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

> 6,916 well permits in Custer County. The median well is 200 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Custer County

**6,916** well permits — 1.2% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **200 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Custer 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 | **200 ft** | 470 ft | 148 ft — deeper here (5,088 permits, 74 %) |
| Yield | **7.5 gpm** | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — lower here (2,731 permits, 39 %) |
| Static water level | **60 ft** | 170 ft | 58 ft — higher here (4,630 permits, 67 %) |

### 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](/county/custer/household-use-only.md) | 3,056 | 44.2% |
| [Domestic](/county/custer/domestic.md) | 3,055 | 44.2% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 249 | 3.6% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 208 | 3.0% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 121 | 1.7% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 93 | 1.3% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 82 | 1.2% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 31 | 0.4% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 10 | 0.1% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 8 | 0.1% |
| Augmentation | 1 | 0.0% |
| Wildlife | 1 | 0.0% |

### What happened to these permits

**4,591** of the 6,916 permits in Custer County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 66.4%. And
**1,087** expired without one: 15.7%.

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 | 4,591 | 66.4% |
| Permit Expired | 1,087 | 15.7% |
| Permit Issued | 282 | 4.1% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 254 | 3.7% |
| Application Denied | 158 | 2.3% |
| Permit Canceled | 157 | 2.3% |
| Well Abandoned | 116 | 1.7% |
| Application Information Requested | 108 | 1.6% |
| Permit Expired (Pump Installed) | 51 | 0.7% |
| Pump Installed, No Construction Info Received | 30 | 0.4% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 6,819 | 98.6% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 69 | 1.0% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Vall](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-vall.md) | 9 | 0.1% |
| [Dakota](/aquifer/dakota.md) | 9 | 0.1% |
| [Quaternary Alluvium](/aquifer/quaternary-alluvium.md) | 4 | 0.1% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 2 | 0.0% |
| Fractured Granite | 2 | 0.0% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 1 | 0.0% |
| [Arapahoe](/aquifer/arapahoe.md) | 1 | 0.0% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 671 | 9.7% |
| 2010s | 742 | 10.7% |
| 2000s | 1,384 | 20.0% |
| 1990s | 1,701 | 24.6% |
| 1980s | 843 | 12.2% |
| 1970s | 541 | 7.8% |
| 1960s | 46 | 0.7% |
| 1950s | 46 | 0.7% |

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

6,916 well permits are on the Division’s register in Custer County, 1,087 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 Custer County

