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

> 10,321 well permits in Chaffee County. The median well is 104 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Chaffee County

**10,321** well permits — 1.7% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **104 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Chaffee 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 | **104 ft** | 320 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (7,598 permits, 74 %) |
| Yield | **12 gpm** | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (4,408 permits, 43 %) |
| Static water level | **50 ft** | 170 ft | 58 ft — lower here (6,523 permits, 63 %) |

### 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/chaffee/domestic.md) | 5,602 | 54.3% |
| [Household Use Only](/county/chaffee/household-use-only.md) | 3,098 | 30.0% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 567 | 5.5% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 533 | 5.2% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 121 | 1.2% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 97 | 0.9% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 91 | 0.9% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 88 | 0.9% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 76 | 0.7% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 18 | 0.2% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 11 | 0.1% |
| Augmentation | 7 | 0.1% |

### What happened to these permits

**6,205** of the 10,321 permits in Chaffee County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 60.1%. And
**1,435** expired without one: 13.9%.

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 | 6,205 | 60.1% |
| Permit Expired | 1,435 | 13.9% |
| Permit Canceled | 820 | 7.9% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 394 | 3.8% |
| Permit Issued | 374 | 3.6% |
| Well Abandoned | 366 | 3.5% |
| Application Information Requested | 294 | 2.8% |
| Application Denied | 161 | 1.6% |
| Application Received | 66 | 0.6% |
| Permit Expired (Pump Installed) | 47 | 0.5% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 9,990 | 96.8% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 193 | 1.9% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 92 | 0.9% |
| [Quaternary Alluvium](/aquifer/quaternary-alluvium.md) | 27 | 0.3% |
| Fractured Granite | 8 | 0.1% |
| [Upper Arapahoe](/aquifer/upper-arapahoe.md) | 3 | 0.0% |
| [Ogallala](/aquifer/ogallala.md) | 2 | 0.0% |
| Purgatoire | 2 | 0.0% |
| Dry Union | 2 | 0.0% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Vall](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-vall.md) | 1 | 0.0% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1,014 | 9.8% |
| 2010s | 1,270 | 12.3% |
| 2000s | 2,139 | 20.7% |
| 1990s | 2,043 | 19.8% |
| 1980s | 989 | 9.6% |
| 1970s | 1,046 | 10.1% |
| 1960s | 119 | 1.2% |
| 1950s | 133 | 1.3% |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.0% |

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

10,321 well permits are on the Division’s register in Chaffee County, 1,435 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 Chaffee County

