Domestic wells in Boulder County
8,225 of the 20,791 well permits in Boulder County — 39.6% — are decreed for domestic.
How this group compares
Boulder County holds 3.4% of Colorado’s 243,096 domestic permits, while holding 3.5% of the register overall — so it is under-represented in this use.
Domestic means household water, and usually a little more — the commonest decreed use in Colorado by a wide margin.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Colorado median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depth | 130 ft | 460 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (6,132 permits, 75 %) |
| Yield | 10 gpm | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — the same here (1,484 permits, 18 %) |
| Static water level | 25 ft | 128 ft | 58 ft — lower here (5,048 permits, 61 %) |
What happened to these permits
5,594 of the 8,225 permits decreed for domestic in Boulder County ended with a well the Division was told about — 68.0%. And 750 expired without one: 9.1%.
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.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Well Constructed | 5,594 | 68.0% |
| Permit Expired | 750 | 9.1% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 517 | 6.3% |
| Well Abandoned | 293 | 3.6% |
| Permit Issued | 266 | 3.2% |
| Permit Canceled | 262 | 3.2% |
| Pump Installed, No Construction Info Received | 191 | 2.3% |
| Application Information Requested | 110 | 1.3% |
| Application Denied | 78 | 0.9% |
| Permit Expired (Pump Installed) | 45 | 0.5% |
Buying land in Boulder County, or need a well drilled?
8,225 well permits are on the Division’s register in Boulder County, 750 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.
The permits
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle C Ranch permit 342165- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
| Foothills East permit 342368- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 11 | 10 | 2026 |
| Valle Del Rio permit 66635--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 12 | 0 | 2026 |
| Githens Acres permit 342537- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1956 |
| Gold Hill Area permit 343497- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1972 |
| Moores (filing: 1) permit 343716- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1958 |
| Ertl Farm Nupud Replat A permit 338320- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 1957 |
| Ben Hur Eldora permit 339016--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 10 | 2025 |
| Woodbourne Hollow permit 22801--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 13 | 10 | 2025 |
| Foothills East permit 28745--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 13 | 0 | 2026 |
| Gold Hill Townsite permit 136294--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pine Brook Hills permit 341328- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 0 | 1969 |
| Coughlin Meadows permit 341443- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1938 |
| Falls Pointe permit 341331- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 602 | 0 | 2025 |
| Vista View permit 333370- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2024 |
| Whispering Pines permit 27341--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 502 | 8 | 2024 |
| Bari Don Knolls permit 71942--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 370 | 0 | 2025 |
| Meadow Park Fruit Farms permit 336543- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 1865 |
| Tr South Central Nbr 145 820 permit 336547--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2026 |
| Fairview Estates permit 336826- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 10 | 2025 |
| Tract of Land permit 329821- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 16 | 0 | 1947 |
| Sunny Slope Acres permit 330134- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 25 | 0 | 1967 |
| Foothills East permit 330470- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 12 | 0 | 1885 |
| Ferncliff permit 330667- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 7 | 12 | 1950 |
| Giggey Placer, Mining Survey No. 140 permit 158096--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 9 | 10 | 2023 |
| Riverside Alpine permit 331771- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 9 | 0 | 1962 |
| Moffat Lakes First Addition permit 3714--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 136 | 10 | 2024 |
| Heathermeade permit 332023- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 8 | 0 | 1932 |
| Government Lot permit 60808--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 0 | 2025 |
| Haas permit 332080- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 10 | 0 | 1900 |
| Winigers permit 332358- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 4 | 0 | 1950 |
| Cold Spring permit 34112--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 7 | 10 | 2022 |
| Mesa Valley permit 326327- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 66 | 0 | 1954 |
| Tr Nbr 803-830 Rural Bo & Lgt permit 325945- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2022 |
| Oxford Farm permit 86986-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 15 | 2023 |
| Chance Acres permit 327746- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 12 | 0 | 1940 |
| Saddle Club Estates permit 327352- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 21 | 0 | 1959 |
| Lakeshore Park permit 13364--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 402 | 10 | 2023 |
| Carriage Hills Estates permit 238336--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1004 | 5 | 2023 |
| Sugarloaf permit 27511--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 502 | 5 | 2022 |
| Grand View Estates First Addition permit 10903--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 20 | 10 | 2022 |
| Bari Don Knolls permit 328603- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 265 | 0 | 1966 |
| Paragon Estates permit 328386- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 0 | 1955 |
| Githens permit 5129--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 19 | 0 | 2023 |
| Copperdale Lane permit 329303- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 35 | 7 | 1950 |
| Githens Acres permit 322882- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 30 | 0 | 1955 |
| Gold Hill permit 320090- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 35 | 0 | 1886 |
| Steele Ranch N.u.p.u.d permit 322167- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 33 | 0 | 1867 |
| Fairview Estates permit 323024- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2021 |
