Well permits in Eagle County
4,742 well permits — 0.8% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 120 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.
4,742Permits
120 ftMedian depth
1,335Expired
0Denver Basin aquifer
How deep people drill in Eagle 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 | 120 ft | 400 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (2,531 permits, 53 %) |
| Yield | 15 gpm | 75 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (942 permits, 20 %) |
| Static water level | 52 ft | 240 ft | 58 ft — lower here (2,084 permits, 44 %) |
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 | 2,110 | 44.5% |
| Monitoring/sampling | 1,202 | 25.3% |
| Household Use Only | 502 | 10.6% |
| Municipal | 278 | 5.9% |
| Commercial | 218 | 4.6% |
| Irrigation | 153 | 3.2% |
| Other | 125 | 2.6% |
| Industrial | 44 | 0.9% |
| Not stated | 35 | 0.7% |
| Geothermal | 26 | 0.5% |
| Stock | 22 | 0.5% |
| Dewatering | 15 | 0.3% |
What happened to these permits
1,989 of the 4,742 permits in Eagle County ended with a well the Division was told about — 41.9%. And 1,335 expired without one: 28.2%.
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 Constructed | 1,989 | 41.9% |
| Permit Expired | 1,335 | 28.2% |
| Permit Canceled | 276 | 5.8% |
| Application Denied | 242 | 5.1% |
| Permit Issued | 208 | 4.4% |
| Well Abandoned | 182 | 3.8% |
| Application Withdrawn | 161 | 3.4% |
| Application Information Requested | 131 | 2.8% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 114 | 2.4% |
| Application Received | 33 | 0.7% |
Which aquifers
| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| All Unnamed Aquifers | 4,586 | 96.7% |
| Not stated | 61 | 1.3% |
| Alluvial | 46 | 1.0% |
| Morrison | 19 | 0.4% |
| Mancos | 14 | 0.3% |
| Dakota | 3 | 0.1% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 3 | 0.1% |
| Pierre Shale | 3 | 0.1% |
| Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer | 2 | 0.0% |
| Leadville Limestone | 2 | 0.0% |
When the permits were issued
| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 368 | 7.8% |
| 2010s | 478 | 10.1% |
| 2000s | 766 | 16.2% |
| 1990s | 1,448 | 30.5% |
| 1980s | 556 | 11.7% |
| 1970s | 276 | 5.8% |
| 1960s | 69 | 1.5% |
| 1950s | 2 | 0.0% |
Buying land in Eagle County, or need a well drilled?
4,742 well permits are on the Division’s register in Eagle County, 1,335 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 Eagle County
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlian Racnh permit 90751-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 45 | 0 | 1995 |
| Diamond Star Ranch permit 342176- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 53 | 0 | 2026 |
| Crown Mountain Estates permit 32491--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 95 | 0 | 2026 |
| Wjwj Ranch permit 89843-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 113 | 15 | 2025 |
| Iron Property (aka Iron Oaks) permit 89863-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 15 | 2007 |
| Colorow At Squaw Creek permit 89999-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 15 | 2006 |
| Wittrock Parcel permit 90191-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 48 | 0 | 1984 |
| Red Sky Ranch West permit 338356- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 345 | 0 | 2022 |
| Willoughby, Thomas & Phillips permit 338804- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 140 | 0 | 2025 |
| Highland Meadow Estates At Castle Peak Ranch permit 339611- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 15 | 1990 |
| Fulford permit 339850- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2025 |
| Fulford permit 339851- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 115 | 0 | 2025 |
| Fulford permit 339853- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 173 | 0 | 2025 |
| Fulford permit 340179- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 63 | 0 | 2025 |
| Kirby Exemption permit 279539--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 56 | 0 | 2026 |
| Beard Exemption Amended (reconfiguration 1a & 1b) permit 236629--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 599 | 0 | 2025 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 341496- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 298 | 0 | 2004 |
| Midland Addition (filing: 1) permit 88955-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 3 | 0 | 2015 |
| Sipido permit 88983-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 57 | 0 | 1972 |
| Fulford permit 334002- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 56 | 0 | 2025 |
| Fulford permit 334601- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 155 | 0 | 2025 |
| Bbk (colorow At Squaw Creek) permit 89258-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 161 | 0 | 1999 |
| Wolcott Springs Lot: 2a permit 335029- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 112 | 0 | 2026 |
| Fulford permit 334994- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 10 | 13.1 | 2025 |
| Fulford permit 335339- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 98 | 15 | 2025 |
| Wolter & Ellard Exemption permit 89483-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 15 | 1993 |
| Mckelvey permit 330911- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 91 | 0 | 2023 |
| Bear Gulch (filing: 1) permit 87809-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 463 | 0 | 2023 |
| Hell' S Gate Ranch permit 275410--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 203 | 0 | 2023 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 330305- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 2023 |
| Castle View permit 88047-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 15 | 1995 |
| Wolcott Springs permit 330440- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 281 | 0 | 2023 |
| Nevadaville permit 331022- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 123 | 0 | 2023 |
| Beecher Creek Ranch permit 330917- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 2023 |
| Beecher Creek Ranch permit 330918- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 136 | 0 | 2023 |
| Beecher Creek Ranch permit 330919- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 133 | 0 | 2023 |
| Castle View permit 88333-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 72 | 0.15 | 2023 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 318365--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 207 | 0 | 2023 |
| Ole Creek Ranch permit 331559- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2024 |
| Spring Park Meadows permit 332434- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 95 | 15 | 2024 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 332428- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 530 | 0 | 2025 |
| Fulford permit 332657- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 58 | 0 | 2025 |
| Spring Park Ranches permit 86491-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 118 | 15 | 1999 |
| Spring Park Ranches permit 86492-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 110 | 15 | 1996 |
| Ute Forest At West Squaw Creek permit 86543-F | Well Constructed | Other | 615 | 10 | 2006 |
| Spring Park Ranches permit 86577-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 65 | 2000 |
