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

> 1,273 well permits in Hinsdale County. The median well is 85 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Hinsdale County

**1,273** well permits — 0.2% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **85 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Hinsdale 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 | **85 ft** | 385 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (826 permits, 65 %) |
| Yield | **15 gpm** | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (304 permits, 24 %) |
| Static water level | **30 ft** | 120 ft | 58 ft — lower here (726 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 |
|---|---|---|
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 532 | 41.8% |
| [Domestic](/use/domestic.md) | 451 | 35.4% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 126 | 9.9% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 101 | 7.9% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 35 | 2.7% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 9 | 0.7% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 5 | 0.4% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 4 | 0.3% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 3 | 0.2% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 2 | 0.2% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 2 | 0.2% |
| Fishery | 1 | 0.1% |

### What happened to these permits

**780** of the 1,273 permits in Hinsdale County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 61.3%. And
**232** expired without one: 18.2%.

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 | 780 | 61.3% |
| Permit Expired | 232 | 18.2% |
| Permit Issued | 77 | 6.0% |
| Permit Canceled | 48 | 3.8% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 44 | 3.5% |
| Well Abandoned | 21 | 1.6% |
| Application Information Requested | 21 | 1.6% |
| Application Received | 17 | 1.3% |
| Application Denied | 16 | 1.3% |
| Application Withdrawn | 4 | 0.3% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 1,210 | 95.1% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Vall](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-vall.md) | 34 | 2.7% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 14 | 1.1% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 7 | 0.5% |
| Mancos | 4 | 0.3% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 1 | 0.1% |
| [Arapahoe](/aquifer/arapahoe.md) | 1 | 0.1% |
| [Confined San Luis Valley](/aquifer/confined-san-luis-valley.md) | 1 | 0.1% |
| [Quaternary Alluvium](/aquifer/quaternary-alluvium.md) | 1 | 0.1% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 73 | 5.7% |
| 2010s | 111 | 8.7% |
| 2000s | 194 | 15.2% |
| 1990s | 256 | 20.1% |
| 1980s | 230 | 18.1% |
| 1970s | 138 | 10.8% |
| 1960s | 15 | 1.2% |
| 1950s | 8 | 0.6% |

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

1,273 well permits are on the Division’s register in Hinsdale County, 232 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 Hinsdale County

