# Well permits in Las Animas County, Colorado — how deep, how much

> 8,050 well permits in Las Animas County. The median well is 150 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Las Animas County

**8,050** well permits — 1.3% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **150 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Las Animas 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 | **150 ft** | 512 ft | 148 ft — deeper here (3,133 permits, 39 %) |
| Yield | **6.5 gpm** | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — lower here (636 permits, 8 %) |
| Static water level | **58 ft** | 323 ft | 58 ft — the same here (2,380 permits, 30 %) |

### 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 |
|---|---|---|
| [Industrial](/county/las-animas/industrial.md) | 2,934 | 36.4% |
| [Domestic](/county/las-animas/domestic.md) | 2,270 | 28.2% |
| [Stock](/county/las-animas/stock.md) | 1,309 | 16.3% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 616 | 7.7% |
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 438 | 5.4% |
| Augmentation | 196 | 2.4% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 99 | 1.2% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 77 | 1.0% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 39 | 0.5% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 37 | 0.5% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 20 | 0.2% |
| Fire | 7 | 0.1% |

### What happened to these permits

**5,680** of the 8,050 permits in Las Animas County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 70.6%. And
**1,122** expired without one: 13.9%.

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](/expired.md).

| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Well Constructed | 5,680 | 70.6% |
| Permit Expired | 1,122 | 13.9% |
| Permit Issued | 386 | 4.8% |
| Well Abandoned | 327 | 4.1% |
| Application Information Requested | 159 | 2.0% |
| Permit Canceled | 124 | 1.5% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 110 | 1.4% |
| Application Received | 39 | 0.5% |
| Application Denied | 36 | 0.4% |
|   | 20 | 0.2% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 7,808 | 97.0% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 65 | 0.8% |
| [Dakota](/aquifer/dakota.md) | 52 | 0.6% |
| Cheyenne | 18 | 0.2% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 14 | 0.2% |
| Raton | 13 | 0.2% |
| Laramie | 12 | 0.1% |
| [Laramie Fox Hills](/aquifer/laramie-fox-hills.md) | 11 | 0.1% |
| Dakota Group Aquifer | 11 | 0.1% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 10 | 0.1% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 368 | 4.6% |
| 2010s | 3,660 | 45.5% |
| 2000s | 845 | 10.5% |
| 1990s | 1,171 | 14.5% |
| 1980s | 351 | 4.4% |
| 1970s | 356 | 4.4% |
| 1960s | 59 | 0.7% |
| 1950s | 88 | 1.1% |

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

8,050 well permits are on the Division’s register in Las Animas County, 1,122 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 Las Animas County