| River Ranch permit 87151-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2004 |
| Spring Park Ranches permit 86619-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 203 | 40 | 2019 |
| Hookspur Ranch permit 86783-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 13 | 1995 |
| Wolcott Springs Parcel C permit 60347-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 493 | 5 | 2022 |
| Spring Park Ranches permit 86705-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 105 | 50 | 2009 |
| Spring Park Ranches permit 86706-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 55 | 15 | 2007 |
| Taylor Hill Placer permit 326382- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 15 | 2022 |
| Pleasant Valley Ranch permit 325981- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 385 | 0 | 2022 |
| Eagle Ranch permit 145532--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 143 | 15 | 2022 |
| Government Tract permit 327628- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 2022 |
| Otto Creek permit 328449- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 54 | 0 | 2022 |
| Gabossi permit 87207-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 55 | 34 | 1976 |
| Gabossi permit 87208-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 15 | 2023 |
| Long Exemption permit 328784- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 893 | 14 | 2023 |
| Diamond Star Ranch permit 271514--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 62 | 14 | 2023 |
| Bear Gulch (filing: 2) permit 85123-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 387 | 6 | 1999 |
| Mountain Meadow Ranch permit 320706- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 192 | 0 | 2023 |
| Glassier Acres permit 85257-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 77 | 12 | 1989 |
| Eagle Ranch permit 147633--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 39 | 0 | 2021 |
| Wolcott Springs Parcel 1 permit 321969- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 225 | 15 | 2021 |
| Rodabaugh Exemption permit 85618-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 208 | 0 | 2021 |
| Pilgrim Downs permit 322943- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 540 | 0 | 2022 |
| Gabossi permit 85960-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 52 | 15 | 1982 |
| Gabossi permit 85961-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 55 | 15 | 2022 |
| Highland Meadows @ Castle Peak permit 85970-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 235 | 0 | 2014 |
| Slater Type A Minor permit 85962-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 13 | 2003 |
| Fulford permit 324248- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 113 | 15 | 2022 |
| Wolcott Springs permit 324835- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 383 | 0 | 2022 |
| Soderberg (filing: 4) permit 324926- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 292 | 7 | 2022 |
| Hell' S Gate Ranch permit 317795- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 175 | 0 | 2020 |
| Hes 286 permit 274113--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 45 | 15 | 2020 |
| Lane Family Conservation Subdivision permit 84601-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 15 | 2014 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 317797- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 508 | 0 | 2021 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 317798- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 255 | 0 | 2020 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 317871- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 65 | 0 | 2021 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 318834- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0.5 | 2014 |
| Coulter Creek Ranches permit 319373- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 490 | 0 | 2020 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 319729- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 303 | 1 | 2021 |
| Highland Meadows @ Castle Peak permit 316612- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 275 | 0 | 2020 |
| Tuck permit 314826- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 51 | 0 | 2022 |
| Kennedy Tracts permit 312802- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 18 | 0 | 2019 |
| Harmony View permit 312957- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 170 | 0 | 1993 |
| Pilgrim Downs permit 313059- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 300 | 0 | 1962 |
| Pilgrim Downs permit 313060- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 300 | 0 | 1962 |
| Eagle Pines permit 313133- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 115 | 0 | 2019 |
| Mountain Meadow Ranch permit 83731-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 355 | 15 | 2018 |
| Coulter Creek Ranches permit 312774- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 283 | 15 | 2019 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 313324- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 335 | 0 | 2019 |
| Kreidler Subdivision Exemption permit 315037- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 195 | 0 | 2021 |
| New York Mountain Project permit 314981- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 103 | 0 | 2019 |
| Hell's Gate Ranch permit 315325- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 364 | 0 | 2020 |
| Hell's Gate Ranch permit 315326- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 347 | 0 | 2020 |
| Lizzie Lode permit 308606- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 3 | 2018 |
| Longview permit 82184-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 10 | 0 | 1998 |
| Nelson Smith Exemption permit 61831-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 30 | 15 | 2018 |
| Bear Gulch (filing: 1) permit 82267-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 4 | 2018 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 310534- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 155 | 0 | 2018 |
| Los Pinones Estates permit 82622-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 235 | 10 | 1968 |
| 15950 Highway 131 Exemption Plat permit 308113- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 240 | 0 | 2018 |
| Coulter Creek Ranches permit 133491--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 450 | 0 | 1994 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 308669- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2018 |
| Crawford Reese Parcel Type A Minor permit 82068-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 65 | 15 | 2018 |
| Bear Gulch (filing: 2) permit 81855-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 326 | 6.3 | 1999 |
| Horse Mountain Ranch permit 308907- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 168 | 0 | 2018 |
By decreed use in Eagle County
- Domestic in Eagle County — 2,110
- Monitoring/sampling in Eagle County — 1,202
Counties with a comparable register
- Kit Carson 6,777
- Mesa 6,494
- Conejos 5,774
- Washington 5,722
- Clear Creek 5,556
- Baca 5,424
- Pitkin 4,805
- Gilpin 4,606
- Moffat 4,379
- Costilla 4,256
- Huerfano 4,190
- Lincoln 4,107
- Montrose 3,965
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.