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

> 2,133 well permits in Cheyenne County. The median well is 72 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Cheyenne County

**2,133** well permits — 0.4% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **72 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Cheyenne 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 | **72 ft** | 338 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (1,281 permits, 60 %) |
| Yield | **15 gpm** | 500 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (456 permits, 21 %) |
| Static water level | **61 ft** | 250 ft | 58 ft — higher here (975 permits, 46 %) |

### 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 |
|---|---|---|
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 711 | 33.3% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 481 | 22.6% |
| [Domestic](/use/domestic.md) | 426 | 20.0% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 179 | 8.4% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 163 | 7.6% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 69 | 3.2% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 43 | 2.0% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 30 | 1.4% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 21 | 1.0% |
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 5 | 0.2% |
| Fishery | 2 | 0.1% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 2 | 0.1% |

### What happened to these permits

**927** of the 2,133 permits in Cheyenne County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 43.5%. And
**293** expired without one: 13.7%.

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 | 927 | 43.5% |
| Permit Expired | 293 | 13.7% |
| Well Abandoned | 203 | 9.5% |
| Final Permit | 164 | 7.7% |
| Permit Issued | 101 | 4.7% |
| Pump Installed in Well Without a Permit | 94 | 4.4% |
| Application Denied | 72 | 3.4% |
| Permit Canceled | 59 | 2.8% |
| Pump Installed, No Construction Info Received | 49 | 2.3% |
| Application Information Requested | 43 | 2.0% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 1,545 | 72.4% |
| [Ogallala](/aquifer/ogallala.md) | 409 | 19.2% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 141 | 6.6% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 14 | 0.7% |
| High Plains Aquifer | 9 | 0.4% |
| [Dakota](/aquifer/dakota.md) | 5 | 0.2% |
| [Quaternary Alluvium](/aquifer/quaternary-alluvium.md) | 4 | 0.2% |
| Cheyenne | 3 | 0.1% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 1 | 0.0% |
| [Upper Arapahoe](/aquifer/upper-arapahoe.md) | 1 | 0.0% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 105 | 4.9% |
| 2010s | 156 | 7.3% |
| 2000s | 249 | 11.7% |
| 1990s | 232 | 10.9% |
| 1980s | 176 | 8.3% |
| 1970s | 250 | 11.7% |
| 1960s | 63 | 3.0% |
| 1950s | 51 | 2.4% |

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

2,133 well permits are on the Division’s register in Cheyenne County, 293 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 Cheyenne County

