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

> 1,539 well permits in Mineral County. The median well is 80 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Mineral County

**1,539** well permits — 0.3% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **80 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Mineral 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 | **80 ft** | 245 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (1,114 permits, 72 %) |
| Yield | **15 gpm** | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (461 permits, 30 %) |
| Static water level | **40 ft** | 86 ft | 58 ft — lower here (961 permits, 62 %) |

### 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 |
|---|---|---|
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 739 | 48.0% |
| [Domestic](/use/domestic.md) | 466 | 30.3% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 130 | 8.4% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 119 | 7.7% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 18 | 1.2% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 17 | 1.1% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 16 | 1.0% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 12 | 0.8% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 7 | 0.5% |
| Fire | 6 | 0.4% |
| Recreation | 5 | 0.3% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 2 | 0.1% |

### What happened to these permits

**969** of the 1,539 permits in Mineral County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 63.0%. And
**234** expired without one: 15.2%.

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](/expired.md).

| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Well Constructed | 969 | 63.0% |
| Permit Expired | 234 | 15.2% |
| Permit Canceled | 75 | 4.9% |
| Permit Issued | 68 | 4.4% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 58 | 3.8% |
| Well Abandoned | 46 | 3.0% |
| Application Information Requested | 27 | 1.8% |
| Application Denied | 26 | 1.7% |
| Application Received | 18 | 1.2% |
| Pump Installed, No Construction Info Received | 5 | 0.3% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 1,430 | 92.9% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Vall](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-vall.md) | 80 | 5.2% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 12 | 0.8% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 6 | 0.4% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 5 | 0.3% |
| [Quaternary Alluvium](/aquifer/quaternary-alluvium.md) | 3 | 0.2% |
| Mancos | 2 | 0.1% |
| [Confined San Luis Valley](/aquifer/confined-san-luis-valley.md) | 1 | 0.1% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 142 | 9.2% |
| 2010s | 170 | 11.0% |
| 2000s | 303 | 19.7% |
| 1990s | 302 | 19.6% |
| 1980s | 185 | 12.0% |
| 1970s | 215 | 14.0% |
| 1960s | 7 | 0.5% |
| 1950s | 12 | 0.8% |

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

1,539 well permits are on the Division’s register in Mineral County, 234 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 Mineral County

