Well permits in Clear Creek County
5,556 well permits — 0.9% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 252 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.
5,556Permits
252 ftMedian depth
1,196Expired
0Denver Basin aquifer
How deep people drill in Clear Creek 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.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Colorado median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depth | 252 ft | 600 ft | 148 ft — deeper here (3,502 permits, 63 %) |
| Yield | 7 gpm | 14 gpm | 10 gpm — lower here (1,652 permits, 30 %) |
| Static water level | 60 ft | 200 ft | 58 ft — higher here (3,113 permits, 56 %) |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Household Use Only | 3,399 | 61.2% |
| Domestic | 1,443 | 26.0% |
| Monitoring/sampling | 369 | 6.6% |
| Commercial | 204 | 3.7% |
| Other | 64 | 1.2% |
| Municipal | 22 | 0.4% |
| Not stated | 22 | 0.4% |
| Irrigation | 13 | 0.2% |
| Dewatering | 8 | 0.1% |
| Industrial | 7 | 0.1% |
| Stock | 4 | 0.1% |
| Geothermal | 1 | 0.0% |
What happened to these permits
3,277 of the 5,556 permits in Clear Creek County ended with a well the Division was told about — 59.0%. And 1,196 expired without one: 21.5%.
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 | 3,277 | 59.0% |
| Permit Expired | 1,196 | 21.5% |
| Permit Issued | 228 | 4.1% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 205 | 3.7% |
| Application Information Requested | 156 | 2.8% |
| Permit Canceled | 146 | 2.6% |
| Well Abandoned | 144 | 2.6% |
| Application Denied | 59 | 1.1% |
| Application Received | 40 | 0.7% |
| Pump Installed, No Construction Info Received | 30 | 0.5% |
Which aquifers
| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| All Unnamed Aquifers | 5,393 | 97.1% |
| Not stated | 75 | 1.3% |
| Fractured Crystalline | 34 | 0.6% |
| Alluvial | 20 | 0.4% |
| Fractured Granite | 15 | 0.3% |
| Quaternary Alluvium | 12 | 0.2% |
| Denver | 3 | 0.1% |
| Arapahoe | 2 | 0.0% |
| Dawson | 2 | 0.0% |
When the permits were issued
| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 196 | 3.5% |
| 2010s | 419 | 7.5% |
| 2000s | 798 | 14.4% |
| 1990s | 1,194 | 21.5% |
| 1980s | 728 | 13.1% |
| 1970s | 1,119 | 20.1% |
| 1960s | 157 | 2.8% |
| 1950s | 47 | 0.8% |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.0% |
Buying land in Clear Creek County, or need a well drilled?
5,556 well permits are on the Division’s register in Clear Creek County, 1,196 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 Clear Creek County
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burns-moore Placer Us Survey No 15214 permit 342360- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 1964 |
| Bergen Park Estates permit 342317- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 127 | 0 | 2026 |
| Midnight 17799 permit 337349- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 3 | 2025 |
| Birtley Ms 17799 permit 337909- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mcgirl permit 123936--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 250 | 0 | 2026 |
| Saddleback Heights permit 149991--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 1152 | 0 | 2025 |
| Belle Creole Ms# 12704 permit 333938- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2024 |
| Hyland Hills permit 332935- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 375 | 13 | 2024 |
| Wilderness West permit 88896-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 802 | 0 | 2025 |
| Echo Hills permit 333619- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 540 | 0 | 2025 |
| Third Chance - 19113 permit 334444- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 6 | 2024 |
| Bendemeer Tract No 1 permit 334703- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rugier Lode, U.s. Survey No. 4817 permit 295313--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 12 | 2 | 2025 |
| V Lode Ms 2359 permit 320007--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 552 | 0 | 2024 |
| Townsite of Dumont permit 123499--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 702 | 0 | 2025 |
| Juno Lode Ms 11576 permit 329606- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 440 | 5 | 2024 |
| York Gulch Lode 2359 permit 329810- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 552 | 0 | 2024 |
| Lone Star Lode Us Mineral Survey No 1924 permit 330147- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 802 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lawson permit 21882-F-R | Well Constructed | Commercial | 100 | 0 | 2023 |
| Lakeside Lode, U.s. Mineral Survey No. 1234 permit 330789- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 502 | 0 | 2025 |
| Hyland Hills permit 49615--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 550 | 7 | 2023 |