*Well permits, Hinsdale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Vickers Enterprises Ranch Est](/search.md) permit 215839--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Vickers Enterprises Ranch Estates](/search.md) permit 73687--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 540 | 0 | 2025 |
| [San Juan Hills](/search.md) permit 90218-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Milski Hall Property Boundary Adjustment](/search.md) permit 341340- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 260 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Vickers Enterprises Ranch Estates](/search.md) permit 334570- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 580 | 2 | 2024 |
| [Ptarmigan Meadows](/search.md) permit 334661- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 425 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Ptarmigan Meadows](/search.md) permit 335238- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 165 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Milski Hall Property Boundary Adjustment](/search.md) permit 89535-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 480 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Alpine Vista](/search.md) permit 87910-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 290 | 15 | 2004 |
| [Capitol City](/search.md) permit 325310- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 93 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Pearl Lakes Trout Club](/search.md) permit 327240- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Rio Grande Pasture Cabins Subdivision](/search.md) permit 87311-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 505 | 3 | 2024 |
| [Capitol City](/search.md) permit 328770- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 65 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Hermit Lakes Trout Club](/search.md) permit 321252- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Capitol City](/search.md) permit 321963- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Crooked Creek](/search.md) permit 85885-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Crooked Creek](/search.md) permit 85940-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Crooked Creek](/search.md) permit 86223-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 600 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Pearl Lakes Trout Club Inc](/search.md) permit 317389- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 405 | 30 | 2020 |
| [Lake City Heights](/search.md) permit 84456-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 2.7 | 2020 |
| [Ptarmigan Meadows](/search.md) permit 318115- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Park Creek West](/search.md) permit 175050--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Vickers Enterprises Ranch Estates](/search.md) permit 76899--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 12 | 2021 |
| [Wades Addition](/search.md) permit 75069--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Hermit Lakes Recreation Club](/search.md) permit 309365- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 6 | 2020 |
| [Ptarmigan Meadows](/search.md) permit 68656--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 365 | 7 | 2018 |
| [Velvin Small](/search.md) permit 81021-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 78 | 15 | 2017 |
| [Hall - Hall Property Boundary Adj](/search.md) permit 304215- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 406 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Capitol City](/search.md) permit 306273- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 4 | 2017 |
| [Pearl Lakes](/search.md) permit 300601- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 15 | 2017 |
| [Hermit Lakes Trout Club](/search.md) permit 302002- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2016 |
| [S Lazy U Trout Club](/search.md) permit 79424-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 305 | 10 | 2015 |
| [Park Creek](/search.md) permit 79119-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 119 | 10 | 2015 |
| [S Lazy U Trout Club](/search.md) permit 79168-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 10 | 2015 |
| [Ptarmigan Meadows](/search.md) permit 298549- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 420 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Hermit Lakes Trout Club](/search.md) permit 298851- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2015 |
| [San Juan Hills (filing: 41)](/search.md) permit 296828- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 0 | 2015 |
| [S Lazy U Trout Club](/search.md) permit 78351-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 260 | 10 | 2015 |
| [Ptarmigan Meadows](/search.md) permit 296013- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 1 | 2014 |
| [Shermans](/search.md) permit 77205-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 39 | 0 | 2013 |
| [San Juan Hills (filing: 41)](/search.md) permit 77440-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 15 | 2013 |
| [Lake City Heights](/search.md) permit 77611-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 650 | 15 | 2014 |
| [Capitol City](/search.md) permit 135608--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 38 | 0 | 2014 |
| [Rio Grande Canyon Site](/search.md) permit 152278--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 153 | 10 | 2012 |
| [Alpine Vista](/search.md) permit 68184-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 520 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Park Creek West](/search.md) permit 76032-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 2009 |
| [Wades Addition](/search.md) permit 289335- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Ludwig Ranch](/search.md) permit 289516- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 133 | 2.5 | 2012 |
| [Vickers Enterprises Ranch Estates](/search.md) permit 285423- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 3.5 | 2011 |
| [Ptarmigan Meadows](/search.md) permit 286527- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 225 | 0 | 2012 |
| [S Lazy U Trout Club](/search.md) permit 75622-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 304 | 7 | 2008 |
| [Vickers Ranch](/search.md) permit 49162-MH | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 11 | 0 | 2010 |
| [Redcloud](/search.md) permit 68912-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 28 | 15 | 1995 |
| [Lake City Heights](/search.md) permit 68223-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 1 | 2009 |
