Domestic wells in Larimer County
7,975 of the 20,919 well permits in Larimer County — 38.1% — are decreed for domestic.
How this group compares
Larimer County holds 3.3% of Colorado’s 243,096 domestic permits, while holding 3.5% of the register overall — so it is under-represented in this use.
Domestic means household water, and usually a little more — the commonest decreed use in Colorado by a wide margin.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Colorado median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depth | 180 ft | 600 ft | 148 ft — deeper here (5,797 permits, 73 %) |
| Yield | 7 gpm | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — lower here (2,265 permits, 28 %) |
| Static water level | 30 ft | 145 ft | 58 ft — lower here (5,023 permits, 63 %) |
What happened to these permits
5,310 of the 7,975 permits decreed for domestic in Larimer County ended with a well the Division was told about — 66.6%. And 871 expired without one: 10.9%.
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 | 5,310 | 66.6% |
| Permit Expired | 871 | 10.9% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 421 | 5.3% |
| Permit Issued | 306 | 3.8% |
| Permit Canceled | 282 | 3.5% |
| Well Abandoned | 240 | 3.0% |
| Application Information Requested | 191 | 2.4% |
| Permit Expired (Pump Installed) | 90 | 1.1% |
| Application Denied | 88 | 1.1% |
| 44 | 0.6% |
Buying land in Larimer County, or need a well drilled?
7,975 well permits are on the Division’s register in Larimer County, 871 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
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby May Mccrea permit 343814- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 0 | 1963 |
| River Way Rlup 97-ex1005 permit 338686- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 10 | 2025 |
| Ideal Heights (filing: 2) permit 339590- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 20 | 0 | 1920 |
| Jackson Place permit 340699- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1948 |
| Orton Sullivan permit 340913- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 125 | 0 | 1952 |
| Orton-sullivan permit 340914- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 8 | 0 | 1952 |
| Lakota Ridge permit 209582--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 5 | 2025 |
| Saddle Notch Ranch permit 155168--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dixie Park permit 341422- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1970 |
| Rostek permit 333093- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 18 | 0 | 1949 |
| 20-land3967 permit 336225- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2025 |
| Rostek permit 336702- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 8 | 0 | 1944 |
| Roosevelt permit 133885--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 5 | 2025 |
| Retreat permit 89718-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 10 | 2025 |
| Ristvue Rlup 00-s1644 permit 330995- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 7 | 2024 |
| Redstone Estates permit 58037--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 935 | 5 | 2023 |
| Swanson Ranch permit 331009- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 452 | 10 | 2024 |
| Rimrock Pass Amended Plat 21-land4198 permit 331668- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 1949 |
| 23-land4354 permit 332691- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 660 | 8 | 2023 |
| East Owasa permit 332587- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 1969 |
| 21-land4147 permit 326046- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 28 | 4 | 2023 |
| Homestead Estates permit 47159--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 39 | 15 | 2023 |
| U.s. Government permit 327601- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2022 |
| Aten Valley Ranch permit 328473- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 7 | 2022 |
| Retreat permit 42013-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 5 | 2022 |
| Wilderness Ranches permit 318900--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 8 | 2022 |
| Ft Collins permit 329366- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 20 | 0 | 1960 |
| Rock Ridge Ranch Rlup 19-land3932 permit 320425- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 10 | 2022 |
| Rock Ridge Ranch Rlup 19-land3932 permit 320426- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1954 |
| Poudre Park permit 320041--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 38 | 0 | 2021 |
| Ristvue Ii Rlup 00s1695 permit 320306- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 548 | 1 | 2021 |
| Poudre City permit 266158--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 15 | 2021 |
| Limerick Ridge permit 320741- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 10 | 1999 |
| Pearl Creek Estates I Rlup permit 321050- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 0 | 2022 |
| Glacier View Meadows permit 85269-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1008 | 0 | 2021 |
| High Country Haven permit 85415-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 2 | 2018 |
| Sedona Hills permit 321578- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 401 | 15 | 2022 |
| Wildflower Rlup 01-s1859 permit 322111- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 5 | 2021 |
| Sedona Hills permit 322316- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 15 | 2022 |
| Kremers Indian Hills permit 323375- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 435 | 0 | 2022 |
| Ristvue Ii Rlup 00s1695 permit 323763- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 480 | 0.5 | 2021 |
| Rostek permit 323127--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 15 | 0 | 2022 |
| Miller-van Velson Rlup permit 276908--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 7.8 | 2022 |
| Roosevelt permit 316907- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1202 | 5 | 2020 |
| Timnath permit 317342- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 21 | 0 | 1944 |
| Elk Run Estates permit 317541- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 5 | 2020 |
| Charles Heights permit 317732- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 0 | 1969 |
| Waltonia permit 317561- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 16 | 0 | 1962 |
| Elk Run Estates permit 317542- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 875 | 5 | 2018 |
| Carter Lake Estates permit 125612--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 10 | 2021 |
