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

> 5,774 well permits in Conejos County. The median well is 100 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Conejos County

**5,774** well permits — 1.0% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **100 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Conejos 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 | **100 ft** | 350 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (4,180 permits, 72 %) |
| Yield | **14 gpm** | 50 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (830 permits, 14 %) |
| Static water level | **22 ft** | 192 ft | 58 ft — lower here (2,605 permits, 45 %) |

### 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/conejos/domestic.md) | 3,242 | 56.1% |
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 920 | 15.9% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 562 | 9.7% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 407 | 7.0% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 207 | 3.6% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 185 | 3.2% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 158 | 2.7% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 45 | 0.8% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 32 | 0.6% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 8 | 0.1% |
| Fire | 6 | 0.1% |
| Augmentation | 1 | 0.0% |

### What happened to these permits

**3,689** of the 5,774 permits in Conejos County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 63.9%. And
**736** expired without one: 12.7%.

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 | 3,689 | 63.9% |
| Permit Expired | 736 | 12.7% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 422 | 7.3% |
| Permit Issued | 287 | 5.0% |
| Well Abandoned | 217 | 3.8% |
| Permit Canceled | 128 | 2.2% |
| Application Denied | 83 | 1.4% |
| Application Information Requested | 53 | 0.9% |
|   | 51 | 0.9% |
| Application Received | 49 | 0.8% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 4,491 | 77.8% |
| [Confined San Luis Valley](/aquifer/confined-san-luis-valley.md) | 566 | 9.8% |
| [Confined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/confined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 274 | 4.7% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Vall](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-vall.md) | 272 | 4.7% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 124 | 2.1% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 22 | 0.4% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 14 | 0.2% |
| Conejos | 5 | 0.1% |
| Unconfined San Luis Valley | 3 | 0.1% |
| [Quaternary Alluvium](/aquifer/quaternary-alluvium.md) | 1 | 0.0% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 506 | 8.8% |
| 2010s | 684 | 11.8% |
| 2000s | 1,009 | 17.5% |
| 1990s | 689 | 11.9% |
| 1980s | 447 | 7.7% |
| 1970s | 841 | 14.6% |
| 1960s | 88 | 1.5% |
| 1950s | 255 | 4.4% |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.0% |

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

5,774 well permits are on the Division’s register in Conejos County, 736 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 Conejos County