*Well permits, Cheyenne County — 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Trail Canyon Ranch](/search.md) permit 292271- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 3.8 | 2014 |
| [Caldwell Addition](/search.md) permit 18233--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 49 | 15 | 2011 |
| [Bledsoe Ranch](/search.md) permit 214967- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 28 | 12 | 1999 |
| [Hill Crest Acres](/search.md) permit 14978-FP-R | Well Constructed | Municipal | 320 | 676 | 1988 |
| [Indian Creek](/search.md) permit 66701- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 150 | 0 | 1973 |
| [Jod Ranch Wild Horse](/search.md) permit 232420- | Well Abandoned | Stock | 26 | 13 | 2001 |
| [Purvis Farms (filing: 61)](/search.md) | Application Information Requested | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| [342036-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 59 | 15 | 2026 |
| [337548-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 33 | 15 | 2025 |
| [338068-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 291 | 24 | 2025 |
| [338203-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 181 | 8 | 2025 |
| [339802-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 266 | 25 | 2025 |
| [340145-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 194 | 0 | 2025 |
| [333830-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 68 | 4 | 2018 |
| [333658--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 42 | 15 | 2024 |
| [333801-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 109 | 15 | 2024 |
| [333802-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 64 | 15 | 2024 |
| [333804-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 32 | 15 | 2024 |
| [25786--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 74 | 15 | 2024 |
| [334503-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 219 | 11 | 2024 |
| [336467-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 35 | 15 | 2025 |
| [336305-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 226 | 11 | 2025 |
| [336090-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 355 | 35 | 2024 |
| [336586-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 296 | 0 | 2013 |
| [20169--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 51 | 15 | 2025 |
| [329676-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 207 | 0 | 2023 |
| [5247-FP-R](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 402 | 418 | 2020 |
| [330460-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 68 | 3 | 2024 |
| [332145--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Commercial | 432 | 27 | 2024 |
| [332916-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Commercial | 322 | 15 | 2024 |
| [325891-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 15 | 2022 |
| [327300-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 40 | 0 | 1971 |
| [15548-FP-R](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 149 | 250 | 1971 |
| [327276-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 155 | 0 | 2016 |
| [7564--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 26 | 9 | 2024 |
| [328485-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 234 | 15 | 2023 |
| [328542-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 225 | 20 | 2022 |
| [328544-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 180 | 20 | 2022 |
| [328545-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 220 | 20 | 2022 |
| [284732--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 100 | 0 | 2023 |
| [328975-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 244 | 15 | 1994 |
| [329265-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 28 | 2 | 2023 |
| [13776-FP-R](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 397 | 800 | 2021 |
| [322489-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 291 | 12 | 2021 |
| [322707-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 217 | 12 | 2021 |
| [16411-FP-R](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 202 | 215 | 2021 |
| [323293-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 119 | 40 | 2021 |
| [323857-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 60 | 0 | 1971 |
| [324257-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 40 | 7 | 2021 |
| [324023-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Commercial | 168 | 0 | 1972 |
| [317138-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 50 | 8 | 2020 |
| [317139-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2020 |
| [317644-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 102 | 0 | 2020 |
| [317741-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 60 | 0 | 1962 |
| [317835-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 15 | 2020 |
| [318213-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 50 | 0 | 2021 |
| [21276--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 38 | 5 | 2020 |
| [319220-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 81 | 15 | 2021 |
| [316348-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 80 | 0 | 1962 |
| [312766-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 275 | 0 | 2018 |
| [312402-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 210 | 12 | 2019 |
| [313987-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 46 | 0 | 2020 |
| [42881--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 44 | 10 | 2020 |
| [315298-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Commercial | 120 | 3 | 2019 |
| [308314-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 70 | 0 | 2018 |
| [308522-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 298 | 28 | 2018 |
| [308369-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 630 | 3.5 | 2018 |
| [309544-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 70 | 15 | 2018 |
| [309734-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 15 | 2018 |
| [309745-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 44 | 14 | 2021 |
| [309966-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 25 | 14 | 2018 |
| [310084--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 23 | 4 | 2019 |
| [310085-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 33 | 15 | 2018 |
| [310918-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 27 | 15 | 2018 |
| [311211-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 38 | 0 | 2017 |
| [311212-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 38 | 0 | 2017 |
| [311213-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 36 | 0 | 2017 |
| [311214-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 38 | 0 | 2017 |
| [312165-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 45 | 11 | 2019 |
| [304713-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 244 | 6 | 2017 |
| [305104-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 28 | 3 | 2017 |
| [306246-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 36 | 0 | 2014 |
| [306247-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 37 | 0 | 2014 |
| [306248-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 38 | 0 | 2014 |
| [306249-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 38 | 0 | 2014 |
| [306250-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 38 | 0 | 2014 |
| [83528--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 386 | 15 | 2017 |
| [306998-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 38 | 15 | 1996 |
| [300700-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 232 | 7.5 | 2016 |
| [303157-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 46 | 5 | 2017 |
| [56283-MH](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 38 | 0 | 2017 |
| [300422-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 32 | 12 | 2017 |
| [300351-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 196 | 0 | 2016 |
| [301009-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 0 | 10 | 2016 |
| [301148-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 201 | 13 | 2016 |
| [301187-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 317 | 1100 | 1973 |
| [302005-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 210 | 12 | 2016 |
| [302451-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 40 | 11 | 2016 |
| [303604-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 33 | 0 | 1950 |
| [303729-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 0 | 2019 |
| [78878-F](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Commercial | 60 | 0 | 1970 |
| [13777-FP-R](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 300 | 200 | 2015 |
| [297226-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 26 | 0 | 2015 |
| [297354-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 30 | 1 | 2016 |
| [28979--A](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 65 | 10 | 2016 |
| [297981-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 65 | 15 | 2015 |
| [298446-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 40 | 6 | 2016 |
| [298411-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 2015 |
| [298445-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 70 | 7 | 2016 |
| [298444-](/search.md) | Well Constructed | Stock | 55 | 13 | 2016 |

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Rio Blanco](/county/rio-blanco.md) 3,486
- [San Miguel](/county/san-miguel.md) 3,416
- [Otero](/county/otero.md) 3,393
- [Phillips](/county/phillips.md) 2,865
- [Lake](/county/lake.md) 2,756
- [Bent](/county/bent.md) 2,362
- [Sedgwick](/county/sedgwick.md) 2,293
- [Montezuma](/county/montezuma.md) 2,111
- [Jackson](/county/jackson.md) 1,625
- [Mineral](/county/mineral.md) 1,539
- [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) 1,434
- [Hinsdale](/county/hinsdale.md) 1,273
- [Ouray](/county/ouray.md) 1,242

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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Fonte: Well Application Permit — Colorado Division of Water Resources
Recolha: 2026-08-21