| Poudre River Ranch permit 318599- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 6 | 2022 |
| Town of Timnath permit 318990- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 23 | 0 | 1951 |
| Saddle Notch permit 319393- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 700 | 0 | 2022 |
| Dennis permit 319001- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 10 | 0 | 1971 |
| Kremers Indian Hills permit 319534- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 435 | 0 | 2022 |
| Timnath permit 319570- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 18 | 0 | 1915 |
| Milner Mountain permit 141792--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 888 | 5 | 2022 |
| Rostek permit 319671--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 11 | 10 | 2021 |
| Glen Haven permit 319573- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 8 | 0 | 1930 |
| Rostek permit 319744--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 11 | 10 | 2021 |
| Rostek permit 319746--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 11 | 0 | 2021 |
| Lot 1 Ball Kneer Boundary Adjustment Sutton Lane permit 316154- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 1970 |
| Elk Run Estates permit 312735- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1203 | 5 | 2019 |
| Carter permit 313917- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 15 | 2019 |
| Glen Haven permit 313268- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 9 | 0 | 1964 |
| Hansen Ranch permit 313275- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 801 | 0 | 2020 |
| Hiawatha Heights permit 103273--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 7.5 | 2019 |
| Sedona Hills permit 313568- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 10 | 2020 |
| Elk Meadows permit 313563- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 410 | 6.5 | 2021 |
| David Jessup Bla permit 314100- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 375 | 0 | 2019 |
| Hansen Ranch permit 313709- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2019 |
| Retreat permit 83404-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 270 | 7 | 2020 |
| Hansen Ranch permit 314424- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 501 | 7 | 2019 |
| Poudre Park permit 315106- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 6 | 0 | 1920 |
| Ristvue Ii Rlup 00s1695 permit 315475- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 5 | 2020 |
| Horse Creek Park permit 190998--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 401 | 7 | 2020 |
| Cedar Springs Estates permit 209259--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 851 | 5 | 2020 |
| Spring Gulch Ranch permit 83899-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 660 | 0 | 1982 |
| Elk Ridge Ranches Rlup permit 311252- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2008 |
| Mcnalleys Farview permit 308166- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 20 | 0 | 1966 |
| Dunraven Heights permit 308815- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 7 | 1969 |
| Weatherwax Elk Run Estates permit 309387- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1002 | 5 | 2018 |
| Elk Run Estates permit 309690- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1202 | 8 | 2018 |
| Glacier View Meadows permit 82478-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 250 | 3 | 1997 |
| Indian Creek Reservoir permit 310213- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 660 | 10 | 2018 |
| Cloudy Pass permit 310636- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 702 | 5 | 2018 |
| Saddle Notch permit 310560- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0.33 | 2018 |
| Elk Run Estates permit 311362- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 477 | 2400 | 2018 |
| Ellison permit 311882- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 1947 |
| Trail Creek permit 311871- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 5 | 2019 |
| Poudre River Ranch permit 311879- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 8.5 | 2020 |
| Cottonwood Knolls permit 311912- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1972 |
| Carle permit 312052- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 1962 |
| River Way Rlup 97-ex1005 permit 304633- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 10 | 10 | 2017 |
| Howling Coyote Ranch permit 305082- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 550 | 7.5 | 1997 |
| Little Twins Hills permit 305319- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 7 | 2017 |
| Timnath permit 306133- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 18 | 0 | 2017 |
| Roosevelt permit 306299- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 840 | 5 | 2018 |
| Antelope Run Estates permit 306859- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 902 | 5 | 2017 |
| Little Twins Hills permit 307584- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2018 |
| Diamond Creek permit 307666- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 700 | 4.8 | 2018 |
| Little Rlup 10-s2948 Correction Plat permit 307786- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2019 |
| Spring Canyon Heights (filing: 3) permit 300223- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2016 |
| Lee M.r.d. S-15-91 permit 301175- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 28 | 0 | 2016 |
| Double D Acres 1st permit 301206- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2016 |
| Hayden 1st Add permit 301473- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 10 | 2016 |
| Wildflower permit 303137- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 11 | 10 | 2016 |
| Silver Reef Farms Rlup permit 302733- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1980 |
| Silver Reef Farms Rlup 16-s3364 permit 303235- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 45 | 0 | 2016 |
| Elk Meadows permit 303581- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 116 | 0 | 2017 |
Part of a bigger picture: all 20,919 permits in Larimer County, and every domestic permit in Colorado.
Other groups of a similar size
- Domestic — Elbert 10,857
- Domestic — La Plata 10,644
- Domestic — Adams 9,364
- Monitoring/sampling — Adams 9,123
- Domestic — Boulder 8,225
- Monitoring/sampling — Jefferson 8,093
- Household Use Only — Teller 7,077
- Domestic — Arapahoe 6,656
- Irrigation — Weld 6,468
- Domestic — Park 6,433
- Household Use Only — Grand 6,408