*Well permits, Las Animas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Ponderosa Hills](/search.md) permit 338156- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 165 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Delagua Canyon Ranches](/search.md) permit 337726- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Longhorn Ranch](/search.md) permit 339574- | Well Constructed | Stock | 425 | 11 | 2025 |
| [Cimmaron Ranch-pine Valley (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 90106-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Ponderosa Hills](/search.md) permit 335301- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 165 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Picketwire Ranch](/search.md) permit 335508- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Aspen Rose Ranch](/search.md) permit 336089- | Well Constructed | Stock | 60 | 0 | 1950 |
| [North Fork Ranch](/search.md) permit 335959- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 205 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Spirit Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 336114- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 910 | 2 | 2025 |
| [Rancho la Garita](/search.md) permit 336223- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 46 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Emerald Vista Estates](/search.md) permit 329746- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 147 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Spring Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 331378- | Well Constructed | Stock | 120 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Cuchara Pass Ranch](/search.md) permit 331515- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 70 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Cuchara Pass Ranch](/search.md) permit 325115- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 145 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Trails West Development](/search.md) permit 327593- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 110 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Fisher Peak Ranch](/search.md) permit 327708- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 165 | 3 | 2023 |
| [Stonewall Meadows](/search.md) permit 327987- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Durango Hills](/search.md) permit 87074--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Longhorn Ranch](/search.md) permit 329059- | Well Constructed | Stock | 425 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Jeffries Mes Proj 92-205](/search.md) permit 329082- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Cuchara Pass Ranch](/search.md) permit 320060- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 265 | 7 | 2021 |
| [Rancho la Garita](/search.md) permit 321876- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 6 | 2021 |
| [Las Animas Ranch](/search.md) permit 322085- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 310 | 11 | 2022 |
| [Cuchara Pass Ranch](/search.md) permit 322087- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 630 | 0 | 1997 |
| [Eagles Landing](/search.md) permit 322652- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 12 | 2022 |
| [Rancho la Garita](/search.md) permit 322701- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 513 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Spanish Highlands](/search.md) permit 323117- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 6 | 2022 |
| [Blackhawk Ranch](/search.md) permit 323361- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 510 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Eagles Landing](/search.md) permit 323785- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 105 | 5 | 2022 |
| [Apishapa River Ranch](/search.md) permit 162006--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 550 | 6 | 2021 |
| [Spirit Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 194064--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 740 | 5 | 2020 |
| [Rancho la Garita](/search.md) permit 317438- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 363 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Spanish Highlands (filing: 3,4)](/search.md) permit 317490- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 7 | 2020 |
| [Colorado Canyon](/search.md) permit 317942- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Cimaron Ranch](/search.md) permit 84592-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 318 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Woods At Monument Lake](/search.md) permit 318169- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1200 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Trujillo Creek](/search.md) permit 319251- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 715 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Aspen Rose Ranch](/search.md) permit 319326- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 6 | 2021 |
| [Trujillo Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 316760- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 560 | 3 | 2003 |
| [Bighorn Sheep Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 313035- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1805 | 0 | 2000 |
| [Cimarron Ranch](/search.md) permit 83155-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Spirit Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 208009--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 610 | 3 | 2019 |
| [Cimarron Ranch](/search.md) permit 313697- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 410 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Longhorn Ranch](/search.md) permit 314432--A | Well Constructed | Stock | 350 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Longhorn Ranch](/search.md) permit 309891- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Longhorn Ranch](/search.md) permit 309348- | Well Constructed | Stock | 373 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Rancho la Garita](/search.md) permit 310069- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 5 | 2018 |
| [Ponderosa Hills](/search.md) permit 310537- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 190 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Colorado Mountain Lake Estates](/search.md) permit 310870- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 510 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Blackhawk Ranch](/search.md) permit 199901--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 847 | 4 | 2019 |
| [Emerald Vista Estates](/search.md) permit 311108- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 95 | 5 | 2019 |
| [Arrowhead Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 311174- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 1955 |
| [Delagua Canyon Ranches](/search.md) permit 311364- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Woods At Monument Lake](/search.md) permit 311821- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 310 | 5 | 2020 |
| [Bighorn Sheep Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 311869- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 522 | 10 | 2019 |
| [Colorado Canyon](/search.md) permit 304500- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 0 | 2017 |
| [New Breed Ranch (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 80742-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 425 | 12 | 2017 |
| [Colorado Canyon](/search.md) permit 305351- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 15 | 2017 |
