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Household Use Only wells in Chaffee County

3,098 of the 10,321 well permits in Chaffee County — 30.0% — are decreed for household use only.

How this group compares

Chaffee County holds 2.9% of Colorado’s 105,372 household use only permits, while holding 1.7% of the register overall — so it is over-represented in this use.

Household Use Only means the narrowest domestic permit there is: water inside the house, and nothing else. No lawn, no livestock, no garden. It is the use most often misunderstood by a buyer who assumes a well means water for the land.

Medians, on the permits where the Division was told — never a mean, which a few industrial wells would carry away
MeasurementMedian90th percentileColorado median
Depth120 ft300 ft148 ft — shallower here (2,206 permits, 71 %)
Yield10 gpm15 gpm10 gpm — the same here (1,400 permits, 45 %)
Static water level53 ft170 ft58 ft — lower here (2,124 permits, 69 %)

What happened to these permits

1,680 of the 3,098 permits decreed for household use only in Chaffee County ended with a well the Division was told about — 54.2%. And 484 expired without one: 15.6%.

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.

StatusPermitsShare
Well Constructed1,68054.2%
Permit Expired48415.6%
Permit Canceled31110.0%
Permit Issued1715.5%
Well Replaced - Abandonment Required1033.3%
Application Information Requested983.2%
Well Abandoned882.8%
Application Denied642.1%
Permit Extended270.9%
Pump Installed, No Construction Info Received170.5%

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

3,098 well permits are on the Division’s register in Chaffee County, 484 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

