Well permits in Delta County
3,935 well permits — 0.7% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 88 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.
3,935Permits
88 ftMedian depth
889Expired
0Denver Basin aquifer
How deep people drill in Delta 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 | 88 ft | 227 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (2,494 permits, 63 %) |
| Yield | 15 gpm | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (789 permits, 20 %) |
| Static water level | 29 ft | 110 ft | 58 ft — lower here (2,002 permits, 51 %) |
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 | 1,889 | 48.0% |
| Household Use Only | 756 | 19.2% |
| Monitoring/sampling | 584 | 14.8% |
| Geothermal | 195 | 5.0% |
| Irrigation | 175 | 4.4% |
| Other | 135 | 3.4% |
| Commercial | 79 | 2.0% |
| Stock | 53 | 1.3% |
| Industrial | 20 | 0.5% |
| Not stated | 18 | 0.5% |
| Fishery | 15 | 0.4% |
| Municipal | 8 | 0.2% |
What happened to these permits
2,125 of the 3,935 permits in Delta County ended with a well the Division was told about — 54.0%. And 889 expired without one: 22.6%.
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.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Well Constructed | 2,125 | 54.0% |
| Permit Expired | 889 | 22.6% |
| NA | 182 | 4.6% |
| Permit Issued | 160 | 4.1% |
| Permit Canceled | 118 | 3.0% |
| Well Abandoned | 101 | 2.6% |
| Application Denied | 97 | 2.5% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 83 | 2.1% |
| Application Information Requested | 80 | 2.0% |
| Application Received | 34 | 0.9% |
Which aquifers
| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| All Unnamed Aquifers | 3,821 | 97.1% |
| Not stated | 39 | 1.0% |
| Mesa Verde Group | 23 | 0.6% |
| Mancos | 16 | 0.4% |
| Alluvial | 12 | 0.3% |
| Dakota | 9 | 0.2% |
| Entrada | 6 | 0.2% |
| Mesa Verde | 2 | 0.1% |
| Arapahoe | 2 | 0.1% |
| Lower Arapahoe | 1 | 0.0% |
When the permits were issued
| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 338 | 8.6% |
| 2010s | 444 | 11.3% |
| 2000s | 1,205 | 30.6% |
| 1990s | 634 | 16.1% |
| 1980s | 218 | 5.5% |
| 1970s | 336 | 8.5% |
| 1960s | 29 | 0.7% |
| 1950s | 7 | 0.2% |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.0% |
Buying land in Delta County, or need a well drilled?
3,935 well permits are on the Division’s register in Delta County, 889 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 Delta County
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet Mesa Estates permit 137838--A | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2024 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 89142-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 170 | 15 | 2024 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 89245-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 125 | 13 | 2024 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 89530-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 61 | 14 | 2025 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 88462-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 142 | 15 | 2023 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 86690-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 183 | 15 | 2022 |
| Perrys Pasture Minor permit 87029-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 328 | 5 | 2022 |
| Hillmans permit 329400- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 1971 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 328447- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 105 | 0 | 1972 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 85764-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 72 | 9 | 2022 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 85915-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 15 | 2022 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 85973-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 15 | 2023 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 2) permit 322995- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 114 | 10 | 2021 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 86042-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 7 | 2022 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 86014-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 190 | 13 | 2022 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 86138-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 9 | 2022 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 2) permit 271253--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 330 | 0 | 2020 |
| Matthews permit 269974--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 48 | 0 | 2020 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 84427-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 290 | 12 | 2020 |
| Watts permit 84701-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2007 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 84787-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 73 | 14 | 2022 |
| High Park Road Association permit 319680- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 968 | 0 | 2021 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 83119-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 90 | 13 | 2020 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 83545-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 49 | 0 | 2019 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 83592-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 67 | 0 | 2019 |
| Hidden Mesa Estates permit 83733-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 210 | 19 | 2010 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 2) permit 314346- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 2019 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 1) permit 257010--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 128 | 0 | 2019 |
| High Park Road Association permit 315523- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 645 | 0 | 2020 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 82403-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2018 |
| Beezleys permit 310558- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 15 | 2021 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 82525-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 0 | 2018 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 82580-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 85 | 15 | 2018 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 64688-F-R | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 114 | 12 | 2018 |
| Matthews Exemption No. 437 permit 310020- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2018 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 2) permit 310080- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 15 | 2018 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 80702-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 11 | 2017 |
| Hidden Mesa Estates permit 81574-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 190 | 12 | 2010 |
| Lamborn Farms permit 80134-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 6 | 2006 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 80141-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 16 | 2016 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 80326-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 98 | 15 | 2016 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 1) permit 301982- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 5 | 2016 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 1) permit 301989- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 138 | 0 | 2016 |
| Application Parcel Name Missing permit 303028- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 425 | 0 | 2016 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 79288-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 93 | 7 | 2015 |
