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

> 22,500 well permits in Douglas County. The median well is 360 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Douglas County

**22,500** well permits — 3.7% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **360 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Douglas 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 | **360 ft** | 775 ft | 148 ft — deeper here (13,848 permits, 62 %) |
| Yield | **13 gpm** | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (8,238 permits, 37 %) |
| Static water level | **170 ft** | 470 ft | 58 ft — higher here (12,740 permits, 57 %) |

### 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/douglas/domestic.md) | 13,804 | 61.4% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/county/douglas/monitoring-sampling.md) | 2,001 | 8.9% |
| [Municipal](/county/douglas/municipal.md) | 1,698 | 7.5% |
| [Household Use Only](/county/douglas/household-use-only.md) | 1,632 | 7.3% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 822 | 3.7% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 718 | 3.2% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 535 | 2.4% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 447 | 2.0% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 323 | 1.4% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 300 | 1.3% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 113 | 0.5% |
| Augmentation | 52 | 0.2% |

### What happened to these permits

**12,073** of the 22,500 permits in Douglas County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 53.7%. And
**3,925** expired without one: 17.4%.

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 | 12,073 | 53.7% |
| Permit Expired | 3,925 | 17.4% |
| Well Abandoned | 1,685 | 7.5% |
| Permit Canceled | 1,162 | 5.2% |
| Application Information Requested | 863 | 3.8% |
| Permit Issued | 856 | 3.8% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 570 | 2.5% |
| Application Denied | 539 | 2.4% |
| Application Received | 240 | 1.1% |
| Pump Installed, No Construction Info Received | 142 | 0.6% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 9,110 | 40.5% |
| [Upper Dawson](/aquifer/upper-dawson.md) | 3,239 | 14.4% |
| [Denver](/aquifer/denver.md) | 2,839 | 12.6% |
| [Lower Dawson](/aquifer/lower-dawson.md) | 2,774 | 12.3% |
| [Dawson](/aquifer/dawson.md) | 2,124 | 9.4% |
| [Arapahoe](/aquifer/arapahoe.md) | 994 | 4.4% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 522 | 2.3% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 352 | 1.6% |
| [Laramie Fox Hills](/aquifer/laramie-fox-hills.md) | 174 | 0.8% |
| [Laramie-fox Hills](/aquifer/laramie-fox-hills.md) | 167 | 0.7% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1,464 | 6.5% |
| 2010s | 2,132 | 9.5% |
| 2000s | 3,114 | 13.8% |
| 1990s | 4,317 | 19.2% |
| 1980s | 3,464 | 15.4% |
| 1970s | 3,313 | 14.7% |
| 1960s | 647 | 2.9% |
| 1950s | 257 | 1.1% |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.0% |

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

22,500 well permits are on the Division’s register in Douglas County, 3,925 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 Douglas County