*Well permits, Chaffee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Weldon Creek](/search.md) permit 90526-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Weldon Creek](/search.md) permit 90611-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 11 | 2026 |
| [Divided Sky Estates](/search.md) permit 90599-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 1990 |
| [Eagle View At Mount Princeton](/search.md) permit 90541-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 12 | 2026 |
| [Dedominic/powers/ervin Boundary Line Adjustment](/search.md) permit 342033- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 1932 |
| [Peak View](/search.md) permit 90717-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Hidden Hills](/search.md) permit 123149--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Pinon Hills](/search.md) permit 53963-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 250 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Dos Madres](/search.md) permit 90788-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 8 | 2022 |
| [Danneberg Bla](/search.md) permit 90812-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 14 | 2020 |
| [Pinon Hills](/search.md) permit 90842-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 165 | 15 | 1977 |
| [Pinon Grove Minor](/search.md) permit 58568-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 480 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Cielo Vista](/search.md) permit 90988-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 12 | 2009 |
| [Dominick Dominick Mazza Bla](/search.md) permit 343914- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 43 | 0 | 1956 |
| [Jacquat Heritage Water Subdivision Exemption](/search.md) permit 89765-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Hillside Addition](/search.md) permit 337147- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Eagle Moon](/search.md) permit 89730-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 520 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Mount Harvard Valley](/search.md) permit 89733-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Rgp Industrial Park Major](/search.md) permit 89837-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 140 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Lockett Tracts](/search.md) permit 89782-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 428 | 5 | 2001 |
| [Cactus Ranch](/search.md) permit 89787-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Windmill Ranch Estates](/search.md) permit 89784-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Centerville Ranch](/search.md) permit 89788-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Pinon Hills](/search.md) permit 89786-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 145 | 15 | 1996 |
| [Nellie Blythe Mining Survey #19032](/search.md) permit 337621- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 202 | 2 | 1986 |
| [Alpine Townsite](/search.md) permit 101278--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Big Sandy Estates](/search.md) permit 338508- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Nola Minor](/search.md) permit 89987-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 12 | 2020 |
| [Rainbow Ridge (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 89990-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 15 | 2002 |
| [Weldon Creek](/search.md) permit 89991-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 560 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Centerville Ranch](/search.md) permit 89993-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 9 | 2025 |
| [Pinon Hills](/search.md) permit 89994-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 165 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Estates At Mt Princeton Pud (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 89986-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 7 | 2025 |
| [River Meadow Estates](/search.md) permit 338455- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2025 |
| [River Rim Estates](/search.md) permit 90065-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 83 | 15 | 1996 |
| [Weldon Creek](/search.md) permit 90024-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Lakeside Estates Preserve](/search.md) permit 90040-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 14 | 2020 |
| [Chavara Ranch](/search.md) permit 90064-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 160 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Nighthawk Heritage Water](/search.md) permit 90360-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Pinon Hills](/search.md) permit 90224-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 279 | 6 | 2003 |
| [Maysville Meadows](/search.md) permit 90096-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 15 | 2006 |
| [Centerville Ranch](/search.md) permit 90097-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Monarch River Estates](/search.md) permit 90098-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Mount Princeton View Estates](/search.md) permit 340131- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Broadview](/search.md) permit 90056-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 620 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Weldon Creek](/search.md) permit 90100-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 11 | 2023 |
| [Shikoba Acres](/search.md) permit 90104-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 165 | 13 | 2016 |
| [Kortz](/search.md) permit 340624- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 120 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Alpine Townsite](/search.md) permit 59330--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Trout Creek Meadows (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 90159-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Centerville Ranch](/search.md) permit 90249-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Reserve At Cottonwood Creek](/search.md) permit 90250-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Mesa View](/search.md) permit 90210-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 105 | 0 | 1974 |
| [Lindsay Bla](/search.md) permit 90228-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Rundell Tracts](/search.md) permit 90253-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 115 | 15 | 1970 |
| [Alpine Townsite](/search.md) permit 70386--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Vista Meadows](/search.md) permit 340748- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Pinon Hills](/search.md) permit 175847--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 585 | 6 | 2025 |
| [Journeys End](/search.md) permit 90364-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 345 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Pinon Hills](/search.md) permit 90438-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 0 | 1993 |
| [Hacienda Village](/search.md) permit 90439-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Vista Del Rio](/search.md) permit 90440-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 15 | 2013 |
| [Mount Harvard Valley Development](/search.md) permit 90441-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 110 | 0 | 1975 |
| [Timber Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 90459-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Timber Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 90460-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 99 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Timber Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 90461-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 99 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Timber Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 90462-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 98 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Timber Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 90463-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 99 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Timber Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 90464-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 99 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Timber Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 90465-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 99 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Timber Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 90466-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 98 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Pinon Acres](/search.md) permit 341464- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 260 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Vista Sawatch](/search.md) permit 90488-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Windance](/search.md) permit 90490-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 85 | 15 | 2007 |
| [Centerville Ranch](/search.md) permit 90491-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Tabeguache Hills](/search.md) permit 308472--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 7 | 2026 |
| [River Meadow Estates](/search.md) permit 89358-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 12 | 2023 |
| [Broadview Rural Open Space Incentive](/search.md) permit 88810-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 650 | 8 | 2024 |
| [Lost Creek Ranch (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 89028-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 320 | 12 | 2024 |
| [Kalivoda](/search.md) permit 88809-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Monarch River Estates](/search.md) permit 88908-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 14 | 2024 |
| [Rio Frio Minor](/search.md) permit 88900-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Rio Frio Minor](/search.md) permit 88901-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Cactus Ranch](/search.md) permit 88911-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 225 | 14 | 2024 |
| [Willows](/search.md) permit 89087-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Reserve At Cottonwood Creek](/search.md) permit 89007-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 14 | 2024 |
| [Country Meadow Ridge](/search.md) permit 89058-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 103 | 15 | 2000 |
| [Reserve At Cottonwood Creek](/search.md) permit 89059-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 113 | 12 | 2024 |
| [Longhorn Ranch](/search.md) permit 89098-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 13 | 2020 |
| [Longhorn Ranch](/search.md) permit 89050-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 13 | 2024 |
| [Longhorn Ranch](/search.md) permit 89088-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 14 | 2024 |
| [Centerville Ranch](/search.md) permit 89077-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 13 | 2024 |
| [Dao Minor](/search.md) permit 89089-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Cooper Property Minor](/search.md) permit 89051-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 14 | 2024 |
| [Kalivoda](/search.md) permit 88993-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 13 | 2026 |
| [Centerville Ranch](/search.md) permit 89129-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 13 | 2024 |
| [Centerville Ranch](/search.md) permit 89045-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 12 | 2022 |
| [Three Elk Creek](/search.md) permit 333878- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 9 | 2024 |
| [Maysville Meadows](/search.md) permit 333988- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Garfield Townsite](/search.md) permit 334161- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 155 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Box Minor](/search.md) permit 89282-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 13 | 2024 |
| [Costello Addition Town of Kortz](/search.md) permit 154400--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 13 | 2024 |
| [Little Cochetopa Acres](/search.md) permit 89150-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 385 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Peak View](/search.md) permit 89215-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 12 | 2024 |
| [Fairview Agricultural](/search.md) permit 89359-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Maysville Meadows](/search.md) permit 89242-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 14 | 2013 |
| [Wood Minor](/search.md) permit 89202-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 125 | 14 | 2020 |
| [Tremarctos Minor](/search.md) permit 89166-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 6 | 2024 |
| [Weldon Creek](/search.md) permit 89216-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 540 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Boothill](/search.md) permit 89203-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 243 | 9 | 2024 |

### By decreed use in Chaffee County

- [Domestic in Chaffee County](/county/chaffee/domestic.md) — 5,602
- [Household Use Only in Chaffee County](/county/chaffee/household-use-only.md) — 3,098

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Denver](/county/denver.md) 13,096
- [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
- [Alamosa](/county/alamosa.md) 10,088
- [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

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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