Domestic wells in Montrose County

1,672 of the 3,965 well permits in Montrose County — 42.2% — are decreed for domestic.

How this group compares

Montrose County holds 0.7% of Colorado’s 243,096 domestic permits, while holding 0.7% of the register overall — so it is over-represented in this use.

Domestic means household water, and usually a little more — the commonest decreed use in Colorado by a wide margin.

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	130 ft	370 ft	148 ft — shallower here (1,150 permits, 69 %)
Yield	10 gpm	15 gpm	10 gpm — the same here (332 permits, 20 %)
Static water level	45 ft	203 ft	58 ft — lower here (952 permits, 57 %)

What happened to these permits

1,075 of the 1,672 permits decreed for domestic in Montrose County ended with a well the Division was told about — 64.3%. And 321 expired without one: 19.2%.

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.

Status	Permits	Share
Well Constructed	1,075	64.3%
Permit Expired	321	19.2%
Permit Issued	89	5.3%
Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	45	2.7%
Permit Canceled	30	1.8%
Well Abandoned	27	1.6%
Application Received	19	1.1%
Application Denied	17	1.0%
Permit Expired (Pump Installed)	13	0.8%
Application Information Requested	10	0.6%

Buying land in Montrose County, or need a well drilled?

1,672 well permits are on the Division’s register in Montrose County, 321 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