*Well permits, Douglas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Doubletree Ranch](/search.md) permit 341916- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Crestview](/search.md) permit 342667- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 355 | 15 | 1986 |
| [Hemphill](/search.md) permit 90734-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 700 | 10 | 1991 |
| [Mcarthur Ranch](/search.md) permit 342851- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 528 | 11 | 1999 |
| [Castle Mesa (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 343057- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 470 | 0 | 1971 |
| [Ponderosa East (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 90733-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 828 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Hilltop](/search.md) permit 90851-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 375 | 12 | 2026 |
| [Nighthawk Hills](/search.md) permit 91097-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 530 | 10 | 2005 |
| [Valley Park](/search.md) permit 148256--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 535 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Chatfield East](/search.md) permit 89813-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 462 | 12 | 1982 |
| [Wildstone Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 89731-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 20 | 2025 |
| [Arrowpoint](/search.md) permit 89760-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 295 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Arrowpoint](/search.md) permit 89797-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Thunder Butte](/search.md) permit 336982- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
| [Hilltop](/search.md) permit 89778-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Tessa Mesa](/search.md) permit 338554- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 726 | 13.6 | 2025 |
| [Bears Den Rural Site Plan](/search.md) permit 89833-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 536 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Keene Ranch](/search.md) permit 89882-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 503 | 15 | 2017 |
| [Arrowpoint](/search.md) permit 89872-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Arrowpoint](/search.md) permit 89873-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 14 | 2023 |
| [Blackshere](/search.md) permit 338561- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 720 | 11.5 | 2019 |
| [Castle Park Ranch](/search.md) permit 337564- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 798 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Lemon Gulch Exemption, 1st Amendment](/search.md) permit 338853- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 750 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Arrowpoint](/search.md) permit 89909-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 605 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Keene Ranch](/search.md) permit 89963-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 652 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Legacy Pines East](/search.md) permit 89962-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 430 | 15 | 2026 |
| [Castlewood North](/search.md) permit 92476--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 620 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Pinewood Knolls](/search.md) permit 338751- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 302 | 0 | 1984 |
| [Doubletree Ranch](/search.md) permit 338564- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Castle Oaks](/search.md) permit 338757- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 524 | 10 | 1979 |
| [Stoneridge](/search.md) permit 339323- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 11 | 1988 |
| [Surrey Ridge Estates](/search.md) permit 97204--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Taylor Mountain Ranch At Bear Dance](/search.md) permit 90105-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1000 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Plum Creek Valley Estates](/search.md) permit 339374- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 540 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Oakland Estates](/search.md) permit 297284--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 719 | 11 | 2025 |
| [Woodmoor Mountain](/search.md) permit 340173- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 404 | 8 | 2025 |
| [Christy Ridge](/search.md) permit 340146- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 0 | 1986 |
| [Assembly Estates](/search.md) permit 90196-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 430 | 8 | 1994 |
| [Castle Crest](/search.md) permit 339767- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1200 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Ponderosa Hills](/search.md) permit 34590--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 190 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Vista Hills 1st Amendment](/search.md) permit 90265-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Vista Hills 1st Amendment](/search.md) permit 90264-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 410 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Surrey Ridge Estates](/search.md) permit 118060--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 516 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Spruce Mountain Estates](/search.md) permit 340679- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 375 | 13 | 2026 |
| [Crestview](/search.md) permit 90258-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 735 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Stoneridge](/search.md) permit 68734--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 620 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Deerfield](/search.md) permit 340879- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 465 | 30 | 1997 |
| [Singing Hills Amended](/search.md) permit 340924- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 515 | 15 | 2026 |
| [Homestead Hill](/search.md) permit 340299- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 575 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Hidden Village](/search.md) permit 220566--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 809 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Bears Den](/search.md) permit 90338-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 410 | 15 | 2026 |
| [Legacy Pines East](/search.md) permit 90363-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 335 | 13 | 2026 |
| [Oak Hills](/search.md) permit 109096--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 687 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Nighthawk Hills](/search.md) permit 341329- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 600 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Ponderosa Hills](/search.md) permit 341021- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 615 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Castle Mesa West](/search.md) permit 341588- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 597 | 0 | 1981 |
| [Heinle Acres](/search.md) permit 339410--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 15 | 2026 |
| [Taylor Mountain Ranch At Bear Dance](/search.md) permit 51008-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 925 | 11 | 2025 |
| [Castlewood North](/search.md) permit 103048--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 522 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Kelty Exemption](/search.md) permit 88841-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 12 | 2024 |