| [Hoehne](/search.md) permit 305161--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 43 | 10 | 2017 |
| [Stonewall Plaza](/search.md) permit 306700- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 44 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Apishapa River Ranch](/search.md) permit 306376- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 680 | 6 | 2017 |
| [Spirit Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 306995- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 750 | 3 | 2017 |
| [Woods At Monument Lake](/search.md) permit 307353- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1110 | 9 | 2019 |
| [La Mariposa Ranch](/search.md) permit 307610- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 450 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Spring Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 300446- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Fisher Peak Ranch](/search.md) permit 300553- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 620 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Stonewall Plaza](/search.md) permit 301215- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 1961 |
| [Spring Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 301252- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 210 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Fisher Peak Ranch](/search.md) permit 301298- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Spring Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 303463- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 9 | 2019 |
| [Primero Ranch](/search.md) permit 300395- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 303 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Olson Acres](/search.md) permit 52663-MH | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 8 | 0 | 2014 |
| [Spirit Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 293695- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 725 | 0 | 2014 |
| [Blackhawk Ranch](/search.md) permit 296449- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 540 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Stonewall Meadows](/search.md) permit 134065--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 7.75 | 2013 |
| [Spirit Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 189789--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1047 | 2 | 2014 |
| [Apishapa River Ranch](/search.md) permit 291869- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 750 | 2 | 2014 |
| [Rancho la Garita](/search.md) permit 291842- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 330 | 0 | 2013 |
| [Apishapa River Ranch](/search.md) permit 159613--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 875 | 5 | 2013 |
| [Black Hawk Ranch (filing: 9)](/search.md) permit 292443- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 680 | 10 | 2015 |
| [Bighorn Sheep Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 216677--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 525 | 7 | 2014 |
| [Cuchara Pass Ranch](/search.md) permit 288819- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 163 | 11 | 2012 |
| [Colorado Canyon](/search.md) permit 288856- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 0 | 2012 |
| [River Pines Ranch](/search.md) permit 216031--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 222 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Spanish Highlands (filing: 3,4)](/search.md) permit 289100- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 310 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Aguilar](/search.md) permit 289774- | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 50 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Rancho la Garita](/search.md) permit 289364- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 7 | 1999 |
| [Foreman Ranch](/search.md) permit 213363--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 725 | 10 | 2013 |
| [Cuchara Pass Ranch](/search.md) permit 228502--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 511 | 2.5 | 2014 |
| [Apishapa River Ranch](/search.md) permit 285758- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 720 | 0 | 2011 |
| [Bighorn Sheep Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 286032- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 644 | 7 | 2011 |
| [Apishipa River Ranch](/search.md) permit 286095- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 760 | 0 | 2011 |
| [Spirit Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 286430- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 540 | 7 | 2011 |
| [Twin Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 286450- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 5 | 2011 |
| [Big Pine Ranch](/search.md) permit 171854--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 153 | 0 | 2011 |
| [Fishers Peak Ranch](/search.md) permit 282451- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 584 | 6 | 2010 |
| [Twin Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 282827- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 2011 |
| [Spirit Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 283116- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 660 | 8 | 2010 |
| [Pine Ridge Hideaway](/search.md) permit 283072- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 162 | 2.5 | 2010 |
| [Tatum Ranch](/search.md) permit 283177- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2010 |
| [Blackhawk Ranch](/search.md) permit 283329- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 691 | 3.5 | 2010 |
| [Timber Ridge At Cordova Pass](/search.md) permit 283413- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 20 | 0 | 2010 |
| [Cielo Grande](/search.md) permit 246895--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 2010 |
| [Trujillo Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 263591--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 700 | 6.5 | 2010 |
| [Del Agua Canyon Ranches](/search.md) permit 283568- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 840 | 7 | 2010 |
| [Blackhawk Ranch](/search.md) permit 283962- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 5 | 2010 |
| [Blackhawk Ranch](/search.md) permit 283998- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 277 | 9 | 2010 |
| [Primero Ranch](/search.md) permit 284151- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 450 | 5.5 | 2010 |
| [Vermillion Valley Ranches](/search.md) permit 284519- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 823 | 3 | 2011 |
| [Trujillo Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 209524--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 982 | 0 | 2009 |

### By decreed use in Las Animas County

- [Domestic in Las Animas County](/county/las-animas/domestic.md) — 2,270
- [Industrial in Las Animas County](/county/las-animas/industrial.md) — 2,934
- [Stock in Las Animas County](/county/las-animas/stock.md) — 1,309

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Alamosa](/county/alamosa.md) 10,088
- [Rio Grande](/county/rio-grande.md) 9,833
- [Morgan](/county/morgan.md) 9,779
- [Logan](/county/logan.md) 9,308
- [Gunnison](/county/gunnison.md) 8,894
- [Saguache](/county/saguache.md) 8,803
- [Summit](/county/summit.md) 8,609
- [Routt](/county/routt.md) 7,264
- [Custer](/county/custer.md) 6,916
- [Kit Carson](/county/kit-carson.md) 6,777
- [Mesa](/county/mesa.md) 6,494
- [Conejos](/county/conejos.md) 5,774
- [Washington](/county/washington.md) 5,722

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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Recolha: 2026-08-21