*Well permits, Mineral 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Rio Grande Haciendas](/search.md) permit 90604-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 205 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Holiday Acres](/search.md) permit 342300- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 10 | 2026 |
| [Eagle Nest Park No 1](/search.md) permit 89972-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 80 | 0 | 2008 |
| [Eagle Nest Park No 1](/search.md) permit 89973-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 53 | 0 | 1970 |
| [Riverside Mesa](/search.md) permit 89977-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 337468- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Moonshine Mesa](/search.md) permit 337687- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 178 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Kid Peak Estates](/search.md) permit 90142-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 325 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Moonshine Mesa Ranch](/search.md) permit 338926- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 98 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Mountain Views At River's Edge Estates](/search.md) permit 90173-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 605 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Rio Grande Haciendas](/search.md) permit 340875- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 205 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Riverside Mesa](/search.md) permit 89210-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Riverside Mesa](/search.md) permit 89212-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Monon Heights](/search.md) permit 88811-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 405 | 7 | 2024 |
| [Moonshine Mesa](/search.md) permit 333297- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 334187- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 159 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Riverside Mesa](/search.md) permit 89193-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Holiday Acres](/search.md) permit 335111- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Holiday Acres](/search.md) permit 335565- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 98 | 7 | 2025 |
| [Rivercrest Acres](/search.md) permit 88075-F | Well Constructed | Fire | 80 | 0 | 1972 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 330772- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Spring Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 88478-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 325 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Bristol Head Acres 4 & 6](/search.md) permit 88476-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 158 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Moonshine Mesa](/search.md) permit 332095- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Rio Grande Meadows](/search.md) permit 86599-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 112 | 0 | 1993 |
| [Spar City](/search.md) permit 291641--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Riverside Mesa](/search.md) permit 86827-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 327860- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Riverside Mesa](/search.md) permit 87429-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Rio Grande Meadows](/search.md) permit 329049- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 1940 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 322187- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Holiday Acres #3](/search.md) permit 322842- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Kid Peak Estates](/search.md) permit 85839-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Rio Grande Meadows](/search.md) permit 85860-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 109 | 0 | 1998 |
| [Rio Grande Meadows](/search.md) permit 86190-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2011 |
| [Mountain Views At Rivers Edge Estates](/search.md) permit 86366-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 620 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Moonshine Mesa](/search.md) permit 66018--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 114 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Maine Patented Claim Sur #20198](/search.md) permit 317314- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 505 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Elk Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 319164- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Moonshine Mesa](/search.md) permit 313575- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 325 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Bristol Head Acres (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 313899- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2019 |
| [Bristol Head Acres (filing: 4&6)](/search.md) permit 83487-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Robert Dow Survey](/search.md) permit 315381- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 205 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Mountain Views At Rivers Edge Estates](/search.md) permit 79987-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 540 | 14 | 2018 |
| [Carnan Ranch Estates](/search.md) permit 81705-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 8 | 2018 |
| [Elk Valley](/search.md) permit 82263-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 245 | 30 | 2018 |
| [Bristol Head Acres (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 310059- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Bristol Head Acres (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 310270- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Bristol Head Acres (filing: 4&6)](/search.md) permit 82348-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 75 | 0 | 1984 |
| [Bristol Head Acres (filing: 5)](/search.md) permit 297723--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 205 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Rio Grande Meadows](/search.md) permit 82352-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 103 | 0 | 1984 |
| [Rio Grande Canon Summer Home Group](/search.md) permit 309950- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 153 | 15 | 2019 |
| [Carnan Ranch Estates](/search.md) permit 82483-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 205 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Rio Grande Meadows](/search.md) permit 82739-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 123 | 10 | 1996 |
| [Elk Valley](/search.md) permit 82738-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 86 | 15 | 2019 |
| [Wildwood](/search.md) permit 309437- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 0.35 | 2018 |
| [Near Riverside Recreation Residence Lot](/search.md) permit 305364- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 325 | 7 | 2017 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 307853- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2018 |
| [Valle Vista Estates](/search.md) permit 116574--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 285 | 5 | 2017 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 80858-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Bristol Head Acres (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 144567--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 15 | 2017 |
| [Wagon Wheel Gap Estates](/search.md) permit 81384-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 10 | 2018 |
| [Elk Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 76836--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 305 | 15 | 2017 |
| [Vista Grande](/search.md) permit 81591-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Bristol Head Acres (filing: 4&6)](/search.md) permit 81621-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 15 | 2018 |
| [Bristol View Acres (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 301533- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2016 |
| [Holiday Acres](/search.md) permit 301710- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2016 |
| [Bristol Head (filing: 7)](/search.md) permit 80179-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2016 |
| [Bristol Head Acres (filing: 4)](/search.md) permit 302364- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Forbes Park](/search.md) permit 80171-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 280 | 10 | 2016 |
| [Rio Grande Meadows](/search.md) permit 80257-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 12 | 2016 |
| [Elk Valley](/search.md) permit 78875-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 79102-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 10 | 2015 |
| [Gustafson](/search.md) permit 293474--A | Well Constructed | Commercial | 80 | 10 | 2014 |
| [Bristol Head (filing: 7)](/search.md) permit 78717-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 15 | 1997 |
| [Big River Ranch](/search.md) permit 78271-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 40 | 15 | 2014 |
| [Moonshine Mesa](/search.md) permit 78082-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 105 | 0 | 2014 |
| [Moonshine Mesa](/search.md) permit 294275- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 240 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 76974-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2013 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 290418- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2013 |
| [Bristol Head Acres (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 290173- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2013 |
| [Elk Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 73526--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 325 | 12 | 2013 |
| [Kid Peak Estates Subdivision](/search.md) permit 51048-F-R | Well Constructed | Commercial | 52 | 25 | 2013 |
| [Spar City](/search.md) permit 128124--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2014 |
| [Big River Ranch](/search.md) permit 77667-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 12 | 2014 |
| [Holiday Acres](/search.md) permit 287365- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 15 | 2012 |
| [Vista Grande](/search.md) permit 76291-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Wolf Creek Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 76317-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 14 | 2012 |
| [Bristol View Acres West](/search.md) permit 289688- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2013 |
| [Rio Grande Meadows](/search.md) permit 74964-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2011 |
| [Spring Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 75032-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 12.6 | 2011 |
| [Rio Grande Canon Summer Home Group](/search.md) permit 285984--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 44 | 8 | 2012 |
| [Rio Grande Meadows](/search.md) permit 75382-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2011 |
| [Elk Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 286737- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 330 | 15 | 2011 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 68870-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 15 | 1972 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 68868-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 105 | 0 | 2010 |
| [Peck #1 Ms 17310](/search.md) permit 282799- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 5 | 2010 |
| [Moonshine Mesa (amended)](/search.md) permit 283420- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 13 | 2010 |
| [Wagon Wheel Gap Estates](/search.md) permit 74475-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 15 | 2009 |
| [Wagon Wheel Gap Estates](/search.md) permit 74417-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 285 | 0 | 2010 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 284120- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 15 | 2011 |
| [Bristol Head Acres (filing: 4&6)](/search.md) permit 74553-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 124 | 15 | 2010 |
| [Blue Creek Block of Summer Homesites](/search.md) permit 149425--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 105 | 15 | 2010 |
| [Blue Creek Block of Summer Homesites](/search.md) permit 284053- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 165 | 10 | 2010 |
| [Wagon Wheel Gap Estates North](/search.md) permit 279844- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 320 | 0 | 2009 |
| [Holiday Acres](/search.md) permit 67893-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 59 | 0 | 1984 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 280227- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2009 |
| [Valle Vista Estates](/search.md) permit 281149- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 4.5 | 2018 |
| [Bristol Head Acres](/search.md) permit 68138-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 134 | 0 | 1977 |
| [Creede Haven (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 68183-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1975 |

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Phillips](/county/phillips.md) 2,865
- [Lake](/county/lake.md) 2,756
- [Bent](/county/bent.md) 2,362
- [Sedgwick](/county/sedgwick.md) 2,293
- [Cheyenne](/county/cheyenne.md) 2,133
- [Montezuma](/county/montezuma.md) 2,111
- [Jackson](/county/jackson.md) 1,625
- [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) 1,434
- [Hinsdale](/county/hinsdale.md) 1,273
- [Ouray](/county/ouray.md) 1,242
- [Broomfield](/county/broomfield.md) 1,127
- [Crowley](/county/crowley.md) 1,099
- [Dolores](/county/dolores.md) 604

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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