| [Park Creek West](/search.md) permit 68619-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 650 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Crooked Creek](/search.md) permit 68169-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 205 | 0 | 2009 |
| [Berry Lands](/search.md) permit 151729--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 69 | 15 | 2011 |
| [Burro Cabin & Castle Lodes Ms 13103a](/search.md) permit 281011- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 115 | 0 | 2009 |
| [Burro Cabin Millsite Usms No. 13103b](/search.md) permit 281014- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2009 |
| [Park Creek](/search.md) permit 282159- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 250 | 0 | 2009 |
| [Lakeshore Estates](/search.md) permit 66847-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 15 | 2009 |
| [Lakeshore Estates](/search.md) permit 66848-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 15 | 2009 |
| [Ptarmigan Meadows](/search.md) permit 276568- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 10 | 2008 |
| [Merritt Island Estates](/search.md) permit 67297-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 28 | 15 | 1962 |
| [Village At Ski Hi](/search.md) permit 66814-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2008 |
| [Getz Tracts](/search.md) permit 277380- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 345 | 0 | 2010 |
| [Park Creek](/search.md) permit 277538- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 15 | 2008 |
| [Dock Ash Lode Ms #12547](/search.md) permit 278459- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 0 | 2008 |
| [Mountain Meadows](/search.md) permit 65392-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Lake City Heights](/search.md) permit 66427-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 185 | 15 | 1990 |
| [S Lazy U Trout Club](/search.md) permit 65548-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2007 |
| [Ptarmigan Meadows](/search.md) permit 25557--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 10 | 2007 |
| [Pelican](/search.md) permit 64144-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 15 | 2000 |
| [San Juan Hills (filing: 41)](/search.md) permit 64627-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 1984 |
| [S Lazy U Trout Club](/search.md) permit 64368-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 125 | 10 | 2007 |
| [Pearl Lakes Trout Club](/search.md) permit 271448- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 283 | 7 | 2007 |
| [San Juan Hills (filing: 41)](/search.md) permit 271422- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 15 | 2007 |
| [Park Creek West](/search.md) permit 62433-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 12 | 15 | 2005 |
| [Park Creek](/search.md) permit 62419-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
| [Park Creek](/search.md) permit 62420-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 180 | 0 | 1970 |
| [Lake City Heights](/search.md) permit 62438-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 402 | 12 | 2005 |
| [Vickers Enterprises Ranch Est](/search.md) permit 33571--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 5 | 2005 |
| [Hemsley's Haven](/search.md) permit 263357- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 15 | 2005 |
| [Park Creek](/search.md) permit 265891- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Alpine Vista](/search.md) permit 63678-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Alpine Vista](/search.md) permit 63679-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Park Creek](/search.md) permit 261103- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 213 | 15 | 2005 |
| [Lake City Heights](/search.md) permit 62408-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 902 | 1.3 | 2005 |
| [Mountain Meadows](/search.md) permit 263039- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 57 | 15 | 2005 |
| [Alpine Vista](/search.md) permit 63605-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 15 | 2004 |
| [Hermit Lakes](/search.md) permit 257866- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2005 |
| [Ptarmigan Meadows](/search.md) permit 257656--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 5 | 2004 |
| [Pearl Lakes Trout Club](/search.md) permit 259333- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Alpine Vista](/search.md) permit 255908- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 140 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Hemsley's Haven](/search.md) permit 256916- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 15 | 2004 |
| [Lake City](/search.md) permit 258241- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Monahan Land](/search.md) permit 259798- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 119 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Alpine Vista (filing: 5)](/search.md) permit 248022- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 350 | 15 | 2003 |
| [Hermit Lakes Recreation Inc](/search.md) permit 250940- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 10 | 2004 |
| [Hermit Lakes Recreation Inc](/search.md) permit 250939- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2003 |
| [Hermit Lakes Fishing Club](/search.md) permit 251229--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2003 |
| [Ptarmigan Meadows](/search.md) permit 251801- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Pearl Lakes Trout Club](/search.md) permit 61627--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Mountain Meadows](/search.md) permit 241189- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 92 | 15 | 2004 |
| [Lake City](/search.md) permit 40631-MH | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 21 | 0 | 2002 |
| [Little Squaw Resort](/search.md) permit 57599-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 120 | 15 | 2002 |
| [San Juan Meadows](/search.md) permit 58721-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 42 | 60 | 1994 |
| [Burro Cabin & Castle Lodes Ms#13103a](/search.md) permit 243317- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 72 | 15 | 2003 |
| [Burro Cabin & Castle Lodes Ms#13103a](/search.md) permit 243318- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2003 |
| [Scenic Mountain Estates](/search.md) permit 156856--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 0 | 2002 |

### 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
- [Ouray](/county/ouray.md) 1,242
- [Broomfield](/county/broomfield.md) 1,127
- [Crowley](/county/crowley.md) 1,099
- [Dolores](/county/dolores.md) 604

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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