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

> 20,919 well permits in Larimer County. The median well is 180 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Larimer County

**20,919** well permits — 3.5% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **180 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Larimer 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 | **180 ft** | 600 ft | 148 ft — deeper here (14,026 permits, 67 %) |
| Yield | **6 gpm** | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — lower here (5,438 permits, 26 %) |
| Static water level | **30 ft** | 135 ft | 58 ft — lower here (11,107 permits, 53 %) |

### 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](/county/larimer/domestic.md) | 7,975 | 38.1% |
| [Household Use Only](/county/larimer/household-use-only.md) | 6,200 | 29.6% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/county/larimer/monitoring-sampling.md) | 3,225 | 15.4% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 914 | 4.4% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 669 | 3.2% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 653 | 3.1% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 452 | 2.2% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 352 | 1.7% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 217 | 1.0% |
| Dewatering | 101 | 0.5% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 93 | 0.4% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 46 | 0.2% |

### What happened to these permits

**12,269** of the 20,919 permits in Larimer County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 58.7%. And
**3,168** expired without one: 15.1%.

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 | 12,269 | 58.7% |
| Permit Expired | 3,168 | 15.1% |
| Well Abandoned | 1,710 | 8.2% |
| Permit Issued | 809 | 3.9% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 648 | 3.1% |
| Application Information Requested | 584 | 2.8% |
| Permit Canceled | 500 | 2.4% |
| Application Denied | 317 | 1.5% |
| NA | 216 | 1.0% |
| Application Received | 152 | 0.7% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 18,805 | 89.9% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 1,266 | 6.1% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 413 | 2.0% |
| [Quaternary Alluvium](/aquifer/quaternary-alluvium.md) | 108 | 0.5% |
| Fractured Crystalline | 106 | 0.5% |
| Fractured Granite | 72 | 0.3% |
| Pierre Shale | 68 | 0.3% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 22 | 0.1% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 19 | 0.1% |
| [Laramie Fox Hills](/aquifer/laramie-fox-hills.md) | 11 | 0.1% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1,705 | 8.2% |
| 2010s | 2,164 | 10.3% |
| 2000s | 3,011 | 14.4% |
| 1990s | 4,089 | 19.5% |
| 1980s | 2,388 | 11.4% |
| 1970s | 2,388 | 11.4% |
| 1960s | 661 | 3.2% |
| 1950s | 413 | 2.0% |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.0% |

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

20,919 well permits are on the Division’s register in Larimer County, 3,168 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 Larimer County

