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Commercial wells in La Plata County

1,103 of the 18,518 well permits in La Plata County — 6.0% — are decreed for commercial.

How this group compares

La Plata County holds 4.9% of Colorado’s 22,356 commercial permits, while holding 3.1% of the register overall — so it is over-represented in this use.

Commercial means water for a business.

Medians, on the permits where the Division was told — never a mean, which a few industrial wells would carry away
MeasurementMedian90th percentileColorado median
Depth150 ft361 ft148 ft — deeper here (676 permits, 61 %)
Yield15 gpm70 gpm10 gpm — higher here (302 permits, 27 %)
Static water level38 ft120 ft58 ft — lower here (508 permits, 46 %)

What happened to these permits

633 of the 1,103 permits decreed for commercial in La Plata County ended with a well the Division was told about — 57.4%. And 221 expired without one: 20.0%.

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.

StatusPermitsShare
Well Constructed63357.4%
Permit Expired22120.0%
Permit Canceled1099.9%
Permit Issued403.6%
Application Denied282.5%
Application Information Requested242.2%
Well Replaced - Abandonment Required171.5%
Well Abandoned161.5%
Application Received80.7%
Application Withdrawn50.5%

Buying land in La Plata County, or need a well drilled?

1,103 well permits are on the Division’s register in La Plata County, 221 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.

