Other wells in Denver County
1,649 of the 13,096 well permits in Denver County — 12.6% — are decreed for other.
How this group compares
Denver County holds 8.8% of Colorado’s 18,823 other permits, while holding 2.2% of the register overall — so it is over-represented in this use.
Other means a use the Division records under this heading.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Colorado median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depth | 28 ft | 62 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (370 permits, 22 %) |
| Yield | 4 gpm | 400 gpm | 10 gpm — lower here (26 permits, 2 %) |
| Static water level | 18 ft | 46 ft | 58 ft — lower here (84 permits, 5 %) |
What happened to these permits
211 of the 1,649 permits decreed for other in Denver County ended with a well the Division was told about — 12.8%. And 37 expired without one: 2.2%.
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 Abandoned | 1,014 | 61.5% |
| Application Information Requested | 311 | 18.9% |
| Well Constructed | 211 | 12.8% |
| Permit Expired | 37 | 2.2% |
| Permit Canceled | 25 | 1.5% |
| NA | 16 | 1.0% |
| Application Denied | 12 | 0.7% |
| Permit Issued | 8 | 0.5% |
| Application Received | 6 | 0.4% |
| Application Withdrawn | 4 | 0.2% |
Buying land in Denver County, or need a well drilled?
1,649 well permits are on the Division’s register in Denver County, 37 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.
The permits
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Hills permit 84622-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84623-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84624-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84625-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84626-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84627-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84628-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84629-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84630-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84631-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84632-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84633-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84635-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2016 |
| University Hills permit 84636-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84637-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84638-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84639-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84640-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills permit 84641-F | Well Constructed | Other | 27 | 0 | 2015 |
| Garwood permit 47153-F | Well Constructed | Other | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
| Garwood permit 47154-F | Well Constructed | Other | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
| Evans Park Estates permit 45847-F | Well Constructed | Other | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
| Evans Park Estates permit 45848-F | Well Constructed | Other | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
| Evans Park Estates permit 45849-F | Well Constructed | Other | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
| Evans Park Estates permit 45850-F | Well Constructed | Other | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
| Evans Park Estates permit 45851-F | Well Constructed | Other | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43173-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43174-F | Well Constructed | Other | 19 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43175-F | Well Constructed | Other | 19 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43176-F | Well Constructed | Other | 19 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43177-F | Well Constructed | Other | 19 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43178-F | Well Constructed | Other | 19 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43179-F | Well Constructed | Other | 20 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43180-F | Well Constructed | Other | 20 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43182-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43183-F | Well Constructed | Other | 19 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43184-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43185-F | Well Constructed | Other | 20 | 0 | 1983 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43186-F | Well Constructed | Other | 19 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43187-F | Well Constructed | Other | 17 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43188-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43189-F | Well Constructed | Other | 20 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43190-F | Well Constructed | Other | 20 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43191-F | Well Constructed | Other | 14 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43192-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1993 |
| Skinner Brothers permit 43193-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1993 |
| Sopris Park permit 41992-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1992 |
| Sopris Park permit 41993-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1992 |
| Sopris Park permit 41994-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1992 |
| Sopris Park permit 41995-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1992 |
| Sopris Park permit 41996-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1992 |
| Sopris Park permit 41997-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1994 |
| Sopris Park permit 41998-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1992 |
| Sopris Park permit 41999-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1992 |
| Sopris Park permit 42000-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1992 |
| Sopris Park permit 42001-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1992 |
| Sopris Park permit 42002-F | Well Constructed | Other | 18 | 0 | 1992 |
| Hartman permit 42345-F | Well Constructed | Other | 26 | 0 | 1991 |
| Hartman permit 42346-F | Well Constructed | Other | 25 | 0 | 1991 |
| Lowry (filing: 17) permit 2017172-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
| Rec 2008103305 permit 80912-F | Permit Expired | Other | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79949-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79950-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79951-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79952-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79953-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79954-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79955-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79956-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79957-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79958-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79959-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79960-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79961-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79962-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79963-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79964-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79965-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79966-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79967-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| University Hills No. 3 (filing: 1) permit 79968-F | Permit Canceled | Other | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| Inc Brothers 2nd Addition permit 67923-F | Permit Expired | Other | 0 | 0 | 2009 |
| Highland Park permit 2008318-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | 2008 |
| Highland Park permit 2008323-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | 2008 |
| Kibler Addition permit 47569-F | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
| Evans Park Estates permit 45846-F | Permit Expired | Other | 0 | 0 | 1995 |
| Evans Park Estates permit 45852-F | Permit Expired | Other | 0 | 0 | 1998 |
| Hartman permit 38991-F | Permit Expired | Other | 0 | 0 | 1991 |
| Hartman permit 38992-F | Permit Expired | Other | 0 | 0 | 1991 |
| Jasper permit 35267-F | Well Abandoned | Other | 28 | 0 | 1988 |
| Chamberlins Colfax Place permit 2001045-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008044-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008043-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008042-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008041-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008040-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008039-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008038-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008037-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008035-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008034-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008033-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008032-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008031-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| J.w. Smiths Additon To Denver permit 2008030-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breenlow Park permit 2008301-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ruby Hill Park | Application Information Requested | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ruby Hill Park | Application Information Requested | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ruby Hill Park | Application Information Requested | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chamberlins Colfax Place permit 2001109-AB | Well Abandoned | Other | 0 | 0 | — |
Part of a bigger picture: all 13,096 permits in Denver County, and every other permit in Colorado.
Other groups of a similar size
- Irrigation — Adams 1,926
- Domestic — Delta 1,889
- Not stated — Jefferson 1,872
- Municipal — Douglas 1,698
- Domestic — Montrose 1,672
- Stock — Lincoln 1,666
- Household Use Only — Douglas 1,632
- Other — Weld 1,623
- Household Use Only — Weld 1,617
- Stock — El Paso 1,562
- Other — Adams 1,546