Well permits in Fremont County
10,353 well permits — 1.7% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 180 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.
10,353Permits
180 ftMedian depth
1,955Expired
0Denver Basin aquifer
How deep people drill in Fremont 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 | 180 ft | 500 ft | 148 ft — deeper here (7,111 permits, 69 %) |
| Yield | 7 gpm | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — lower here (3,292 permits, 32 %) |
| Static water level | 60 ft | 200 ft | 58 ft — higher here (6,047 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 | 5,023 | 48.5% |
| Household Use Only | 3,535 | 34.1% |
| Monitoring/sampling | 973 | 9.4% |
| Commercial | 223 | 2.2% |
| Stock | 189 | 1.8% |
| Irrigation | 117 | 1.1% |
| Other | 116 | 1.1% |
| Industrial | 72 | 0.7% |
| Municipal | 55 | 0.5% |
| Not stated | 30 | 0.3% |
| Geothermal | 10 | 0.1% |
| Fire | 6 | 0.1% |
What happened to these permits
6,262 of the 10,353 permits in Fremont County ended with a well the Division was told about — 60.5%. And 1,955 expired without one: 18.9%.
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 | 6,262 | 60.5% |
| Permit Expired | 1,955 | 18.9% |
| Permit Issued | 423 | 4.1% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 383 | 3.7% |
| Permit Canceled | 334 | 3.2% |
| Well Abandoned | 309 | 3.0% |
| Application Information Requested | 294 | 2.8% |
| Application Denied | 157 | 1.5% |
| Permit Expired (Pump Installed) | 71 | 0.7% |
| Application Received | 48 | 0.5% |
Which aquifers
| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| All Unnamed Aquifers | 10,111 | 97.7% |
| Not stated | 99 | 1.0% |
| Alluvial | 58 | 0.6% |
| Dakota | 19 | 0.2% |
| Fractured Granite | 17 | 0.2% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 15 | 0.1% |
| Quaternary Alluvium | 14 | 0.1% |
| Dakota Group Aquifer | 5 | 0.0% |
| Dakota Group | 4 | 0.0% |
| Fractured Crystalline | 3 | 0.0% |
When the permits were issued
| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 940 | 9.1% |
| 2010s | 1,134 | 11.0% |
| 2000s | 2,172 | 21.0% |
| 1990s | 2,461 | 23.8% |
| 1980s | 1,194 | 11.5% |
| 1970s | 931 | 9.0% |
| 1960s | 68 | 0.7% |
| 1950s | 35 | 0.3% |
| 1900s | 2 | 0.0% |
Buying land in Fremont County, or need a well drilled?
10,353 well permits are on the Division’s register in Fremont County, 1,955 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 Fremont County
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Horn Ranch permit 341745- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2026 |
| Roze Ranch permit 341753- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 183 | 0 | 2026 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 11) permit 90573-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2026 |
| Colorado Acres permit 342310- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 0 | 2026 |
| Cemetery Annex permit 342463- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 303 | 0 | 2026 |
| Beckwith Mountain Ranch (filing: 2) permit 342493- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 0 | 2026 |
| Locke Mountain (filing: 3) permit 342677- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 0 | 2026 |
| Beckwith Mountain Ranch (filing: 1) permit 342678- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2026 |
| Colorado Acres permit 342971- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2026 |
| Eagle Peak Ranch permit 337035- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 10 | 2025 |
| Alpine Bluffs permit 337476- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 560 | 7 | 2025 |
| Christopher Ranch permit 337140- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 0 | 2025 |
| Canyon Springs Ranch permit 337143- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 12 | 2025 |
| Colorado Acres permit 89836-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 2000 |
| Miners Ridge permit 337579- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2026 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 1) permit 337971- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| Red Rock At Beaver Creek (filing: 1) permit 304373--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 700 | 0 | 2025 |
| Oak Creek Mountain Ranch permit 337657- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 5 | 2025 |
| Big Horn Ranch permit 337698- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 560 | 8 | 2025 |
| Red Rocks At Beaver Creek permit 338652- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2025 |
| Florida Colorado Acres permit 338736- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2025 |
| Brj Acres permit 338190- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 530 | 0 | 2025 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 8) permit 338330- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 420 | 5 | 2025 |
| Florida Colorado Acres permit 338413- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 600 | 0 | 2026 |
| Spruce Basin permit 338460- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 7 | 2025 |
| Cottonwood River Ranch (filing: 2) permit 339407- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 250 | 0 | 2024 |
| Coyote Run Ranch permit 338674- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 0 | 2025 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 1) permit 338625- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 740 | 0 | 2025 |
| Colorado Acres permit 338626- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 5 | 2025 |
| Coyote Run Ranch permit 338673- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 0 | 2021 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 8) permit 339229- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 5 | 2025 |
| Coyote Run Ranch permit 339247- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| Ross Springs Ranch permit 188602--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 520 | 7 | 2025 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 12) permit 90077-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| Cody Park permit 339724- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 5 | 2025 |
| Maytag Mountain Ranch permit 287931--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 358 | 0 | 2025 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 4) permit 339759- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 260 | 0 | 2026 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 8) permit 339755- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| Cody Park permit 339758- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 0 | 2025 |
| Mack Gulch Ranch permit 340156- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 560 | 0 | 2026 |
| Mack Gulch Ranch permit 340157- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 760 | 8 | 2026 |
| Iron Mountain Wilderness permit 341078- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 12 | 2025 |
| South T-bar Ranch permit 240929--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2025 |
| Beckwith Mountain Ranch (filing: 1) permit 340540- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2025 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 1) permit 212804--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2025 |