| [Chatfield East](/search.md) permit 89546-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 435 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Chatfield East](/search.md) permit 89041-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 15 | 1989 |
| [Dawson Butte](/search.md) permit 333515- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 808 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Legends Club](/search.md) permit 88837-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 770 | 12 | 2024 |
| [Preserve At Deerfield](/search.md) permit 88847-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Legacy Pines East](/search.md) permit 88830-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 410 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Pine Ridge](/search.md) permit 333518- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 660 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Arrowpoint Estates](/search.md) permit 88868-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Oakland Estates](/search.md) permit 333326- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 662 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Dawson Butte](/search.md) permit 332993- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 233 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Castlewood Canyon Estates](/search.md) permit 89019-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Woodmoor Mountain](/search.md) permit 333996- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 505 | 8 | 2024 |
| [Wildstone Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 89027-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Arrowpoint Estates](/search.md) permit 89196-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Sellers Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 334364- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 718 | 0 | 1972 |
| [Wildstone Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 89112-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 540 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Mcarthur Ranch](/search.md) permit 334195- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 905 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Village At Bear Dance Exemption](/search.md) permit 89200-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1180 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Hidden Village](/search.md) permit 38840--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 325 | 13 | 2024 |
| [Wildstone Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 89048-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 335 | 15 | 2021 |
| [Wildstone Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 89062-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 355 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Wildstone Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 89049-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 340 | 30 | 2021 |
| [Wildstone Ranch](/search.md) permit 89234-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 425 | 24 | 2024 |
| [Dawson Butte](/search.md) permit 334715- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 700 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Hidden Pines](/search.md) permit 89252-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 755 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Meribel Village (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 89277-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 785 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Sage Port](/search.md) permit 89120-F | Well Constructed | Municipal | 1740 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Ponderosa East (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 80921--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 463 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Inspiration Farms](/search.md) permit 89285-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 805 | 15 | 2015 |
| [Spruce Mountain Estates](/search.md) permit 89412-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Arrowpoint](/search.md) permit 89233-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 215 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Woodmoor Mountain](/search.md) permit 51384--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 605 | 10.3 | 2024 |
| [Arrowpoint](/search.md) permit 89386-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 255 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Lehigh Ranch](/search.md) permit 282736--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 763 | 8 | 2024 |
| [Reynolds Industrial Park](/search.md) permit 335749- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 322 | 12 | 2026 |
| [Keene Ranch](/search.md) permit 55786-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 555 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Happy Canyon](/search.md) permit 335548- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1180 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Dawson Butte](/search.md) permit 176945--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 815 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Arrowpoint](/search.md) permit 89550-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Arrowpoint](/search.md) permit 89548-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Legacy Pines East](/search.md) permit 89578-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 415 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Ponderosa Summit](/search.md) permit 49266-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 855 | 13 | 2024 |
| [Thunder Butte](/search.md) permit 336859- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 10 | 0 | 1967 |
| [Legacy Pines East](/search.md) permit 89634-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 295 | 12.5 | 2025 |
| [Arrowpoint](/search.md) permit 89645-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 13 | 2024 |
| [Ponderosa Hills](/search.md) permit 32974--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 255 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Pine Mor](/search.md) permit 89559-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 880 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Ponderosa Hills](/search.md) permit 22912--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 490 | 12 | 2024 |
| [Black Forest Estates](/search.md) permit 70960--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 15 | 2026 |
| [Meribel Village (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 89561-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 790 | 10 | 1998 |

### By decreed use in Douglas County

- [Domestic in Douglas County](/county/douglas/domestic.md) — 13,804
- [Household Use Only in Douglas County](/county/douglas/household-use-only.md) — 1,632
- [Monitoring/sampling in Douglas County](/county/douglas/monitoring-sampling.md) — 2,001
- [Municipal in Douglas County](/county/douglas/municipal.md) — 1,698

### Counties with a comparable register

- [El Paso](/county/el-paso.md) 46,491
- [Weld](/county/weld.md) 43,473
- [Jefferson](/county/jefferson.md) 42,751
- [Adams](/county/adams.md) 26,561
- [Park](/county/park.md) 22,930
- [Larimer](/county/larimer.md) 20,919
- [Boulder](/county/boulder.md) 20,791
- [La Plata](/county/la-plata.md) 18,518
- [Elbert](/county/elbert.md) 17,636
- [Arapahoe](/county/arapahoe.md) 17,030
- [Denver](/county/denver.md) 13,096
- [Pueblo](/county/pueblo.md) 12,597
- [Yuma](/county/yuma.md) 12,410

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