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

> 604 well permits in Dolores County. The median well is 150 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Dolores County

**604** well permits — 0.1% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **150 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Dolores 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 | **150 ft** | 299 ft | 148 ft — deeper here (417 permits, 69 %) |
| Yield | **6 gpm** | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — lower here (101 permits, 17 %) |
| Static water level | **50 ft** | 154 ft | 58 ft — lower here (348 permits, 58 %) |

### 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](/use/domestic.md) | 383 | 63.4% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 62 | 10.3% |
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 47 | 7.8% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 47 | 7.8% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 26 | 4.3% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 8 | 1.3% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 7 | 1.2% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 7 | 1.2% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 6 | 1.0% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 5 | 0.8% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 4 | 0.7% |
| Augmentation | 2 | 0.3% |

### What happened to these permits

**385** of the 604 permits in Dolores County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 63.7%. And
**122** expired without one: 20.2%.

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](/expired.md).

| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Well Constructed | 385 | 63.7% |
| Permit Expired | 122 | 20.2% |
| Well Abandoned | 23 | 3.8% |
| Permit Canceled | 18 | 3.0% |
| Permit Issued | 18 | 3.0% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 11 | 1.8% |
| Application Information Requested | 10 | 1.7% |
| Permit Extended | 6 | 1.0% |
| Pump Installed, No Construction Info Received | 3 | 0.5% |
| Application Denied | 2 | 0.3% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 581 | 96.2% |
| [Dakota](/aquifer/dakota.md) | 8 | 1.3% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 8 | 1.3% |
| Dakota Group Aquifer | 2 | 0.3% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 1 | 0.2% |
| Morrison | 1 | 0.2% |
| Mancos | 1 | 0.2% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 1 | 0.2% |
| [Arapahoe](/aquifer/arapahoe.md) | 1 | 0.2% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 58 | 9.6% |
| 2010s | 73 | 12.1% |
| 2000s | 146 | 24.2% |
| 1990s | 106 | 17.5% |
| 1980s | 50 | 8.3% |
| 1970s | 39 | 6.5% |
| 1960s | 8 | 1.3% |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.2% |

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

604 well permits are on the Division’s register in Dolores County, 122 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 Dolores County