| Echo Hills permit 98642--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 402 | 0 | 2023 |
| Circle K Ranch Homesites permit 1584--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 700 | 0 | 2023 |
| Sparks Division of Land permit 331367- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 352 | 15 | 2025 |
| Hyland Hills permit 331829- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 565 | 13 | 2025 |
| Columbine Placer Ms 16859 permit 332081- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 1956 |
| Grand View Lode Ms #1775 permit 332241- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 702 | 0 | 2024 |
| Echo Hills permit 332380- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 701 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hinds Chisholm permit 332693- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 852 | 3 | 2024 |
| Overland Mill Site Ms #13347b permit 142196--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 176 | 0 | 2023 |
| Linn 1996 Division 96-aax-13 permit 326149- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 702 | 8.4 | 2022 |
| Lawson permit 325855- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 320 | 0 | 1966 |
| Third National Millsite, U.s. Survey No. 2206b permit 87381-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 360 | 18 | 2022 |
| Evergreen West Highlands permit 86888-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 402 | 4.75 | 2023 |
| Evergreen West permit 326963- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 236 | 10 | 2024 |
| Miller 1-92-bx permit 231193--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 954 | 7 | 2023 |
| Emery Division of Land permit 315596--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 1027 | 0 | 2022 |
| Pine Valley Ranch Estates permit 327287- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 402 | 3.6 | 2022 |
| Bergen Park Estates permit 327547- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2026 |
| Hiawatha Placer #331ms permit 327207- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 61 | 0 | 2024 |
| Echo Hills permit 93581--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 602 | 7 | 2023 |
| Brook Forest Estates permit 327934- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2022 |
| Willie Mining Claim Survey No. 15958 permit 328136- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 1052 | 7 | 2023 |
| 3-93-aax permit 328332- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 802 | 5 | 2023 |
| Joe B Lode #1776 permit 328943- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 402 | 3 | 2024 |
| Castlewood West permit 329096- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 278 | 0 | 2023 |
| Imes Echo Hills permit 99941--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 954 | 0 | 2023 |
| Evergreen West Highlands permit 87595-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 702 | 0 | 2022 |
| Castlewood West permit 42221--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 302 | 0 | 2023 |
| Evergreen West permit 69873--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 750 | 1.25 | 2023 |
| Aetna - 15964 permit 320817- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 877 | 3 | 2021 |
| Hyland Hills permit 147859--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 802 | 8 | 2021 |
| Echo Hills permit 320945- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 452 | 8.3 | 2022 |
| Winterland permit 23293-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 158 | 24 | 2019 |
| Evergreen West permit 85678-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 375 | 12.2 | 2021 |
| Brook Forest Estates permit 322471- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 5 | 2022 |
| Circle K (filing: B) permit 323130- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 0 | 1966 |
| Silver Valley permit 322983- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 301 | 0 | 2021 |
| Jumbo Lode, U.s. Mineral Survey No. 2351 permit 323086- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 1204 | 0 | 2023 |
| The "r" Lode, U.s. Mineral Survey No. 2351 permit 323087- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 702 | 0 | 2023 |
| Midget Lode, U.s. Mineral Survey No. 15603 permit 323184- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2022 |
| Evergreen West permit 323094- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 10 | 2021 |
| Homestead Hideaway permit 322836- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 6 | 0 | 1954 |
| Saddleback Ridge Estates permit 323264- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 477 | 7 | 2022 |
| Berthoud Falls permit 169898--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 502 | 5 | 2022 |
| Fall River permit 324281- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 45 | 0 | 2021 |
| Brook Forest Estates permit 324479- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 12.4 | 2022 |