*Well permits, Conejos 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [No. 2 Special Improvement District No. 3 Div. of L](/search.md) permit 337844- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Conejos River Trails](/search.md) permit 89823-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 280 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Conejos River Trails](/search.md) permit 89906-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 10 | 2025 |
| [La Jara Creek Acres](/search.md) permit 89943-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Platoro](/search.md) permit 339415- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Platoro](/search.md) permit 139982--A | Well Constructed | Commercial | 100 | 7 | 2025 |
| [Conejos River Trails](/search.md) permit 90112-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 320 | 15 | 2026 |
| [Platoro](/search.md) permit 90107-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 40 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Ponderosa Acres](/search.md) permit 138996--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 10 | 2025 |
| [M&l Div. of Land/ C-09-2025](/search.md) permit 339951- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Kimbleton Estates](/search.md) permit 340613- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Bountiful](/search.md) permit 341003- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Kimbleton Estates](/search.md) permit 341279- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Frenchman Creek](/search.md) permit 90418-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 10 | 2026 |
| [Bountiful](/search.md) permit 333304- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 0 | 2024 |
| [D&k Wood Division of Land](/search.md) permit 333781- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Margarita J Martinez Division of Land](/search.md) permit 335801- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Margarita J Martinez Division of Land](/search.md) permit 335803- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Rito Hondo Subdivision](/search.md) permit 334164- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Rito Hondo Subdivision](/search.md) permit 334206- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Rocky Mountain Estates](/search.md) permit 334986- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2024 |
| [La Jara Creek Acres](/search.md) permit 89365-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Rio Rancho Acres](/search.md) permit 335529- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Tixier & Ramirez](/search.md) permit 88225-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Broyles Division of Land](/search.md) permit 88712-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Rito Hondo Subdivision](/search.md) permit 331588- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Rito Hondo Subdivision](/search.md) permit 331801- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Bountiful](/search.md) permit 330896- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Sanford Town of](/search.md) permit 325825- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Fox Creek](/search.md) permit 325836- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Platoro](/search.md) permit 326868- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Othelle & Helen Reed (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 301532--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Platoro](/search.md) permit 87210-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 274 | 0 | 2008 |
| [Frenchman Creek](/search.md) permit 87273-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 9 | 2023 |
| [Bobby L & Leona Claunch Revocable Intrvivos Trust](/search.md) permit 328181- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Cumbres](/search.md) permit 87312-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 205 | 5 | 2022 |
| [Conejos River Trails](/search.md) permit 87360-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 320 | 0 | 2023 |
| [San Antonio River Ranches](/search.md) permit 328756- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Ponderosa Acres](/search.md) permit 328822- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Joseph and Marta Torres Division of Land](/search.md) permit 261459--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 127 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Conejos Valley](/search.md) permit 321906- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 29 | 0 | 1971 |
| [Platoro](/search.md) permit 85839--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 2 | 2025 |
| [Alamosa River Estates](/search.md) permit 322411- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 10 | 2023 |
| [James Sowards Division of Land](/search.md) permit 322840- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Conejos River Trails](/search.md) permit 85777-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 280 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Rocky Mountain Estates](/search.md) permit 322896- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 15 | 0 | 1971 |
| [Cumbres](/search.md) permit 85797-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 97 | 12 | 2022 |
| [Conejos River Trails](/search.md) permit 36718-F-R | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 260 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Conejos River Trails](/search.md) permit 86224-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Bountiful](/search.md) permit 324455- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 120 | 0 | 2022 |
| [La Jara Creek Canyon Parcels](/search.md) permit 316845- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Tixier-ramirez](/search.md) permit 84142-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Saddle Mountain Ranches](/search.md) permit 316998- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Elizardo Gonzales](/search.md) permit 317520--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Cumbres](/search.md) permit 84395-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Cumbres](/search.md) permit 84500-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 7.5 | 2020 |
| [Cumbres](/search.md) permit 84539-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Rito Hondo Subdivision](/search.md) permit 318075- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 405 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Amended la Jara Creek Canyon Parcels](/search.md) permit 318109- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 10 | 2021 |
| [La Jara Creek Canyon Parcels](/search.md) permit 318767- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Cumbres](/search.md) permit 84786-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Rio Rancho Acres](/search.md) permit 319225- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 205 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Manassa](/search.md) permit 319709- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 35 | 0 | 1959 |
| [Arroyo Minor Subdivision](/search.md) permit 319712- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 140 | 48 | 2021 |
| [Hawkins Llc Division of Land](/search.md) permit 319714- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Conejos River Trails](/search.md) permit 83995-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 280 | 10 | 2020 |
| [Bountiful](/search.md) permit 316463- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2020 |
| [Bountiful](/search.md) permit 58266--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 97 | 15 | 2019 |
| [Vigil Division of Land](/search.md) permit 313427- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 15 | 2019 |
| [San Antonio River Ranches](/search.md) permit 313542- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 15 | 2019 |
| [Ponderosa Acres](/search.md) permit 128951--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 10 | 2020 |
| [Fox Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 314702- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2019 |
| [Finnegan/keys Division of Land](/search.md) permit 315073- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 10 | 2019 |
| [La Jara Creek Acres](/search.md) permit 81819-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Mayfield Revocable Intervivos Trust D O L](/search.md) permit 308694- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2018 |
| [Replat of Hc Martinez/ap Gallegos Minor Dol](/search.md) permit 309195- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 10 | 2019 |
| [Reynolds Ranch Division of Land](/search.md) permit 310018- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 85 | 0 | 2019 |
| [La Jara Christensen](/search.md) permit 310902- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 1967 |
| [Ponderosa Acres](/search.md) permit 312190- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2019 |
| [Alamosa River Estates](/search.md) permit 304418- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2017 |
| [Clark Minor Subdivision](/search.md) permit 304794- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 15 | 2017 |
| [Conejos Acres](/search.md) permit 305637- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 12 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Conejos River Trails](/search.md) permit 80812-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 240 | 5 | 2017 |
| [Josh Watters Division of Land](/search.md) permit 305485- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Application Parcel Name Missing](/search.md) permit 53364--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 15 | 2018 |
| [Tixier & Ramirez](/search.md) permit 81140-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 7 | 2018 |
| [Application Parcel Name Missing](/search.md) permit 306290- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 280 | 8 | 2017 |
| [Smith Minor Subdivision](/search.md) permit 306297- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Fox Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 306298- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Schmucker Division of Land](/search.md) permit 306337- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 100 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Rueben Gingerich Minor Division of Land](/search.md) permit 306339- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 100 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Helms Potato Company Minor Subdivision](/search.md) permit 62249--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 11 | 2017 |
| [Rocky Mountain Estates](/search.md) permit 307921- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Cumbres](/search.md) permit 79614-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 43 | 0 | 1996 |
| [Cumbres](/search.md) permit 79615-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 42 | 0 | 1996 |
| [Sanford](/search.md) permit 300292- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Arroyo Minor Subdivision](/search.md) permit 300809- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 0 | 10 | 2016 |
| [Noble E Kreps Bdy Line Adj & Minor](/search.md) permit 301826- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Alamosa River Estates](/search.md) permit 302040- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 15 | 2017 |
| [Vivian Sanchez Division of Land](/search.md) permit 197970--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2016 |
| [Ranchitos Del Rio Conejos](/search.md) permit 80225-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 15 | 2017 |
| [Bernie & Norma Romero Division of Land](/search.md) permit 303094- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 7 | 2016 |
| [Ranchitos Del Rio Conejos](/search.md) permit 80303-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 10 | 2017 |
| [Conejos Valley](/search.md) permit 303504- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Conejos Valley](/search.md) permit 298269- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2017 |
| [Platoro](/search.md) permit 299567- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 15 | 2016 |
| [Hochstetler/willis Division of Land](/search.md) permit 296913--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 10 | 2017 |
| [Saddle Mountain Ranches](/search.md) permit 296972- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 10 | 2015 |
| [Rocky Mountain Estates](/search.md) permit 297409--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 10 | 2017 |
| [Ponderosa Acres](/search.md) permit 134066--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 10 | 2015 |

### By decreed use in Conejos County

- [Domestic in Conejos County](/county/conejos/domestic.md) — 3,242

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Saguache](/county/saguache.md) 8,803
- [Summit](/county/summit.md) 8,609
- [Las Animas](/county/las-animas.md) 8,050
- [Routt](/county/routt.md) 7,264
- [Custer](/county/custer.md) 6,916
- [Kit Carson](/county/kit-carson.md) 6,777
- [Mesa](/county/mesa.md) 6,494
- [Washington](/county/washington.md) 5,722
- [Clear Creek](/county/clear-creek.md) 5,556
- [Baca](/county/baca.md) 5,424
- [Pitkin](/county/pitkin.md) 4,805
- [Eagle](/county/eagle.md) 4,742
- [Gilpin](/county/gilpin.md) 4,606

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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Recolha: 2026-08-21