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

> 2,111 well permits in Montezuma County. The median well is 90 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Montezuma County

**2,111** well permits — 0.4% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **90 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Montezuma 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 | **90 ft** | 350 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (1,301 permits, 62 %) |
| Yield | **10 gpm** | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — the same here (225 permits, 11 %) |
| Static water level | **34 ft** | 150 ft | 58 ft — lower here (921 permits, 44 %) |

### 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/montezuma/domestic.md) | 1,031 | 48.8% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 357 | 16.9% |
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 329 | 15.6% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 181 | 8.6% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 64 | 3.0% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 46 | 2.2% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 44 | 2.1% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 23 | 1.1% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 14 | 0.7% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 13 | 0.6% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 4 | 0.2% |
| Fishery | 2 | 0.1% |

### What happened to these permits

**1,163** of the 2,111 permits in Montezuma County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 55.1%. And
**454** expired without one: 21.5%.

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 | 1,163 | 55.1% |
| Permit Expired | 454 | 21.5% |
| Application Denied | 149 | 7.1% |
| Well Abandoned | 106 | 5.0% |
| Application Information Requested | 64 | 3.0% |
| Permit Canceled | 52 | 2.5% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 47 | 2.2% |
| Permit Issued | 35 | 1.7% |
| Application Received | 15 | 0.7% |
| NA | 5 | 0.2% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 1,930 | 91.4% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 72 | 3.4% |
| [Dakota](/aquifer/dakota.md) | 43 | 2.0% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 30 | 1.4% |
| Mancos | 13 | 0.6% |
| Mesa Verde | 7 | 0.3% |
| Morrison | 6 | 0.3% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 5 | 0.2% |
| [Quaternary Alluvium](/aquifer/quaternary-alluvium.md) | 2 | 0.1% |
| Entrada | 2 | 0.1% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 198 | 9.4% |
| 2010s | 263 | 12.5% |
| 2000s | 308 | 14.6% |
| 1990s | 364 | 17.2% |
| 1980s | 293 | 13.9% |
| 1970s | 130 | 6.2% |
| 1960s | 9 | 0.4% |
| 1950s | 3 | 0.1% |

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

2,111 well permits are on the Division’s register in Montezuma County, 454 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 Montezuma County

