Well permits in Huerfano County
4,190 well permits — 0.7% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 110 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.
4,190Permits
110 ftMedian depth
932Expired
0Denver Basin aquifer
How deep people drill in Huerfano 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 | 110 ft | 610 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (2,640 permits, 63 %) |
| Yield | 8 gpm | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — lower here (689 permits, 16 %) |
| Static water level | 49 ft | 350 ft | 58 ft — lower here (1,890 permits, 45 %) |
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 | 2,606 | 62.2% |
| Stock | 543 | 13.0% |
| Monitoring/sampling | 496 | 11.8% |
| Household Use Only | 230 | 5.5% |
| Other | 87 | 2.1% |
| Irrigation | 72 | 1.7% |
| Commercial | 64 | 1.5% |
| Municipal | 33 | 0.8% |
| Industrial | 32 | 0.8% |
| Not stated | 23 | 0.5% |
| Geothermal | 2 | 0.0% |
| Augmentation | 2 | 0.0% |
What happened to these permits
2,339 of the 4,190 permits in Huerfano County ended with a well the Division was told about — 55.8%. And 932 expired without one: 22.2%.
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 | 2,339 | 55.8% |
| Permit Expired | 932 | 22.2% |
| Well Abandoned | 220 | 5.3% |
| Permit Issued | 211 | 5.0% |
| Permit Canceled | 127 | 3.0% |
| Application Information Requested | 112 | 2.7% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 110 | 2.6% |
| Application Denied | 61 | 1.5% |
| Application Received | 26 | 0.6% |
| Application Withdrawn | 11 | 0.3% |
Which aquifers
| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| All Unnamed Aquifers | 4,052 | 96.7% |
| Not stated | 45 | 1.1% |
| Dakota | 28 | 0.7% |
| Alluvial | 24 | 0.6% |
| Quaternary Alluvium | 5 | 0.1% |
| Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer | 5 | 0.1% |
| Cheyenne | 5 | 0.1% |
| Entrada | 5 | 0.1% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 4 | 0.1% |
| Vermejo | 4 | 0.1% |
When the permits were issued
| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 373 | 8.9% |
| 2010s | 664 | 15.8% |
| 2000s | 968 | 23.1% |
| 1990s | 806 | 19.2% |
| 1980s | 224 | 5.3% |
| 1970s | 252 | 6.0% |
| 1960s | 46 | 1.1% |
| 1950s | 12 | 0.3% |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.0% |
Buying land in Huerfano County, or need a well drilled?
4,190 well permits are on the Division’s register in Huerfano County, 932 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 Huerfano County
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majors Ranch permit 342797- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 20 | 0 | 1921 |
| Aspen Mountain Ranch permit 337576- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2025 |
| Majors Ranch permit 336929- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 510 | 0 | 2025 |
| Majors Ranch permit 337632- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 0 | 2025 |
| Rio Cucharas permit 338520- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 270 | 0 | 2025 |
| Raspberry Mountain Ranch permit 339124- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 110 | 0 | 2025 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 339232- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 330 | 0 | 2025 |
| Silver Sprurs Ranch permit 330877--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 410 | 0 | 2025 |
| La Veta Acres permit 340724- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 106 | 0 | 2025 |
| Majors Ranch permit 340923- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 670 | 0.25 | 2025 |
| La Veta Acres permit 341245- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 205 | 0 | 2026 |
| City Ranch Properties permit 332938- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 606 | 7 | 2024 |
| Colorado Buffalo Ranch permit 332937- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1723 | 0 | 2024 |
| Gordon Ranch permit 335441- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 480 | 0 | 2025 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 335437- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 610 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blackhawk Ranch permit 335447- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 410 | 11 | 2024 |
| Pinon Hills Estates permit 336639- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 761 | 15 | 1997 |
| Alta Vista permit 329638- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 325 | 0 | 2023 |
| Raspberry Mountain Ranch permit 329752- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 710 | 5 | 2023 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 329814- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 770 | 0 | 2023 |
| La Veta Acres permit 329879- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 336 | 2.5 | 2023 |
| Major Ranch permit 330727- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 106 | 15 | 2024 |
| City Ranch Properties permit 329846- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 550 | 7 | 2023 |
| Centennial Ranch permit 329857- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 430 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ghost River Ranch permit 329966- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 164 | 12 | 2023 |
| Silver Spurs Ranch permit 330009- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 425 | 5 | 2023 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 330225- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 610 | 0 | 2023 |
| Ghost River Ranch permit 330457- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 310 | 11 | 2023 |
| Aspen Mountain Ranch permit 330481- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 8 | 2025 |
| Yellowstone Creek Ranch permit 330552- | Well Constructed | Stock | 70 | 0 | 2024 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 331351- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 570 | 6 | 2024 |
| Tioga Ranch permit 331752- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 570 | 15 | 2023 |
| Southwinds Ranch permit 331809- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 206 | 0 | 2024 |
| Cuchara River Estates permit 331916- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 710 | 3 | 2024 |
| Silver Spurs Ranch permit 332135- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 310 | 3 | 2023 |
| Apache Creek Preserve permit 332307- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2024 |
| Raspberry Mountain Ranch permit 325486- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 430 | 6 | 2022 |
| Colorado Land & Livestock Ranch (filing: A) permit 325550- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 250 | 0 | 2022 |
| Ghost River Ranch permit 325705- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 322 | 11 | 2022 |
| Ghost River Ranch permit 326008- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 321 | 10 | 2022 |
| Ghost River Ranch permit 326339- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 387 | 8 | 2023 |
| Silver Spurs Ranch permit 326469- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 670 | 8 | 2023 |
| Turkey Ridge Ranch permit 326498- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 595 | 0 | 2022 |
| Turkey Ridge Ranch permit 326588- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 610 | 0 | 2023 |