| Davenport Kelso Bla permit 340417- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 0 | 2026 |
| South T Bar permit 340688- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 12 | 2025 |
| Colorado Acres permit 340706- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2025 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 8) permit 341074- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 460 | 10 | 2025 |
| Locke Mountain Ranch permit 341024- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 0 | 2025 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 1) permit 83207-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cabin Creek Ranch permit 341116- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 330 | 1.4 | 2026 |
| Colorado Acres permit 341212- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 440 | 5 | 2025 |
| Maytag Mountain Ranch permit 341321- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 10 | 2025 |
| Delilah Peak Ranch permit 341237- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 310 | 0 | 2026 |
| American Placer #16908 permit 59631--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 230 | 0 | 2025 |
| Whiskey Park permit 341492- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2026 |
| Autumn Creek (filing: 2) permit 341498- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 720 | 0 | 2026 |
| Florida Colorado Acres permit 341427- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 10 | 2025 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 12) permit 90513-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 380 | 0 | 2026 |
| Pruett Bla permit 333513- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 14 | 2024 |
| Hayden Creek Meadows permit 88869-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2024 |
| South T-bar Ranch permit 333344- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 225 | 0 | 2024 |
| Spruce Basin permit 333525- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 320 | 0 | 2024 |
| Colorado Acres permit 333595- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2024 |
| Colorado Acres permit 333628- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 10 | 2024 |
| Cottonwood River Ranch (filing: 2) permit 333655- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 5.6 | 2024 |
| Golden Acre Homesites permit 333674- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 290 | 9 | 2024 |
| South T-bar Ranch permit 333710- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 5 | 2024 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 15) permit 88978-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 210 | 5 | 1984 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 16) permit 334039- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 460 | 0 | 2024 |
| Colorado Acres permit 334104- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 460 | 12 | 2024 |
| Beaver Park Plat #1 permit 334374- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 202 | 5 | 2024 |
| Colorado Acres permit 334355- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 460 | 5 | 2024 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 12) permit 89227-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 15 | 2025 |
| Acres of Ireland permit 26611-F-R | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 5 | 2024 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 7) permit 334533- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 440 | 15 | 2025 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 6) permit 334534- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 460 | 0 | 2024 |
| Acres of Ireland permit 334571- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 420 | 0 | 2025 |
| Brj Acres permit 334867- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 6 | 2025 |
| Big Horn Ranch permit 334874- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 10 | 2024 |
| Homestead On Oak Creek (filing: 2) permit 334948- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 250 | 60 | 2025 |
| Kederich Acres permit 334949- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 550 | 0 | 2024 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 7) permit 335104- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2024 |
| Crystal Pines Ranch permit 335215- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 620 | 6 | 2024 |
| Colorado Acres permit 335318- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2024 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 9) permit 89404-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| Colorado Acres permit 335773- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 6 | 2024 |
| High Park Ranch permit 335420- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 7 | 2025 |
| Cody Park permit 335505- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2025 |
| Spruce Basin permit 335448- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 600 | 0 | 2026 |
| Florida Colorado Acres permit 328096--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 650 | 6 | 2024 |
| Colorado Acres permit 335507- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 0 | 2025 |
| Ross Springs Ranch permit 335751- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 540 | 15 | 2025 |
| Colorado Acres permit 335795- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 8 | 2024 |
| High Park Ranches permit 335842- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 560 | 15 | 2025 |
| Colorado Acres permit 335881- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 250 | 0 | 2024 |
| Eagle Peak Ranch permit 335926- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 10 | 2025 |
| Colorado Acres permit 85828--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 520 | 0 | 2024 |
| Homestead On Oak Creek (filing: 1) permit 335977- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 15 | 2025 |
| Iron Mountain West permit 336072- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2025 |
| Three Streams Ranch permit 336113- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 0 | 2025 |
| Colorado Acres permit 66791--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 0 | 2025 |
| Colorado Acres permit 336205- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 450 | 0 | 2025 |
| Cap Rock Ranch permit 336211- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 1996 |
| Colorado Acres permit 336712- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 280 | 0 | 2025 |
| Colorado Acres permit 336370- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 150 | 0 | 2025 |
| Canyon Springs Ranch permit 336549- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 700 | 0 | 2025 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 14) permit 89648-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 420 | 10 | 2025 |
| Glen Vista (filing: 16) permit 89670-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 280 | 7 | 2025 |
By decreed use in Fremont County
- Domestic in Fremont County — 5,023
- Household Use Only in Fremont County — 3,535
Counties with a comparable register
- Arapahoe 17,030
- Denver 13,096
- Pueblo 12,597
- Yuma 12,410
- Garfield 12,165
- Grand 11,297
- Teller 10,843
- Chaffee 10,321
- Alamosa 10,088
- Rio Grande 9,833
- Morgan 9,779
- Logan 9,308
- Gunnison 8,894
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.