*Well permits, Custer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Cuerno Verde Pines](/search.md) permit 341726- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 440 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines](/search.md) permit 90640-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines](/search.md) permit 42606-F-R | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 420 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Silver Cliff Heights](/search.md) permit 342402- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines (filing: 3-6)](/search.md) permit 90827-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 520 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Beckwith Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 342889- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Golden Arrow Valley](/search.md) permit 342974- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 403 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Rdr Trust Large](/search.md) permit 45598--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines](/search.md) permit 204795--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Silver Cliff Ranch](/search.md) permit 90061-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 1 | 2025 |
| [Blumenau](/search.md) permit 90251-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 250 | 3 | 2025 |
| [Rosita Hills](/search.md) permit 337616- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines (filing: 3-6)](/search.md) permit 89794-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Antelope Valley](/search.md) permit 337586- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 320 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines](/search.md) permit 46372-F-R | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 540 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Silver Cliff Heights](/search.md) permit 337631- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Blumenau](/search.md) permit 89821-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Sierra City](/search.md) permit 337903- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Blumenau](/search.md) permit 89923-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Nemeha Lode](/search.md) permit 339539- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 380 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Centennial Ranch](/search.md) permit 339511- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 540 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Blumenau](/search.md) permit 90161-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 8 | 2025 |
| [Light Ranch Parcels](/search.md) permit 339595- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Blumenau](/search.md) permit 90099-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Bull Domingo Ranch](/search.md) permit 340141- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines (filing: 3-6)](/search.md) permit 90135-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 480 | 4 | 2025 |
| [Dilley Ranch](/search.md) permit 339936- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Silver West Business Park](/search.md) permit 90160-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Alasta Acres](/search.md) permit 340625- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 280 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Aspen Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 340418- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 275 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Silver Cliff Heights](/search.md) permit 340988- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Adobe Creek Tree Farm](/search.md) permit 340689- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Silver West Estates](/search.md) permit 90343-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Rosita Hills](/search.md) permit 340832- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 240 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Wapiti Creek](/search.md) permit 341023- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Blumenau](/search.md) permit 90325-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines](/search.md) permit 90000-F-R | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 345 | 11 | 2025 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines](/search.md) permit 340884- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 420 | 7 | 2025 |
| [Bull Domingo Ranch](/search.md) permit 341025- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Sierra City](/search.md) permit 341027- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 320 | 3 | 2025 |
| [Rosita Hills](/search.md) permit 338672--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Centennial Ranch](/search.md) permit 341610- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 10 | 1970 |
| [Bull Domingo Ranch](/search.md) permit 341236- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Eagle Springs Ranch (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 332924- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Antelope Valley](/search.md) permit 333580- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 280 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Atlasta Acres](/search.md) permit 333589- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Dilley Ranch](/search.md) permit 333109- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Woods At Buck Mountain](/search.md) permit 333526- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Blumenau (filing: 1,2)](/search.md) permit 88995-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 88892-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Centennial Ranch](/search.md) permit 333598- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 8 | 2024 |
| [Silver Cliff Heights](/search.md) permit 333651- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines](/search.md) permit 88981-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 550 | 5 | 2006 |
| [Centennial Ranch](/search.md) permit 333875- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Rosita Hills](/search.md) permit 334038- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 260 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Eagle Springs Ranch (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 334043- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Eagle Springs Ranch (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 334044- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines](/search.md) permit 334076- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 240 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Tar Heel Lode](/search.md) permit 334205- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Ley](/search.md) permit 334523- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Golden Arrow Valley](/search.md) permit 334524- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Bull Domingo Ranch](/search.md) permit 334532- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Spruce Ridge](/search.md) permit 334568- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 0.4 | 2024 |
| [Centennial Ranch](/search.md) permit 334577- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Sierra City](/search.md) permit 334893- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Ponderosa Heights](/search.md) permit 334881- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 440 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Dilley Ranch](/search.md) permit 187521--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Silver West Estates](/search.md) permit 89287-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Golden Arrow Valley](/search.md) permit 335417- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 260 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Bull Domingo Ranch](/search.md) permit 335497- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines](/search.md) permit 89442-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 440 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Bull Domingo Ranch](/search.md) permit 335498- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 7 | 2025 |
| [Mckinley Mountain Ranch Estates](/search.md) permit 170286--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 6 | 2024 |
| [Lake Deweese Resort](/search.md) permit 335762- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Bull Domingo Ranch](/search.md) permit 335787- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Beckwith Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 335792- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Lucile/protection/mary K Lodes](/search.md) permit 328874--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Blumenau (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 89513-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Timber Ridge Ranch](/search.md) permit 274775--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 740 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Centennial Ranch](/search.md) permit 336050- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Blumenau (filing: 1,2)](/search.md) permit 89591-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 204 | 15 | 1986 |
| [Woods At Gem Mountain](/search.md) permit 336306- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 12 | 2024 |
| [Bull Domingo Ranch](/search.md) permit 336407- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Silver Cliff Heights](/search.md) permit 336570- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 350 | 7 | 2025 |
| [Petersen Ranch](/search.md) permit 336571- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 223 | 0 | 2025 |
| [South Contact Lode Ms#288](/search.md) permit 336790- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Beckwith Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 336781- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Mann Smith Lla](/search.md) permit 331856- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 380 | 8 | 2023 |
| [Bull Domingo Ranch](/search.md) permit 329473- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 7 | 2023 |
| [Margot Marlow Lode / Ms#20322](/search.md) permit 329474- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 14 | 2023 |
| [Wilderness Heights](/search.md) permit 329577- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 320 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Robbers Roost](/search.md) permit 329758- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Antelope Valley](/search.md) permit 329889- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 420 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Silver West Estates](/search.md) permit 87916-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 175 | 9 | 2023 |
| [Cuerno Verde Pines](/search.md) permit 87937-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 130 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Sierra City](/search.md) permit 329996- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Town of Rosita](/search.md) permit 330092- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 280 | 7 | 2023 |
| [Bull Domingo Ranch](/search.md) permit 330093- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Silver Cliff Heights](/search.md) permit 330094- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Eagle Springs Ranch (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 330027- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Beckwith Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 280332--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 165 | 12 | 2023 |
| [Antelope Valley](/search.md) permit 330165- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 380 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Silver Cliff](/search.md) permit 330301- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 260 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Game Ridge](/search.md) permit 330285- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Silvercliff Heights (filing: 16)](/search.md) permit 330350- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 385 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Rosita Hills](/search.md) permit 330426- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 260 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Antelope Valley](/search.md) permit 330482- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Dirigo Lode Ms#95](/search.md) permit 330483- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 0 | 2024 |
| [The Bridge Parcels](/search.md) permit 330468- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Silver Cliff Heights](/search.md) permit 330550- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 460 | 15 | 2023 |

### By decreed use in Custer County

- [Domestic in Custer County](/county/custer/domestic.md) — 3,055
- [Household Use Only in Custer County](/county/custer/household-use-only.md) — 3,056

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Morgan](/county/morgan.md) 9,779
- [Logan](/county/logan.md) 9,308
- [Gunnison](/county/gunnison.md) 8,894
- [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
- [Kit Carson](/county/kit-carson.md) 6,777
- [Mesa](/county/mesa.md) 6,494
- [Conejos](/county/conejos.md) 5,774
- [Washington](/county/washington.md) 5,722
- [Clear Creek](/county/clear-creek.md) 5,556
- [Baca](/county/baca.md) 5,424

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