| Rio Cucharas permit 326586- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 505 | 0 | 2022 |
| Apache Creek Ranches permit 327406- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 503 | 0 | 2023 |
| Huerfano Ranch permit 327739- | Well Constructed | Stock | 12 | 0 | 2023 |
| Colorado Land & Livestock permit 327772- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 900 | 0 | 2022 |
| Majors Ranch permit 328110- | Well Constructed | Stock | 50 | 0 | 1960 |
| Turkey Creek Ranchettes permit 328621- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 20 | 1 | 2023 |
| Silver Spurs Ranch permit 328860- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 610 | 6 | 2022 |
| Black Hills permit 329227- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1130 | 0 | 2023 |
| Blackhawk Ranch permit 216131--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 660 | 0 | 2021 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 320874- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 870 | 9 | 2021 |
| Silver Spurs Ranch permit 196371--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 620 | 0 | 2021 |
| Southwinds Ranch permit 321930- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 626 | 0 | 2022 |
| Silver Spurs Ranch permit 321772- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 510 | 15 | 2021 |
| Cottonwood Creek Ranch permit 321819- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 585 | 2 | 2022 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 322629- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 426 | 0 | 2022 |
| Hole In the Wall Ranch permit 322259- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 110 | 5 | 2022 |
| Blackhawk Ranch permit 322381- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 710 | 6 | 2021 |
| La Veta Acres permit 322819- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 2023 |
| Black Hills permit 323049- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 2022 |
| Twin Lakes Ranches permit 323144- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 550 | 7 | 2021 |
| Rio Cucharas permit 323605- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 570 | 8 | 2023 |
| La Veta Pines Ranch permit 169043--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 290 | 5 | 2021 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 324165- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 610 | 0 | 2021 |
| Colorado Land & Livestock Ranch permit 324267- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 750 | 0 | 2022 |
| Shearer Reservoir permit 324625- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 210 | 7 | 2022 |
| Colorado Land & Livestock Ranc permit 324654- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 343 | 4 | 2023 |
| La Veta Ranch permit 315812--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 14 | 5 | 2023 |
| Southwinds Ranch permit 205011--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 570 | 15 | 2021 |
| Hole In the Wall Ranch permit 316898- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 17 | 12 | 2020 |
| Ghost River Ranch permit 317185- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 321 | 0 | 2020 |
| Twin Lake Ranches permit 317187- | Well Constructed | Stock | 760 | 0 | 2020 |
| Aspen Mountain Ranch permit 317659- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 8 | 2020 |
| Abeyta Creek Acres permit 318045- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 510 | 7 | 2020 |
| Southwinds Ranch permit 210546--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 565 | 0 | 2020 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 318390- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 710 | 15 | 2020 |
| Hole In the Wall Ranch permit 318958- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 20 | 0 | 2021 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 318965- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1090 | 0 | 2020 |
| Major Ranch (filing: 1) permit 319727- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1010 | 0 | 2021 |
| Major Ranch permit 319768- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 510 | 7 | 2021 |
| Raspberry Mountain Ranch permit 316691- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 370 | 0 | 2020 |
| Majors Ranch permit 312378- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 10 | 2019 |
| Loose Shoe Ranch permit 312469- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 121 | 10 | 2020 |
| Black Hills permit 313344- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 500 | 0 | 2001 |
| Ghost River Ranch permit 312999- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 302 | 6 | 2019 |
| Ghost River Ranch permit 313021- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 382 | 10 | 2021 |
| Tiago Ranch permit 314068- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 510 | 0 | 2019 |
| Colorado Land & Livestock Ranch permit 314690- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 227 | 0 | 2019 |
| Black Hills permit 314687- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 0.75 | 2020 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 314968- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 520 | 0 | 2020 |
| Silver Spurs Ranch permit 214833--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 701 | 5 | 2019 |
| Majors Ranch Phase 3 (filing: 3) permit 315536- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1170 | 0 | 2020 |
| River Ridge Ranch permit 315432- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 625 | 0 | 2020 |
| La Veta Acres permit 315607- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 8 | 15 | 2020 |
| Ghost River Ranch permit 315897- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 301 | 0 | 2020 |
| Aspen Mountain Ranch permit 308006- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2018 |
| Blackhawk Ranch permit 308415- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 782 | 1 | 2018 |
| Silver Spurs (filing: 4) permit 308479- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 905 | 2.25 | 2018 |
| Colorado Land & Grazing (filing: Dd) permit 308686- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2018 |
| Colorado Land & Grazing (filing: Dd) permit 308880- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 12 | 0 | 2018 |
| Colorado Land & Livestock permit 308911- | Well Constructed | Stock | 176 | 0 | 2019 |
| Colorado Land & Grazing (filing: Dd) permit 309183- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 13 | 0 | 2018 |
| Blackhawk Ranch permit 308966- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 808 | 7.5 | 2018 |
| Colorado Land & Grazing (filing: Dd) permit 309733- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 82 | 0 | 2021 |
| Hole In the Wall Ranch permit 309538- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 19 | 11 | 2018 |
| Raspberry Mountain Ranch permit 270124--A | Well Constructed | Not stated | 110 | 10 | 2018 |
| Cucharas River Estates permit 309886- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1148 | 0 | 2019 |
By decreed use in Huerfano County
- Domestic in Huerfano County — 2,606
Counties with a comparable register
- Clear Creek 5,556
- Baca 5,424
- Pitkin 4,805
- Eagle 4,742
- Gilpin 4,606
- Moffat 4,379
- Costilla 4,256
- Lincoln 4,107
- Montrose 3,965
- Delta 3,935
- Prowers 3,895
- Archuleta 3,805
- Rio Blanco 3,486
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.