| Gould permit 323477- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 30 | 0 | 1965 |
| Marshall Eldorado permit 323847- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2021 |
| Lark Meadows permit 323888- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 10 | 2021 |
| Mesa Valley permit 324108- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2021 |
| Tabor Acres Nupud permit 317565--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2021 |
| Ontario Ld 15934 & Valley View Ld 15935 & Lucy Tho permit 93111--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 0 | 2020 |
| Wondervu permit 318521- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 15 | 10 | 1959 |
| Moores permit 318970- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 1959 |
| Bar K Ranch permit 319488- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 105 | 0 | 1970 |
| Allen Farm Nupud permit 84813-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 290 | 0 | 2021 |
| Eldora permit 77936--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 10 | 2020 |
| Potato Hill Ranch permit 151257--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 16 | 10 | 2019 |
| Githens Acres permit 313622- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 39 | 0 | 1960 |
| Heathermeade permit 314046- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 5 | 0 | 1929 |
| Park Lake permit 44896--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 450 | 10 | 2019 |
| Newland Addition permit 314841- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 17 | 0 | 1927 |
| Eldora permit 315074- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 10 | 0 | 1952 |
| Ward Town of permit 315076- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 18 | 0 | 1900 |
| Coyote Ridge Nupud permit 81656-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 5 | 2018 |
| Eldora Mountain permit 308552- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 13 | 0 | 1928 |
| Piedmont Bluffs permit 137295--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 18 | 10 | 2018 |
| Cold Springs permit 310862--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 8 | 10 | 2018 |
| Niwot Town of permit 310023- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 5 | 0 | 1965 |
| Range View permit 309581- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 11 | 0 | 1965 |
| Survey Nos. 16565 and 19259 With Exceptions permit 310013- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 13.5 | 2019 |
| South Addition To Superior permit 311528--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 301 | 0 | 2019 |
| Bow Mountain permit 17364--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 620 | 0 | 2018 |
| Gapter permit 303978- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 12 | 0 | 2017 |
| Gapter permit 303979- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 78 | 0 | 2017 |
| Overland permit 49146--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 10 | 2017 |
| Graham Placer #144 permit 123964--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 16 | 10 | 2017 |
| Lookout Estates permit 184820--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 10 | 2017 |
| Spring Lake Heights & Replat A permit 304734- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 18 | 0 | 2017 |
| Crestview Estates Addition permit 52364--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 11 | 0 | 2017 |
| Fox Run permit 80864-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2017 |
| Schlagel permit 305819- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 43 | 0 | 1965 |
| Country Club Park permit 306916- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 15 | 0 | 1962 |
| Bow Mountain Replat permit 307384- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 1968 |
| Fairview Estates permit 307522- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 105 | 0 | 1959 |
| Foothills East permit 307665- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 13 | 0 | 1920 |
| Githens Acres permit 299926- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 20 | 0 | 2016 |
| Carolyn Heights permit 300539--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 38 | 0 | 2017 |
| Boulder Heights 1st Addition (filing: 1) permit 300948- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 14.2 | 2016 |
| Core Gold Mining Claim permit 160872--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 900 | 0 | 2016 |
| Copeland Lake permit 34763--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 576 | 5 | 2016 |
| Riverside Oc Herdner Mountain First Addition permit 302489- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 12 | 10 | 2016 |
| Gold Hill permit 302582- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 5 | 2016 |
| Sunrise Ranch Replat permit 303542- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 14 | 0 | 2016 |
| Suburbia Acres (filing: 2) permit 303977- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 14 | 10 | 2016 |
| Tract G permit 296900- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 705 | 10.2 | 2016 |
| Indian Gap Ranch permit 88192--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 560 | 10 | 2015 |
| Carolyn Heights permit 296991- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 25 | 0 | 2015 |
| Barbers Addition To Moffit Lakes permit 297342- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 9 | 0 | 2015 |
| Farm In Boulder Valley permit 297601- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| Farm In Boulder Valley permit 297602- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| Country Club Park permit 297810- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 14 | 0 | 2015 |
| Canterbury Acres permit 298222- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 20 | 0 | 2015 |
| Sterling Heights permit 298467- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 15 | 2015 |
| Cannon Heights permit 298450- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 21 | 0 | 1970 |
| Sunny Slope Acres permit 299182- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 16 | 0 | 2015 |
| Trevarton East Nupud permit 72132--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 30 | 0 | 2015 |
Part of a bigger picture: all 20,791 permits in Boulder County, and every domestic permit in Colorado.
Other groups of a similar size
- Domestic — Douglas 13,804
- Monitoring/sampling — Weld 10,978
- Domestic — Elbert 10,857
- Domestic — La Plata 10,644
- Domestic — Adams 9,364
- Monitoring/sampling — Adams 9,123
- Monitoring/sampling — Jefferson 8,093
- Domestic — Larimer 7,975
- Household Use Only — Teller 7,077
- Domestic — Arapahoe 6,656
- Irrigation — Weld 6,468