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

> 11,297 well permits in Grand County. The median well is 185 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Grand County

**11,297** well permits — 1.9% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **185 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Grand 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 | **185 ft** | 500 ft | 148 ft — deeper here (7,470 permits, 66 %) |
| Yield | **9 gpm** | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — lower here (3,500 permits, 31 %) |
| Static water level | **60 ft** | 150 ft | 58 ft — higher here (6,673 permits, 59 %) |

### 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 |
|---|---|---|
| [Household Use Only](/county/grand/household-use-only.md) | 6,408 | 56.7% |
| [Domestic](/county/grand/domestic.md) | 3,209 | 28.4% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 718 | 6.4% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 448 | 4.0% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 137 | 1.2% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 134 | 1.2% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 72 | 0.6% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 48 | 0.4% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 41 | 0.4% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 38 | 0.3% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 20 | 0.2% |
| Fire | 10 | 0.1% |

### What happened to these permits

**6,504** of the 11,297 permits in Grand County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 57.6%. And
**2,607** expired without one: 23.1%.

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 | 6,504 | 57.6% |
| Permit Expired | 2,607 | 23.1% |
| Permit Canceled | 433 | 3.8% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 382 | 3.4% |
| Permit Issued | 308 | 2.7% |
| Well Abandoned | 296 | 2.6% |
| Application Denied | 240 | 2.1% |
| Application Withdrawn | 187 | 1.7% |
| Application Information Requested | 131 | 1.2% |
| Permit Expired (Pump Installed) | 57 | 0.5% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 11,114 | 98.4% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 69 | 0.6% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 49 | 0.4% |
| Troublesome | 30 | 0.3% |
| Pierre Shale | 9 | 0.1% |
| [Dakota](/aquifer/dakota.md) | 9 | 0.1% |
| Fractured Granite | 4 | 0.0% |
| Williams Fork | 3 | 0.0% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 2 | 0.0% |
| Fractured Crystalline | 2 | 0.0% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 978 | 8.7% |
| 2010s | 969 | 8.6% |
| 2000s | 2,338 | 20.7% |
| 1990s | 2,618 | 23.2% |
| 1980s | 1,382 | 12.2% |
| 1970s | 1,424 | 12.6% |
| 1960s | 217 | 1.9% |
| 1950s | 118 | 1.0% |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.0% |

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

11,297 well permits are on the Division’s register in Grand County, 2,607 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 Grand County