The permits

Commercial permits, La Plata 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 numberStatusDecreed useDepth (ft)Yield (gpm)Year
Vista Grande
permit 88069-F
Well ConstructedCommercial1682.751972
Midway Acres
permit 330283-
Well ConstructedCommercial802023
Aspen Trails
permit 324676-
Well ConstructedCommercial27501993
Montoya
permit 83020-F
Well ConstructedCommercial40002019
Horse Gulch Divide
permit 81953-F
Well ConstructedCommercial57552017
Heckerman
permit 64733-F-R
Well ConstructedCommercial78152018
Ptarmigan Farms
permit 79666-F
Well ConstructedCommercial1001002011
Boone Lot Consolidation
permit 79701-F
Well ConstructedCommercial20531978
Pinon Acres
permit 79641-F
Well ConstructedCommercial100151957
G I Tracts
permit 80040-F
Well ConstructedCommercial174101974
Pinon Acres
permit 80184-F
Well ConstructedCommercial142151965
Gi Tracts
permit 80101-F
Well ConstructedCommercial12081982
Cat 1 Proj 85-132
permit 80149-F
Well ConstructedCommercial150101992
Anderson
permit 80472-F
Well ConstructedCommercial12001999
Middleton
permit 78899-F
Well ConstructedCommercial120151987
Pinon Acres
permit 297159-
Well ConstructedCommercial60052018
Helens Ranch Minor Exemption
permit 78119-F
Well ConstructedCommercial160152010
Pinion Acres
permit 76978-F
Well ConstructedCommercial17381984
River Valley Estates
permit 77704-F
Well ConstructedCommercial140252002
Barnagatt Mill Site No. 2
permit 290282-
Well ConstructedCommercial2002013
Mooney Leonard Boundary Adjustment
permit 76034-F
Well ConstructedCommercial82151978
Twilight Peaks Mountain Village Proj #93-21
permit 76009-F
Well ConstructedCommercial12056.251993
Ridges At Twilight Peaks Proj #96-66b
permit 76010-F
Well ConstructedCommercial13956.252001
La Plata View
permit 76706-F
Well ConstructedCommercial150201982
Swier
permit 56444-F-R
Well ConstructedCommercial213102013
Honking Eagle
permit 68876-F
Well ConstructedCommercial40501994
Mesa Heights
permit 74436-F
Well ConstructedCommercial30002008
Happy Scenes
permit 66887-F
Well ConstructedCommercial430502008
Category 1 Proj 81-120
permit 67163-F
Well ConstructedCommercial001976
Morse
permit 67032-F
Well ConstructedCommercial6001983
Morse
permit 67033-F
Well ConstructedCommercial40121992
Marvel Townsite
permit 278040-
Well ConstructedCommercial100152008
Morse
permit 278202-
Well ConstructedCommercial4001942
Lemon Ranch Development
permit 65532-F
Well ConstructedCommercial20002002
Elkhorn Ranch
permit 66072-F
Well ConstructedCommercial1003501996
Gi Tracts
permit 66068-F
Well ConstructedCommercial19801973
Animas Air Park (filing: 2)
permit 272635-
Well ConstructedCommercial50001979
Alpine Shadows (filing: 3)
permit 66487-F
Well ConstructedCommercial35151972
Pine River Ranch
permit 64379-F
Well ConstructedCommercial122201977
Riverside
permit 64384-F
Well ConstructedCommercial140502006
Morse
permit 268104-
Well ConstructedCommercial8001991
Greenhalgh
permit 268961-
Well ConstructedCommercial6002006
Marlatt-2 (filing: 2)
permit 270209-
Well ConstructedCommercial10002007
Animas Air Park (filing: 2)
permit 62481-F
Well ConstructedCommercial6008.822005
Lemon Ranch Development
permit 60820-F
Well ConstructedCommercial26002002
King Mountain Estates
permit 60770-F
Well ConstructedCommercial16001983
Stickle
permit 61297-F
Well ConstructedCommercial13401987
Highland Acres
permit 61120-F
Well ConstructedCommercial11301981
Application Parcel Name Missing
permit 61190-F
Well ConstructedCommercial23031983
Application Parcel Name Missing
permit 61189-F
Well ConstructedCommercial40022003
Pinon Acres
permit 257182-
Well ConstructedCommercial10502004
Mesa Vista Estates
permit 23961-F-R
Well ConstructedCommercial440102004
Gem Village
permit 60227-F
Well ConstructedCommercial120102003
Durango Heights
permit 60379-F
Well ConstructedCommercial128151984
Horse Gulch Estates
permit 59779-F
Well ConstructedCommercial360201999
Adobe Cliffs
permit 55697-F
Well ConstructedCommercial14502000
Triple R
permit 55698-F
Well ConstructedCommercial180151993
Twilight Peaks Mountain
permit 56491-F
Well ConstructedCommercial120251993
Pinon Acres
permit 55381-F-R
Well ConstructedCommercial160122001
Village East
permit 56552-F
Well ConstructedCommercial20092002
Twilight Peaks Mountain
permit 56490-F
Well ConstructedCommercial13956.252001
Hills Hill Minor
permit 56443-F
Well ConstructedCommercial8501972
Meadows
permit 56726-F
Well ConstructedCommercial7001961
Home Acres
permit 53653-F
Well ConstructedCommercial15001995
Animas Air Park (filing: 2)
permit 53340-F
Well ConstructedCommercial2603.52000
Lake Purgatory (filing: 2)
permit 224285-
Well ConstructedCommercial22801997
Triple R Resub
permit 54000-F
Well ConstructedCommercial40001999
Beaver Creek Ranch
permit 54539-F
Well ConstructedCommercial14002000
Aspen Winds
permit 151626--A
Well ConstructedCommercial37802002
Gem Village
permit 52982-F
Well ConstructedCommercial3501972
Horn Mes
permit 222193-
Well ConstructedCommercial14052000
Kilo Charlie Resources
permit 49597-F
Well ConstructedCommercial16061997
Farview Estates
permit 50057-F
Well ConstructedCommercial24001985
Kremer Minor Exemption
permit 50240-F
Well ConstructedCommercial140401999
San Juan Vista Estates
permit 50475-F
Well ConstructedCommercial135251994
G I Tracts
permit 51079-F
Well ConstructedCommercial120121962
Pine River Ranches
permit 47768-F
Well ConstructedCommercial10301980
Gem Village
permit 48164-F
Well ConstructedCommercial30001996
Kilo Charlie Res Mes Proj 94-6
permit 48711-F
Well ConstructedCommercial20081997
Animas Air Park
permit 46001-F
Well ConstructedCommercial34001995
Dunsworth Cabin Sites
permit 46573-F
Well ConstructedCommercial155151995
Coolwater
permit 47548-F
Well ConstructedCommercial95121997
Gomez
permit 47579-F
Well ConstructedCommercial15001995
Animas Air Park
permit 44655-F
Well ConstructedCommercial30801985
Granveiw Daley Mes 94-206
permit 44780-F
Well ConstructedCommercial21001995
Horn Minor Exemption
permit 44851-F
Well ConstructedCommercial14001995
Project 84-208
permit 186334-
Well ConstructedCommercial7001995
Gem Village
permit 188327-
Well ConstructedCommercial8001996
Florida Pines
permit 30208-F-R
Well ConstructedCommercial50001994
Pinon Acres
permit 43763-F
Well ConstructedCommercial9901959
Application Parcel Name Missing
permit 44159-F
Well ConstructedCommercial801501983
Grandview
permit 168541-
Well ConstructedCommercial11501993
Hones Acres
permit 42267-F
Well ConstructedCommercial20001990
Animas Air Park (filing: 3)
permit 169538-
Well ConstructedCommercial20001995
Grandview
permit 42295-F
Well ConstructedCommercial200251993
Armenta
permit 42397-F
Well ConstructedCommercial23001981
Gem Village
permit 170313-
Well ConstructedCommercial16001991
Horn Mes (pending)
permit 175316-
Well ConstructedCommercial17001994
G I Tracts
permit 157098-
Well ConstructedCommercial22071994
Farview Estates
permit 38091-F
Well ConstructedCommercial180171990
Golden Eagle Ranch
permit 41161-F
Well ConstructedCommercial14001988
Hiermstad
permit 164045-
Well ConstructedCommercial12001992
Animas Air Park
permit 41732-F
Well ConstructedCommercial20001993
Wayne
permit 39663-F
Well ConstructedCommercial14001978
Animas Air Park
permit 39740-F
Well ConstructedCommercial001991
Animas Air Park
permit 39741-F
Well ConstructedCommercial29241983
Vanden Berg
permit 39749-F
Well ConstructedCommercial001991
Burnett-trimble Lane
permit 162021-
Well ConstructedCommercial8001991
Triple R
permit 40107-F
Well ConstructedCommercial160121992
Blue Sky Ranch P.u.d
permit 40365-F
Well ConstructedCommercial63981981

Part of a bigger picture: all 18,518 permits in La Plata County, and every commercial permit in Colorado.

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