Household Use Only 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 numberStatusDecreed useDepth (ft)Yield (gpm)Year
Hillside Addition
permit 337147-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only10002025
Mount Harvard Valley
permit 89733-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only160102025
Nellie Blythe Mining Survey #19032
permit 337621-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only20221986
Alpine Townsite
permit 101278--A		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only220132025
River Meadow Estates
permit 338455-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only10002025
Mount Princeton View Estates
permit 340131-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only120122025
Alpine Townsite
permit 70386--A		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only180122025
Pinon Hills
permit 175847--A		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only58562025
Pinon Acres
permit 341464-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only26002026
Lost Creek Ranch (filing: 1)
permit 89028-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only320122024
Three Elk Creek
permit 333878-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only40092024
Maysville Meadows
permit 333988-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100142025
Garfield Townsite
permit 334161-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only15502025
Maysville
permit 335219-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only120132025
River Meadow Estates
permit 335835-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only8002024
Homestead 2 Ms# 17852
permit 336819-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only18002025
Mesa View
permit 329629-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only14302024
River Meadow Estates
permit 330293-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100122023
Methodist Mountain Estates (filing: 2)
permit 88139-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only430122024
Maysville
permit 330553-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100132023
Weldon Creek
permit 330601-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only560122024
Strother
permit 88189-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only120132023
Embry Lot Line Adjustment
permit 330674-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only35062023
Lower Black Forest
permit 330859-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only34262002
Nathrop
permit 331344-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100102023
Pinon Hills
permit 195763--A		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only6800.252023
Maysville Meadows
permit 331468-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only10002023
River Meadow Estates
permit 331749-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only6002023
St Elmo Townsite of
permit 130241--A		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only40072023
Holman Agricultural
permit 332813-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only155152003
Colorado Midland
permit 88753-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only110122024
Maysville Meadows
permit 325301-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100132024
Riverside
permit 86823-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100122022
River Meadow Estates
permit 326427-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only160142022
Pinon Hills
permit 326454-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only220102023
Nicholas Hills
permit 87405-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only27502023
Garfield Townsite
permit 326929-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only78142022
Sunshine Acres
permit 327068-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only300122022
Wapiti
permit 117284--A		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only24092022
River Meadow Estates
permit 327461-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only10002022
Alpine
permit 328486-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only240132023
Embry Lot Line Adjustment
permit 328977-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only20002023
Garfield Townsite
permit 329273-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only20002023
Weldon Creek
permit 329416-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only400132023
Klugh Boundary Line Adjustment
permit 116077--A		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only8002021
Pinon Hills
permit 320330-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only28052021
Copper Glance #2 & 5 Ms #19059
permit 321123-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only35042021
Nathrop
permit 321215-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only12002021
Lakeside Estates
permit 321275-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only120122021
Lakeside Estates
permit 321366-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100132021
Pinon Hills
permit 321456-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only40052021
Pinon Hills
permit 321774-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only300102022
North Fork Acres
permit 85544-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only3250.52021
South Arkansas River
permit 322280-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100142023
Nathrop Townsite of
permit 322484-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100132021
Nathrop Townsite of
permit 322485-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100132023
Nathrop Townsite of
permit 322486-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100132021
Nathrop Townsite of
permit 322487-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100132023
Banning Boundary Line Adjustment
permit 323328-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only25202021
Trout Creek Meadows
permit 85716-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only22592021
Independence Boundary Line Adjustment
permit 322848-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only300102021
Colorado Midland
permit 85897-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only7252021
Garfield Townsite
permit 323207-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only200122021
Montana Terrace
permit 74295--A		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only160122021
Nathrop Townsite of
permit 323243-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only10002021
Meadow Lakes Mountain Estates
permit 85976-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100142006
3 Bar J Estates
permit 323460-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only180132021
Kortz
permit 324837-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only10002022
Princeton Plateau
permit 324161-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only505152022
Pinon Hills
permit 324537-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only35092024
Three Elk Creek
permit 117212--A		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only38502021
Princeton Plateau
permit 324716-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only36092022
West Range (filing: 2)
permit 86370-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only20392021
Kortz
permit 324836-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100142022
Campbird No. 4 Ms #19319
permit 324937-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only40012022
Sunshine Acres
permit 317148-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only340132020
Sunshine Acres
permit 317194-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only34002020
Riverside
permit 84253-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only80122020
3 Bar J Estates
permit 317372-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only325122021
Black Hawk No. 6, No. 7 and Millsite
permit 317499-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only27582020
Lakeside Estates
permit 317872-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only135142021
Garfield Townsite
permit 318504-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only275112021
D & L Holdings Boundary Line Adjustment
permit 318617-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only6002021
Deer Valley Ranch
permit 318905-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only235102020
North Cottonwood Estates
permit 96886--A		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only20092020
River Rim Estates
permit 84907-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only100142021
Pine Grove Estates
permit 84909-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only26092021
Trails End Village
permit 319947-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only240102021
Nathrop
permit 317147-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only5801995
Fosick Replat
permit 84158-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only270122020
Big Sandy Estates
permit 316135-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only60022020
D & L Holdings Boundary Line Adjustment
permit 316225-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only60122020
Sunshine Acres
permit 316429-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only360122020
Bonanza Lode Ms #20260
permit 316820-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only58062020
258919
permit 312570-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only78142019
Trout Creek Meadows (filing: 2)
permit 82888-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only18572019
Pine Grove Estates
permit 82924-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only203152019
Monarch Townsite
permit 312463-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only200102021
North Fork Acres
permit 83061-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only34042019
Alpine Townsite
permit 126767--A		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only260122019
Maysville
permit 313027-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only10002019
Pinon Hills
permit 313078-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only235122019
St Elmo Townsite of
permit 313340-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only10072019
Lakeside Estates
permit 313437-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only80122019
Yale Lakes Estates
permit 83297-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only4510.51979
Garfield Townsite
permit 313696-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only185102019
Yale Lakes Estates
permit 83319-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only46101996
Methodist Mountain Estates (filing: 2)
permit 83408-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only400132020
Trout Creek Meadows (filing: 1)
permit 83500-F		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only180102018
Nathrop Townsite of
permit 314862-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only80122019

Part of a bigger picture: all 10,321 permits in Chaffee County, and every household use only permit in Colorado.

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