*Well permits, Larimer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Koellner Mrd 92ex0014](/search.md) permit 90581-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 5 | 0 | 1936 |
| [Cedar Springs Estate (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 342048- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 705 | 5 | 2026 |
| [Sinner Minor Land Division No 10-s3005](/search.md) permit 342645- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 500 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 90769-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 305 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Ruby May Mccrea](/search.md) permit 343814- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 0 | 1963 |
| [Green Mountain Meadows](/search.md) permit 89839-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 568 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Cushman's Lakeview Development](/search.md) permit 338462- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 9 | 2025 |
| [Thompsons Lakeside](/search.md) permit 336956- | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 41 | 0 | 1963 |
| [Cedar Park](/search.md) permit 337063- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 502 | 0 | 2025 |
| [River Way Rlup 97-ex1005](/search.md) permit 338686- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Ideal Heights (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 339590- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 20 | 0 | 1920 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 90082-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 4 | 2025 |
| [Cedar Springs Estates](/search.md) permit 339893- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 980 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Carter Lake Valley](/search.md) permit 133335--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 270 | 7 | 2025 |
| [Jackson Place](/search.md) permit 340699- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1948 |
| [Orton Sullivan](/search.md) permit 340913- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 125 | 0 | 1952 |
| [Orton-sullivan](/search.md) permit 340914- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 8 | 0 | 1952 |
| [Glacier View Meadows](/search.md) permit 90344-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 665 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Poudre Springs](/search.md) permit 341204- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 65 | 0 | 1971 |
| [Lakota Ridge](/search.md) permit 209582--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Cedar Park](/search.md) permit 341205- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 600 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Saddle Notch Ranch](/search.md) permit 155168--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Cedar Park](/search.md) permit 341268- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 5 | 2026 |
| [Dixie Park](/search.md) permit 341422- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1970 |
| [Grouse Hollow Park](/search.md) permit 341527- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 9 | 0 | 1950 |
| [Crystal Lakes (filing: 12)](/search.md) permit 90468-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 90486-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Glacier View Meadows](/search.md) permit 88960-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Rostek](/search.md) permit 333093- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 18 | 0 | 1949 |
| [Glacier View Meadows](/search.md) permit 88894-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 700 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Waltonia Addition](/search.md) permit 333763- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 720 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 89081-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 89157-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 440 | 4 | 2025 |
| [Little Valley](/search.md) permit 334281- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 700 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Cedar Springs Estates](/search.md) permit 334239- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 405 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Glen Haven](/search.md) permit 334293- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 700 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Restu](/search.md) permit 334408- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 1941 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 89156-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 115 | 0 | 1997 |
| [Glacier View Meadows](/search.md) permit 89280-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 700 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Redstone Estates](/search.md) permit 334663- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 505 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Cedar Park](/search.md) permit 334900- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Dunraven Heights](/search.md) permit 335429- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 68 | 0 | 1940 |
| [Carter Lake Valley](/search.md) permit 335453- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Ponderosa Hills](/search.md) permit 335994- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 89568-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 600 | 0 | 2025 |
| [20-land3967](/search.md) permit 336225- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Rostek](/search.md) permit 336702- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 8 | 0 | 1944 |
| [Poudre City](/search.md) permit 336573- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 103 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Poudre Park](/search.md) permit 336631- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 603 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Ponderosa Ridge Mld](/search.md) permit 336779- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 700 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Roosevelt](/search.md) permit 133885--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Retreat](/search.md) permit 89718-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Jeffery Minor Land Division](/search.md) permit 336856- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 29 | 0 | 1993 |
| [Red Feather Highlands](/search.md) permit 217547--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 605 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 87940-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 1940 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 87799-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 720 | 4 | 2023 |
| [#18-land3820](/search.md) permit 327688--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 7 | 2023 |
| [Retreat](/search.md) permit 68485--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 12 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 87908-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 720 | 4 | 2023 |
| [Spring Gulch Ranch Estates](/search.md) permit 88029-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 115 | 0 | 1970 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 88083-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 4 | 2023 |
| [Mont Rose](/search.md) permit 330463- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 88237-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 440 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Stream Acres](/search.md) permit 331466- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Ristvue Rlup 00-s1644](/search.md) permit 330995- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Redstone Estates](/search.md) permit 58037--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 935 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Swanson Ranch](/search.md) permit 331009- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 452 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Cedar Springs Estates](/search.md) permit 331010- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 405 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Cedar Springs Estates](/search.md) permit 331336- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Bloom](/search.md) permit 88229-F | Well Constructed | Dewatering | 25 | 900 | 2023 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 88489-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 1983 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 88449-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 88450-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 405 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 88459-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 240 | 0 | 1987 |
| [Rimrock Pass Amended Plat 21-land4198](/search.md) permit 331668- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 1949 |
| [Retreat](/search.md) permit 44264-F-R | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 9 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Glacier View Meadows](/search.md) permit 88589-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 4 | 2023 |
| [Barker Mrd S-33-88](/search.md) permit 332022- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 560 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Ramona Heights Amended](/search.md) permit 332025- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 602 | 7.5 | 2024 |
| [Hiawatha Heights](/search.md) permit 332240--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 310 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Glacier View Meadows](/search.md) permit 88671-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 700 | 4 | 2024 |
| [Little Valley](/search.md) permit 332027- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 1997 |
| [23-land4354](/search.md) permit 332691- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 660 | 8 | 2023 |
| [East Owasa](/search.md) permit 332587- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 1969 |
| [Crystal Park](/search.md) permit 332518- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 600 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 88766-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 700 | 5 | 2007 |
| [Kistler](/search.md) permit 332777- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 310 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Glacier View Meadows](/search.md) permit 86483-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 4 | 2022 |
| [South Nokomis Lake](/search.md) permit 325120- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 7 | 2022 |
| [X Bar Seven](/search.md) permit 325377- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Cedar Park](/search.md) permit 325541- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 605 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Alverson Rlup 99-rlp0032](/search.md) permit 325516- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 1043 | 0 | 2022 |
| [21-land4147](/search.md) permit 326046- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 28 | 4 | 2023 |
| [Velk Mrd](/search.md) permit 187881--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 700 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Larimer Terminals](/search.md) permit 326649- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 280 | 0 | 1971 |
| [Cedar Park](/search.md) permit 326653- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 305 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Glen Haven](/search.md) permit 327108- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 700 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Ramona Heights Amd](/search.md) permit 327321- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 405 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Ponderosa Hills](/search.md) permit 327368- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 165 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Homestead Estates](/search.md) permit 47159--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 39 | 15 | 2023 |
| [U.s. Government](/search.md) permit 327601- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Miller Creek](/search.md) permit 327308- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 0 | 0 | 1979 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 87149-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 250 | 14 | 1999 |
| [Meadowdale Hills](/search.md) permit 328077- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 5.4 | 2023 |
| [Crystal Lakes](/search.md) permit 87339-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 7 | 2022 |
| [Cedar Springs](/search.md) permit 328334- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 605 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Aten Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 328473- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 7 | 2022 |
| [Glacier View Meadows](/search.md) permit 87448-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 750 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Alvey/hahn Exemption](/search.md) permit 328500- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Maloof Mld #98-ex1225 Amnd Plt Lot 2](/search.md) permit 328501- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 800 | 9.2 | 2023 |

### By decreed use in Larimer County

- [Domestic in Larimer County](/county/larimer/domestic.md) — 7,975
- [Household Use Only in Larimer County](/county/larimer/household-use-only.md) — 6,200
- [Monitoring/sampling in Larimer County](/county/larimer/monitoring-sampling.md) — 3,225

### Counties with a comparable register

- [El Paso](/county/el-paso.md) 46,491
- [Weld](/county/weld.md) 43,473
- [Jefferson](/county/jefferson.md) 42,751
- [Adams](/county/adams.md) 26,561
- [Park](/county/park.md) 22,930
- [Douglas](/county/douglas.md) 22,500
- [Boulder](/county/boulder.md) 20,791
- [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

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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