*Well permits, Montezuma 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Van Horn](/search.md) permit 90889-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 212 | 0 | 1985 |
| [Elk Springs Ranch](/search.md) permit 216228--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 78 | 2 | 2025 |
| [Roelfs Ranches](/search.md) permit 341471- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 304 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Aspen Glen](/search.md) permit 335356- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 259 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Wildcat Land & Timber](/search.md) permit 86536-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 15 | 2021 |
| [Heritage Estates](/search.md) permit 325887- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 45 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Aspen Glen](/search.md) permit 326103- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 204 | 5 | 2024 |
| [Spring Creek](/search.md) permit 326147- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 5 | 2022 |
| [Spring Creek](/search.md) permit 326213- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Stoner](/search.md) permit 328801- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Butler](/search.md) permit 172671--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Wildcat Land & Timber](/search.md) permit 84835-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Grove of Aspens](/search.md) permit 312904- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Spring Creek](/search.md) permit 126674--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Elk Springs Ranch](/search.md) permit 206146--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Stapleton](/search.md) permit 57548--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Aspen Glen](/search.md) permit 121843--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2019 |
| [May Canyon Tracts](/search.md) permit 81553-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1135 | 5 | 2018 |
| [Butler](/search.md) permit 76122--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 73 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Merritt](/search.md) permit 80031-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 159 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Silence](/search.md) permit 79919-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Green Gate Tracts](/search.md) permit 265451--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1117 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 198435--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 5 | 2022 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 297420- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Four Corners Encampment](/search.md) permit 141743--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Aspen Glen](/search.md) permit 294434- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 115 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Bear Ridge](/search.md) permit 295564- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1168 | 5 | 2016 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 196943--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 6 | 2015 |
| [Four Corners Encampment](/search.md) permit 193576--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 59 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Forks](/search.md) permit 77513-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 35 | 15 | 2013 |
| [Res #p-14-91](/search.md) permit 293069- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 322 | 15 | 2014 |
| [Van Horn](/search.md) permit 75885-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 84 | 5 | 1987 |
| [Van Horn](/search.md) permit 75911-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 106 | 2 | 1982 |
| [Tenderfoot Ranch Llc](/search.md) permit 285797- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 38 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Tenderfoot Ranch Llc](/search.md) permit 285795- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 27 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Tenderfoot Ranch Llc](/search.md) permit 285796- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 32 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Green Gate Tracts](/search.md) permit 285802- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 178 | 6 | 2011 |
| [Decker](/search.md) permit 280665- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 14 | 7 | 2010 |
| [May Canyon](/search.md) permit 167448--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1162 | 10 | 2009 |
| [John Meadows](/search.md) permit 281878- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 202 | 12 | 2010 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch](/search.md) permit 204031--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2009 |
| [Sunny Side Acres](/search.md) permit 67255-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 370 | 15 | 1995 |
| [Stapleton](/search.md) permit 277498- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 99 | 0 | 2008 |
| [Valente 35 Acre Tracts](/search.md) permit 273192- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 282 | 0 | 2007 |
| [Stapleton](/search.md) permit 273466- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 52 | 12 | 2007 |
| [Elk Springs Ranch](/search.md) permit 273835- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 302 | 0 | 2007 |
| [Elk Springs Ranch](/search.md) permit 274063- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 52 | 0 | 2008 |
| [Gentry Tracts](/search.md) permit 274065- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1113 | 0 | 2007 |
| [Bear Ridge](/search.md) permit 66009-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 188 | 0 | 2007 |
| [Application Parcel Name Missing](/search.md) permit 66146-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 842 | 10 | 2007 |
| [Elk Springs Ranch](/search.md) permit 275398- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 128 | 0 | 2007 |
| [Wilkerson](/search.md) permit 64108-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 67 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 196347--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 141 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Four Corners Encampment](/search.md) permit 269786- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 38 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Goodwin](/search.md) permit 265067- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2005 |
| [Stagecoach Acres](/search.md) permit 261173- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 85 | 2.5 | 2005 |
| [Spring Creek](/search.md) permit 263223- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 240 | 0 | 2005 |
| [Spring Creek](/search.md) permit 263592- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 240 | 0 | 2005 |
| [West Fork Ranch](/search.md) permit 62943-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 95 | 0 | 2005 |
| [Old Burton Place](/search.md) permit 264722- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 82 | 0 | 2005 |
| [Western Life](/search.md) permit 267012- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1260 | 0 | 2005 |
| [Stagecoach Acres](/search.md) permit 256395- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Gentry Tracts](/search.md) permit 258439- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 661 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Granath Mesa Meadows](/search.md) permit 259623- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 346 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Forks](/search.md) permit 260736- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 35 | 15 | 2004 |
| [Stagecoach Acres](/search.md) permit 261058- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 85 | 0 | 2005 |
| [Spring Creek](/search.md) permit 248519- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 9.5 | 2005 |
| [Forks](/search.md) permit 57860-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 25 | 0 | 1978 |
| [Teds Minor](/search.md) permit 57866-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 197 | 0 | 2003 |
| [Cordy Wallace](/search.md) permit 57868-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 39 | 15 | 2003 |
| [Decker](/search.md) permit 252640- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 75 | 15 | 2004 |
| [River Acres](/search.md) permit 57874-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 68 | 15 | 2003 |
| [Forks](/search.md) permit 57878-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 14 | 2003 |
| [Elk Springs Ranch](/search.md) permit 237581- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 141 | 0 | 2001 |
| [River Rim Ranch](/search.md) permit 240057- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 243 | 0 | 2002 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 240056- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2002 |
| [Bear Ridge](/search.md) permit 56308-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 183 | 0 | 2002 |
| [Dlc Minor Subdivision (amended)](/search.md) permit 55484-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 240 | 15 | 1996 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 56287-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 0 | 0 | 2002 |
| [Elk Springs Ranch](/search.md) permit 56288-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 150 | 0 | 1994 |
| [Elk Springs](/search.md) permit 237086- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 151 | 0 | 2003 |
| [Forks](/search.md) permit 52673-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 38 | 0 | 2001 |
| [River Acres](/search.md) permit 52678-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 35 | 6 | 2001 |
| [Aspen Meadows](/search.md) permit 52681-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 53 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Roelfs](/search.md) permit 141301--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 0.25 | 2001 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 233426- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 76 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Elk Stream (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 233441- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Butler Resub](/search.md) permit 234493- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Resolution P49-79](/search.md) permit 236065- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 287 | 0 | 2002 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 225056- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 2000 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 225057- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 56 | 0 | 2000 |
| [Butler](/search.md) permit 52892-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 187 | 3.5 | 2001 |
| [Elk Springs Ranch](/search.md) permit 226198- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 6 | 2000 |
| [Bear Creek](/search.md) permit 53926-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 15 | 2000 |
| [Resolution P-3-98e](/search.md) permit 53942-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 41 | 5 | 2002 |
| [Butler](/search.md) permit 227226--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 110 | 0 | 2000 |
| [Big Pine Lake](/search.md) permit 228131- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 171 | 0 | 2002 |
| [West Fork Ranch](/search.md) permit 51492-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 81 | 15 | 2000 |
| [Elk Springs Ranch](/search.md) permit 229017- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 0 | 1993 |
| [Spring Canyon](/search.md) permit 216234- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 341 | 6 | 1999 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 217761- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 5 | 1999 |
| [Granath Mesa](/search.md) permit 218358- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 266 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Elk Stream Ranch (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 219061- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 53 | 0 | 2000 |
| [West Fork Ranch](/search.md) permit 52861-F | Well Constructed | Other | 0 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Echo Basin Ranch](/search.md) permit 220156- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 170 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Stagecoach Acres](/search.md) permit 220154- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 125 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Stagecoach Acres](/search.md) permit 220155- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Butler](/search.md) permit 76635--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 10 | 2000 |
| [Elk Springs Ranch](/search.md) permit 207334- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 78 | 0 | 1998 |
| [Forks](/search.md) permit 49892-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 12 | 1994 |

### By decreed use in Montezuma County

- [Domestic in Montezuma County](/county/montezuma/domestic.md) — 1,031

### Counties with a comparable register

- [San Miguel](/county/san-miguel.md) 3,416
- [Otero](/county/otero.md) 3,393
- [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
- [Jackson](/county/jackson.md) 1,625
- [Mineral](/county/mineral.md) 1,539
- [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) 1,434
- [Hinsdale](/county/hinsdale.md) 1,273
- [Ouray](/county/ouray.md) 1,242
- [Broomfield](/county/broomfield.md) 1,127

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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