| Watts permit 79428-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 6 | 2007 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 79554-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 79 | 10 | 2016 |
| Hotchkiss permit 52208-MH | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 16 | 0 | 2014 |
| Larga Vista permit 77841-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 0 | 2014 |
| Martin permit 78100-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 130 | 15 | 1998 |
| Lamborn Farms permit 78291-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 0 | 2006 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 78355-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 15 | 2014 |
| Vincent permit 295670- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2014 |
| Lazear permit 204299--A | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 91 | 0 | 2014 |
| Enola No Impact Minor Subdivision permit 295804- | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 12 | 0 | 2014 |
| Larga Vista permit 76923-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 144 | 15 | 2014 |
| Ragged Rose Ranch Hes #279 & 315 permit 291709- | Well Constructed | Stock | 12 | 0 | 2015 |
| Ragged Rose Ranch Hes #279, 282 & 315 permit 291710- | Well Constructed | Stock | 12 | 0 | 2015 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 77397-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 12 | 2013 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 76302-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 73 | 10 | 2012 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 76707-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 93 | 7 | 2012 |
| Aspen Hills permit 287524- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 374 | 0 | 2012 |
| Farnsworth permit 288519- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2015 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 2) permit 289393- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 152 | 0 | 2012 |
| Leroux Creek Acres permit 75575-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 115 | 15 | 1999 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 75410-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 10 | 2011 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 75500-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 5 | 2011 |
| Lamborn Farms permit 68917-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 122 | 0 | 2010 |
| Mount Lamborn View Estates permit 267854--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 10 | 0 | 2011 |
| North Twin Lakes Addition of Grand Mesa Resor permit 283425- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 2010 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 68621-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 12 | 2009 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 68622-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 82 | 12 | 2009 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 68645-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 72 | 12 | 2009 |
| Townsend Minor permit 66868-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 181 | 8 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67359-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 125 | 15 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67361-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 12 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67358-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 90 | 15 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67360-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 105 | 15 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67363-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 148 | 12 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67364-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 128 | 12 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67400-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 131 | 0 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67401-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 15 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67519-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 10 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67559-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 15 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67635-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 90 | 12 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67819-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 67821-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 0 | 2008 |
| Hidden Springs permit 276740- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 32 | 0 | 2009 |
| High Park Road Association permit 65611-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 0 | 0 | 1995 |
| Mount Lamborn View Estates permit 274392- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 10 | 0 | 2007 |
| Mount Lamborn View Estates permit 274393- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 10 | 0 | 2007 |
| Mount Lamborn View Estates permit 275089- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 10 | 0 | 2007 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 66256-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 107 | 15 | 2001 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 66444-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 90 | 15 | 2007 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 66446-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 92 | 15 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 66527-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 98 | 12 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 66528-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 150 | 15 | 2008 |
| High Park Road Association permit 273567- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 378 | 5 | 2007 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 2) permit 274664- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 102 | 10 | 2007 |
| Delta - Mckee Addition permit 274702- | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 40 | 0 | 2007 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 2) permit 275301- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 138 | 0 | 2008 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 64676-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 106 | 12 | 2006 |
| Grand Mesa Resort permit 64723-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 74 | 15 | 2007 |
| Mount Lamborn View Estates permit 268663- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 15 | 2006 |
| Mount Lamborn View Estates permit 268876- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 288 | 4 | 2006 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 1) permit 269216- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 8 | 2006 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 2) permit 269586- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 113 | 0 | 2006 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 2) permit 269594- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 190 | 9 | 2006 |
| Stoney Creek Ranch (filing: 2) permit 269824- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 62 | 0 | 2008 |
| Aspen Hills permit 269830- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 8 | 2006 |
By decreed use in Delta County
- Domestic in Delta County — 1,889
Counties with a comparable register
- Eagle 4,742
- Gilpin 4,606
- Moffat 4,379
- Costilla 4,256
- Huerfano 4,190
- Lincoln 4,107
- Montrose 3,965
- Prowers 3,895
- Archuleta 3,805
- Rio Blanco 3,486
- San Miguel 3,416
- Otero 3,393
- Phillips 2,865
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.