13701983
Arrowwood 3 (filing: 2)
permit 32272--A		Well ConstructedDomestic20001982
Jay's Addition
permit 101447--A		Well ConstructedDomestic2801979
Reyhers First Addition
permit 95236-		Well ConstructedDomestic2101977
Reyhers First Addition
permit 95237-		Well ConstructedDomestic1901977
Reyhers First Addition
permit 95334-		Well ConstructedDomestic2001977
Charles Voss
permit 74720-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only12501974
ColoniesWell ConstructedDomestic400—
Caddoa Town of
permit 736-RN		Well ConstructedDomestic10201971
Voss Addition
permit 330120--A		Permit ExpiredDomestic002023
Taliaferro
permit 282221--A		Permit ExpiredDomestic002018
Fort Lyons
permit 83340--A		Permit CanceledDomestic002015
Caddoa Town of
permit 147363--A		Permit ExpiredHousehold Use Only002010
Las Animas City of
permit 275120--A		Permit ExpiredDomestic002007
Las Animas City of
permit 241319-		Well Replaced - Abandonment RequiredDomestic5002002
Las Animas City of
permit 231133-		Well Replaced - Abandonment RequiredDomestic3002001
Mcvay Addition
permit 229396-		Well AbandonedIrrigation2402000
Amherst (filing: 2)
permit 95152-VE		Permit IssuedCommercial001995
Jay's Addition
permit 171928--A		Permit ExpiredDomestic001993
Charles Voss
permit 143899--A		Permit IssuedHousehold Use Only001992
Charles Voss
permit 143899-		Well Constructed - Replacement Permit IssuedHousehold Use Only13501986
Las Animas City of
permit 109567-		Permit IssuedHousehold Use Only001979
Bent County Bank SubdivisionApplication Information RequestedDomestic00—
Wertz Bro LlpApplication Information RequestedHousehold Use Only00—
ColoniesApplication Information RequestedDomestic00—
342098-Well ConstructedDomestic8002026
342523-Well ConstructedDomestic6002026
9234-F-RWell ConstructedIrrigation6102026
341232-Well ConstructedDomestic4501943
4001117-MHWell ConstructedNot stated15502024
334285-Well ConstructedDomestic3402025
334906-Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only2301943
335138-Well ConstructedDomestic57502024
335416--AWell ConstructedDomestic23502024
336387-Well ConstructedDomestic3101953
4000119-MHWell ConstructedNot stated48602023
330120-Well ConstructedDomestic16001964
330393-Well ConstructedDomestic30002023
330353-Well ConstructedDomestic15001916
330669-Well ConstructedDomestic40002025
330875-Well ConstructedDomestic380142023
330974-Well ConstructedStock5302025
330975-Well ConstructedDomestic5302025
330999-Well ConstructedDomestic40002025
332036-Well ConstructedDomestic500142023
332325-Well ConstructedStock5002023
325718-Well ConstructedStock37002023
325913-Well ConstructedDomestic700102022
325671-Well ConstructedStock2902022
325746-Well ConstructedStock3902022
326598-Well ConstructedStock2902023
326847-Well ConstructedDomestic3102023
327833-Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only2001963
328351-Well ConstructedDomestic18062020
329406-Well ConstructedDomestic28002024
85385-FWell ConstructedCommercial335201965
85386-FWell ConstructedCommercial315001965
85387-FWell ConstructedCommercial309501965
85388-FWell ConstructedCommercial355001965
85285-FWell ConstructedCommercial60025.62021
85286-FWell ConstructedCommercial600242021
55037--AWell ConstructedDomestic43512.32021
322721--AWell ConstructedStock31002022
322722--AWell ConstructedDomestic26062021
324304-Well ConstructedDomestic29502022
323588--AWell ConstructedDomestic26002021
324720-Well ConstructedDomestic31202021
316982--AWell ConstructedDomestic62152020
317345-Well ConstructedStock16501967
196744--AWell ConstructedDomestic2502020
316164-Well ConstructedDomestic26002020
316074-Well ConstructedDomestic26002020
59877-MHWell ConstructedMonitoring/sampling2002019
314066-Well ConstructedDomestic19502021
314018-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling4302019
314019-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling2502019
314020-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling2502019
314021-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling4802019
314022-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling2502019
314023-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling1202019
314024-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling2502019
314025-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling1302019
314026-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling4502019
314027-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling2402019
314028-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling4302019
314029-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling4302019
314030-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling4202019

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