*Well permits, Dolores 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 90086-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 212 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 90174-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 191 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 90169-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 253 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Sundial](/search.md) permit 89251-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 89383-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 184 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Sundial](/search.md) permit 89558-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 88541-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 192 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 86586-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 70 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 87365-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 75 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Chico Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 323819- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 86095-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 83525-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 287 | 0 | 1997 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 311334- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 70 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Sundial Village](/search.md) permit 81436-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 75 | 15 | 2014 |
| [Chico Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 296946- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 9 | 2015 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 78940-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 248 | 0 | 2010 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 297331- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 116 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 78734-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 219 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 77260-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 33 | 3 | 2013 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 77580-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 0 | 2014 |
| [Conley Tracts](/search.md) permit 288456- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 142 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Confluence](/search.md) permit 76714-F | Well Constructed | Augmentation | 39 | 13 | 2012 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 69022-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 203 | 0 | 2010 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 69096-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 7 | 2004 |
| [Sundial](/search.md) permit 69857-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 1.7 | 2010 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 74398-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 302 | 10 | 2010 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 74486-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 170 | 8 | 2011 |
| [West Fork Village](/search.md) permit 68652-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 38 | 15 | 2003 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 68149-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 156 | 2.5 | 2009 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 277647- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2008 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 66895-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 249 | 0.7 | 2006 |
| [Sundial](/search.md) permit 67164-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 0 | 2008 |
| [Conley](/search.md) permit 277801- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 298 | 2 | 2008 |
| [Sundial](/search.md) permit 67633-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 110 | 0 | 2009 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 65769-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 255 | 8 | 2007 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 274067- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 310 | 0 | 2007 |
| [Glade Ranch](/search.md) permit 274193- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 605 | 0 | 2008 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 66008-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 5 | 2007 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 64176-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 10 | 2006 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 64211-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 272 | 0.21 | 2006 |
| [Veach Tracts](/search.md) permit 269072- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 267 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Lonecone Ranches](/search.md) permit 269223- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 64440-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 249 | 13.05 | 2006 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 64596-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 266 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Sundial](/search.md) permit 64637-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 249 | 8 | 2006 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 64724-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 264 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Chico Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 271421- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 6 | 2006 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 62770-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 267 | 1 | 2005 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 62926-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 249 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 62925-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 272 | 0 | 2005 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 62945-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 268 | 0 | 2005 |
| [West Fork Village](/search.md) permit 63271-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 61354-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 276 | 1.5 | 2004 |
| [Deremo Farms - Valtakis](/search.md) permit 257942- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 270 | 7 | 2005 |
| [West Fork Village](/search.md) permit 61472-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 25 | 20 | 2004 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 61633-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 276 | 3.2 | 2005 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 61681-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 249 | 4.5 | 2005 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 61785-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 144 | 5 | 2004 |
| [West Fork Village](/search.md) permit 59802-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 23 | 15 | 2004 |
| [Sundial](/search.md) permit 60199-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 170 | 15 | 2003 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 251540- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 276 | 0 | 2003 |
| [Glade Ranch](/search.md) permit 240493- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 720 | 0 | 2002 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 240062- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 266 | 0 | 2003 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 56310-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 245 | 7 | 2002 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 56289-F | Well Constructed | Stock | 0 | 0 | 2002 |
| [Sundial](/search.md) permit 52686-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 186 | 15 | 2001 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 56296-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 12 | 2001 |
| [Glade Ranch](/search.md) permit 237563- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1196 | 0 | 2002 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 226167- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 248 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 53930-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 217 | 0 | 2000 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 53932-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 70 | 0 | 2000 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 53933-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 202 | 0 | 2000 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 53937-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 59 | 0 | 2000 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 53938-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 173 | 0 | 2000 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 53939-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 111 | 0 | 2000 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 53944-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 213 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 218546- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 902 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 218564- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 170 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 219063- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 305 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 52874-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 63 | 0 | 2000 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 49970-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 44 | 7 | 1998 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 50216-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 208 | 1 | 1998 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 50448-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 0 | 1998 |
| [Lone Cone Ranches](/search.md) permit 212508- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 164 | 15 | 1999 |
| [Rancho Dolores](/search.md) permit 201839- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 111 | 0 | 1996 |
| [Sundial](/search.md) permit 48053-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 109 | 4 | 1997 |
| [Secret Canyon Ranch](/search.md) permit 203290- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 348 | 0 | 1997 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 48378-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 61 | 0 | 1997 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 48379-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 61 | 15 | 1997 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 48714-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 126 | 0 | 1997 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 46215-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 7 | 1996 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 44581-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 77 | 11 | 1994 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 45436-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 202 | 0 | 1996 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 43870-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 246 | 4 | 1995 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 44078-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 310 | 0 | 1995 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 44160-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 246 | 0 | 1995 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 44304-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 156 | 1 | 1996 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 42527-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 5 | 1993 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 42528-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 3 | 1993 |
| [Groundhog Vista Estates](/search.md) permit 42777-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 10 | 1994 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 43070-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 10 | 1994 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 41021-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 0 | 1992 |
| [Blue Spruce Glen](/search.md) permit 90785-F | Permit Issued | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Resonance 11-23-02](/search.md) permit 343250- | Permit Issued | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Resonance 11-23-02](/search.md) permit 338214- | Permit Issued | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Resonance](/search.md) permit 338209- | Pump Installed, No Construction Info Received | Domestic | 0 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Pat No. 1914, Ms 5970](/search.md) permit 339472- | Permit Issued | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Groundhog Vista](/search.md) permit 90144-F | Pump Installed, No Construction Info Received | Household Use Only | 0 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Cottonwood Ranches](/search.md) permit 341557- | Permit Issued | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Sundial](/search.md) permit 89555-F | Permit Issued | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2024 |

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Phillips](/county/phillips.md) 2,865
- [Lake](/county/lake.md) 2,756
- [Bent](/county/bent.md) 2,362
- [Sedgwick](/county/sedgwick.md) 2,293
- [Cheyenne](/county/cheyenne.md) 2,133
- [Montezuma](/county/montezuma.md) 2,111
- [Jackson](/county/jackson.md) 1,625
- [Mineral](/county/mineral.md) 1,539
- [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) 1,434
- [Hinsdale](/county/hinsdale.md) 1,273
- [Ouray](/county/ouray.md) 1,242
- [Broomfield](/county/broomfield.md) 1,127
- [Crowley](/county/crowley.md) 1,099

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