*Well permits, Grand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Breckon](/search.md) permit 343515- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 10 | 1990 |
| [Grand View Highlands](/search.md) permit 323775--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 502 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Sunny Side Addition](/search.md) permit 28836--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 520 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Ranches At Devils Thumb](/search.md) permit 337239- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Tabernash Highlands Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 337028- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 602 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Pine Beach](/search.md) permit 337315- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 990 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Pine Beach](/search.md) permit 337316- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 90 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 89809-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 9 | 2025 |
| [Ranches At Devils Thumb](/search.md) permit 337612- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Alpine Park](/search.md) permit 6331--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 352 | 6 | 2025 |
| [Legacy Park Ranch](/search.md) permit 337700- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 502 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Stagecoach Meadows](/search.md) permit 89869-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Colorado Anglers Club No. 1 Bldg Ph 2](/search.md) permit 338106- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 502 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Pole Creek Timbers](/search.md) permit 89862-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 89879-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Moose Run](/search.md) permit 89904-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 600 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Pole Creek Timbers](/search.md) permit 89905-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 8 | 2025 |
| [Pole Creek Preserve](/search.md) permit 338513- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 383 | 0 | 2025 |
| [W F Vulgamotts 1st Addition](/search.md) permit 340159- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Grand Enclave Ii](/search.md) permit 338647- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 450 | 4 | 2025 |
| [Range View](/search.md) permit 338650- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Golden Trail Outright Exemption](/search.md) permit 338721- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 560 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Alpine Park](/search.md) permit 338801- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 301 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 90007-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 10.7 | 2024 |
| [Stagecoach Meadows](/search.md) permit 90008-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Frosty Acres Urban Filing 3rd Amend Plat](/search.md) permit 339009- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Ten Mile Creek Estates](/search.md) permit 339390- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 451 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Val Moritz Village (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 339368- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 90066-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Legacy Park Ranch](/search.md) permit 339373- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Great Divide Head Lettuce Colony](/search.md) permit 321463--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 1 | 2025 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 90121-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Colorado Anglers Club #1](/search.md) permit 339916- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 451 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Colorado Anglers Club No. 1 Bldg Ph 2](/search.md) permit 316471--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 0 | 2025 |
| [C Lazy U Ranch Lot 3a](/search.md) permit 340549- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 802 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Lofty Pines (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 340686- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 362 | 0 | 1971 |
| [Reed Exemption](/search.md) permit 332811--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 950 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Sunset Ridge Estates Exemption](/search.md) permit 90301-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 11 | 1998 |
| [Mountain Meadows Riveracres (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 340878- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Tibbetts Timberlake Estates Subex](/search.md) permit 341009- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 255 | 5 | 1995 |
| [Mountain Shadows Estates](/search.md) permit 90399-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Scanloch](/search.md) permit 341278- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 240 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Breckon](/search.md) permit 341249- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Great Divide Head Lettuce Clny](/search.md) permit 90452-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 127 | 5 | 1999 |
| [Ranch Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 88886-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Stagecoach Meadows](/search.md) permit 88833-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 450 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Mountain Shadow Estates](/search.md) permit 88893-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 452 | 12 | 2000 |
| [Old Park](/search.md) permit 333447- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 676 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Emerald Village](/search.md) permit 88934-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 8 | 2022 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 88963-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Mountain Shadows Estates](/search.md) permit 333727- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 1150 | 7 | 2005 |
| [Hooper Gibbs Minor](/search.md) permit 334037- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Winter Park Highlands (filing: 5)](/search.md) permit 333731- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 2 | 2024 |
| [Mountain Meadows](/search.md) permit 333791- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 90 | 5 | 2024 |
| [High Lonesome Trail Estates Exemption Iv](/search.md) permit 333730- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 601 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Val Moritz Village](/search.md) permit 333864- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 260 | 14 | 2025 |
| [James Peak Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 89083-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 14 | 2021 |
| [Ranches At Devils Thumb](/search.md) permit 333918- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Black Forest At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 89011-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 89023-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 350 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Wray Subdivision Exemption](/search.md) permit 334004- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Legacy Park Ranch](/search.md) permit 334242- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Ranches At Devils Thumb](/search.md) permit 334026- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 450 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 89065-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 350 | 13 | 2024 |
| [Mcelwain](/search.md) permit 54176-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2024 |
| [James Peak Ranch](/search.md) permit 89095-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Colorado Anglers Club #1](/search.md) permit 334126- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 89068-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 401 | 14 | 2022 |
| [Beaver Mountain Preserve](/search.md) permit 228057--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Grandmother Millers Tracts](/search.md) permit 334375- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 250 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Winter Park Highlands-greenridge](/search.md) permit 89201-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 402 | 6 | 2024 |
| [Stagecoach Meadows](/search.md) permit 89146-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 450 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Sheep Mountain Ridge Estates](/search.md) permit 89153-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Val Moritz Village](/search.md) permit 334502- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Scanloch](/search.md) permit 334504- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Ranches At Devils Thumb](/search.md) permit 334584- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 450 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Frosty Acres](/search.md) permit 335235- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Grandmother Millers Tract](/search.md) permit 334526- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 165 | 0 | 1972 |
| [Simcox Outright Exemption](/search.md) permit 335222- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 1969 |
| [Winter Park Highlands (filing: 5)](/search.md) permit 334957- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 1 | 2025 |
| [Pole Creek Timbers](/search.md) permit 89301-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 6 | 2024 |
| [Pole Creek Timbers](/search.md) permit 89302-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 13 | 2024 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 89303-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 6 | 2024 |
| [Lake Granby Tract B](/search.md) permit 89328-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 10 | 2020 |
| [Lake Granby Tract B](/search.md) permit 89329-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 89307-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Bear Dance Corral Exemption](/search.md) permit 335377- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Ten Mile Creek Estates](/search.md) permit 335380- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Colorado Anglers Club No. 1 Bldg Ph 1](/search.md) permit 323196--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 650 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Shorewood](/search.md) permit 335397- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Alpine Acres](/search.md) permit 335399- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 350 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Winter Park Highlands (filing: 4)](/search.md) permit 335134- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 150 | 11.5 | 1995 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 56731-F-R | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 350 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 89378-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 375 | 12 | 2024 |
| [Scanloch](/search.md) permit 335366- | Well Constructed | Not stated | 415 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Tybus Outright Exemption, Resolution No. 2024-3-13](/search.md) permit 335598- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 350 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Winter Park Highlands (filing: 4)](/search.md) permit 335422- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 350 | 15 | 2024 |
| [North Sunnyside Addition To Grand Lake](/search.md) permit 335771- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Mountain Shadows Estates](/search.md) permit 89503-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 723 | 13 | 2004 |
| [Great Divide Head Lettuce Colony](/search.md) permit 89547-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 105 | 0 | 1987 |
| [Old Park](/search.md) permit 335750- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Val Moritz Village (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 335752- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 150 | 11 | 2024 |
| [Pole Creek Timbers](/search.md) permit 89481-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Aspen Pine Estates (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 89498-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 101 | 14 | 2018 |
| [Cab Tracts](/search.md) permit 336073- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 620 | 0 | 2025 |
| [South Shore Place Amended Final Plat Lots 12 & 13](/search.md) permit 336482- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Pole Creek Meadows](/search.md) permit 89592-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 323 | 15 | 2003 |
| [Gudgel](/search.md) permit 321431--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Mountain Shadows Estates](/search.md) permit 89711-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 10 | 2002 |
| [Fairways At Pole Creek](/search.md) permit 89697-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2025 |

### By decreed use in Grand County

- [Domestic in Grand County](/county/grand/domestic.md) — 3,209
- [Household Use Only in Grand County](/county/grand/household-use-only.md) — 6,408

### Counties with a comparable register

- [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
- [Garfield](/county/garfield.md) 12,165
- [Teller](/county/teller.md) 10,843
- [Fremont](/county/fremont.md) 10,353
- [Chaffee](/county/chaffee.md) 10,321
- [Alamosa](/county/alamosa.md) 10,088
- [Rio Grande](/county/rio-grande.md) 9,833
- [Morgan](/county/morgan.md) 9,779

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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