| Dumont permit 324896- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 251 | 0 | 2024 |
| Columbine Placer Ms 16859 permit 317324- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 100 | 0 | 1964 |
| Overland Mill Site Ms #13347b permit 317476- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2020 |
| Star Lode Ms 759 permit 317773- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 1060 | 5 | 2020 |
| Pine Valley Heights permit 318068- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 651 | 7 | 2020 |
| Youngblood Division of Land permit 318727- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 427 | 0 | 2022 |
| Hyland Hills permit 318910- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 951 | 8 | 2021 |
| Fall River permit 102111--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 440 | 7 | 2021 |
| Columbine Placer Ms 16859 permit 319354- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 7 | 1962 |
| Columbine Placer Ms 16859 permit 319355- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 72 | 9 | 1956 |
| Hyland Hills permit 319594- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 776 | 7 | 2021 |
| Echo Hills permit 319676- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 702 | 7 | 2023 |
| Hyland Hills permit 319952- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 802 | 5 | 2021 |
| Santa Fe permit 312935- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 9 | 0 | 1961 |
| Sparks Division of Land permit 312249- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 7 | 2019 |
| Bx2018-0002 permit 313547- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 301 | 7 | 1995 |
| Blue Valley Acres permit 2003--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 5 | 2019 |
| Blue Valley Acres permit 66139--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 402 | 9 | 2019 |
| Government permit 313273- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 851 | 10 | 2021 |
| Bard Creek Valley permit 98043--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 5 | 2019 |
| Barrows permit 313364- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 651 | 0 | 2019 |
| Surprise Lode, Mineral Survey No. 4745 permit 314047- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 4 | 0 | 1974 |
| Evergreen West Highlands permit 83288-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 401 | 7 | 2020 |
| Fox Gulch permit 314354- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 301 | 11.8 | 2020 |
| Bard Creek Valley permit 314293- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 670 | 5 | 2019 |
| Bard Creek Placer Ms #1672 permit 314494--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 10 | 2019 |
| Ameer Millsite Survey No 16543b permit 314944- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 675 | 0 | 2020 |
| Loch Lomond Highlands permit 315072- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 0 | 2019 |
| Evergreen West Highlands permit 83918-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 726 | 7 | 2020 |
| Evergreen West (filing: 1-5) permit 308149- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 600 | 9 | 2019 |
| Saddleback Ridge Estates Amended (filing: 4) permit 308470- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 701 | 12 | 2019 |
| Echo Hills permit 308704- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 7 | 2018 |
| Mountain View 19448 permit 309176- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 752 | 11.2 | 2019 |
| Happy Thought permit 309426- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 5 | 0 | 1954 |
| Wilderness Ridge permit 82121-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 662 | 7 | 2018 |
| Pine Valley Heights permit 309824- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 350 | 7 | 2019 |
| Timber Place permit 309819- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 641 | 7 | 2020 |
| Barrows permit 309857- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 282 | 0 | 2018 |
| Echo Hills permit 310186- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 626 | 7 | 2018 |
| Oliver Division permit 310189- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 600 | 0 | 2019 |
| Drury Division permit 310455- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 250 | 7 | 1965 |
| Brook Forest Estates permit 15671--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 10.5 | 2018 |
| Lafollette Division permit 310032- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 1878 |
By decreed use in Clear Creek County
Counties with a comparable register
- Las Animas 8,050
- Routt 7,264
- Custer 6,916
- Kit Carson 6,777
- Mesa 6,494
- Conejos 5,774
- Washington 5,722
- Baca 5,424
- Pitkin 4,805
- Eagle 4,742
- Gilpin 4,606
- Moffat 4,379
- Costilla 4,256
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.