Domestic permits, Montrose 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
Bedrock Town of permit 334362--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	140	7	2025
San Juan Ranch permit 336179-	Well Constructed	Domestic	358	0	1994
Deer View Estates permit 129518--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	630	8	2024
Elk Ridge Estates permit 326317-	Well Constructed	Domestic	140	0	2022
Butterfield Place permit 328124-	Well Constructed	Domestic	50	0	1895
Richard Cook permit 324320-	Well Constructed	Domestic	300	5	2021
Redvale Corner permit 276593--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	240	0	2020
Government Lots permit 317780-	Well Constructed	Domestic	72	10	2020
Elk Springs permit 318205-	Well Constructed	Domestic	65	0	2022
Beaver Hills (filing: 2) permit 159120--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	282	15	2020
Beaver Hill Heights permit 319408-	Well Constructed	Domestic	302	0	2020
Elk Ridge Estates permit 314095-	Well Constructed	Domestic	139	0	2019
Bramletts Black Canyon permit 309926-	Well Constructed	Domestic	529	0	2018
Bramletts Black Canyon permit 310297-	Well Constructed	Domestic	210	0	2018
Elk Springs Development permit 310445-	Well Constructed	Domestic	78	0	2018
Elk Springs permit 311090-	Well Constructed	Domestic	370	7	2018
Pinon Hills permit 271664--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	380	15	2017
Shavano Estates permit 290353-	Well Constructed	Domestic	248	0	2013
Bedrock permit 284956-	Well Constructed	Domestic	80	10	2009
Beaver Hill permit 197473--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	683	0	2010
Cimarron Springs permit 68807-F	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	15	1992
Bosco Minor Amended permit 68740-F	Well Constructed	Domestic	25	10	2009
Cathedral Peak Ranch permit 281487-	Well Constructed	Domestic	15	0	2011
Deer Mesa Ranch Tracts permit 277473-	Well Constructed	Domestic	362	0	2008
Campbell Minor permit 191654--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	215	12	2007
Acres of Ireland (filing: 2) permit 64757-F	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	1996
Pinon Ridge permit 267219-	Well Constructed	Domestic	322	0	2006
Cedar Mesa permit 129626--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	262	5	2006
San Juan Ranch permit 269232-	Well Constructed	Domestic	1035	0	2006
Elk Springs permit 269373-	Well Constructed	Domestic	147	15	2006
Bedrock permit 263358-	Well Constructed	Domestic	150	0	2005
Redlands Orchard permit 77409--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	70	0	2006
Deerview Estates permit 267122-	Well Constructed	Domestic	222	15	2005
Pinon Hills Estates permit 254882-	Well Constructed	Domestic	322	2	2004
Pinon Hills permit 255009-	Well Constructed	Domestic	242	10	2004
Pinon Hills permit 256032-	Well Constructed	Domestic	322	6	2004
Folsum permit 256964-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	2004
Bedrock permit 258169-	Well Constructed	Domestic	150	0	2005
Pinon Hills permit 258193-	Well Constructed	Domestic	153	2.8	2004
Cimarron Springs permit 131424--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	130	3	2004
Beaver Hill Division of Land permit 258966-	Well Constructed	Domestic	140	0	2006
Bramletts Black Canyon permit 259136-	Well Constructed	Domestic	305	0	2004
Bramlets Black Canyon permit 259204-	Well Constructed	Domestic	328	1	2004
Bramlets Black Canyon permit 259205-	Well Constructed	Domestic	380	0	2004
Bedrock permit 259489-	Well Constructed	Domestic	150	0	2004
Pinon Ridge permit 247746-	Well Constructed	Domestic	342	1	2003
Application Parcel Name Missing permit 247886-	Well Constructed	Domestic	110	16	2003
Pinon Ridge permit 247916-	Well Constructed	Domestic	322	2	2004
Pinon Ridge permit 247917-	Well Constructed	Domestic	322	4	2005
Pinon Ridge permit 247920-	Well Constructed	Domestic	342	0.5	2003
Pinon Ridge permit 247923-	Well Constructed	Domestic	323	2	2003
Cimarron Springs permit 59846-F	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	5	1992
Pinon Ridge permit 251830-	Well Constructed	Domestic	582	5	2003
Cathedral Peak Ranch permit 253595-	Well Constructed	Domestic	830	3	2003
Beaver Hills Tracts permit 253947-	Well Constructed	Domestic	500	0	2003
Beaver Hills Heights permit 237686-	Well Constructed	Domestic	340	7	2002
Lasal Creek Estates permit 56407-F	Well Constructed	Domestic	240	30	2002
Kris Estates (filing: 4) permit 119561--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	322	15	2002
Deerview Estates permit 240887-	Well Constructed	Domestic	402	0	2003
Beaver Hills Tracts permit 241152-	Well Constructed	Domestic	138	0	2023
Blue Mountain Land permit 242852-	Well Constructed	Domestic	300	7	2002
Beaver Hill Heights permit 243656-	Well Constructed	Domestic	720	8	2003
Richard Cook Tracts permit 243671-	Well Constructed	Domestic	262	7	2002
Beaver Hills Tracts permit 244065-	Well Constructed	Domestic	302	2	2002
Beaver Hills Heights permit 244540-	Well Constructed	Domestic	785	6	2003
Pinion Hills Estates permit 245426-	Well Constructed	Domestic	350	15	2002
Pinon Ridge permit 245439-	Well Constructed	Domestic	322	2	2002
Deerview Estates permit 230399-	Well Constructed	Domestic	222	15	2001
Beaver Hills Heights permit 231718-	Well Constructed	Domestic	635	11	2001
Lytle Park permit 198210--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	482	8	2001
Ranch At Cerro Summit permit 232354-	Well Constructed	Domestic	402	0	2001
Beaver Hill Tracts permit 233048-	Well Constructed	Domestic	605	7	2001
Beaver Hills Heights permit 233063-	Well Constructed	Domestic	675	10	2001
Beaver Hill Heights permit 233069-	Well Constructed	Domestic	562	4	2001
Pinion Hills Estates permit 233084-	Well Constructed	Domestic	262	4	2001
San Juan Ranch permit 234099-	Well Constructed	Domestic	725	10	2001
Pinon Hills Estates permit 234116-	Well Constructed	Domestic	242	15	2001
Bedrock permit 234145-	Well Constructed	Domestic	20	0	2003
Lytle Park permit 235047-	Well Constructed	Domestic	370	0	2001
Orchard Tract One Redlands permit 235065-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	2001
Lytle Park permit 235080-	Well Constructed	Domestic	462	10	2001
Lytle Park permit 235966-	Well Constructed	Domestic	502	9	2001
Fruit Park permit 236018-	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	0	2001
Beaver Hills Heights permit 236875-	Well Constructed	Domestic	342	3	2002
Shenandoah Ranches permit 224514-	Well Constructed	Domestic	39	0	1996
San Juan Ranch permit 224035-	Well Constructed	Domestic	735	5	1999
San Juan Ranch permit 223240-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	1999
San Juan Ranch permit 224892-	Well Constructed	Domestic	705	0	1998
San Juan Ranch permit 224891-	Well Constructed	Domestic	803	0	1998
Lytle Park permit 223288-	Well Constructed	Domestic	406	4	2000
Pinion Hills Estates permit 226734-	Well Constructed	Domestic	262	4	2000
Telluride Land Company permit 229337-	Well Constructed	Domestic	103	10	2000
Beaver Hills Heights permit 217131-	Well Constructed	Domestic	405	2	1999
Happy Canyon 40s permit 217143-	Well Constructed	Domestic	300	2	1999
Beaver Hill Heights permit 217898-	Well Constructed	Domestic	700	5	1999
Deerview Estates permit 218269-	Well Constructed	Domestic	403	2	1999
Lytle Park permit 209914-	Well Constructed	Domestic	390	7	1998
Beaver Hills permit 212090-	Well Constructed	Domestic	225	14.4	1998
Church Rd Minor permit 212732-	Well Constructed	Domestic	11	0	1998
Richard Cook Tracts permit 213505-	Well Constructed	Domestic	302	1.5	1998
Elk Springs Development permit 213520-	Well Constructed	Domestic	250	5	1999
Deer View Estates permit 201383-	Well Constructed	Domestic	362	0.1	1997
Beaver Hill permit 201844-	Well Constructed	Domestic	362	0.2	1997
Beaver Hill permit 203061-	Well Constructed	Domestic	265	15	1997
Beaver Hills permit 203882-	Well Constructed	Domestic	320	8.5	1997
Telluride Ranches permit 203900-	Well Constructed	Domestic	305	0	1997
Beaver Hill permit 204316-	Well Constructed	Domestic	303	5	1997
Richard Cook Tracts permit 205828-	Well Constructed	Domestic	300	0	1997
Shenandoah Tracts permit 207074-	Well Constructed	Domestic	51	0	1998
Deer View Estates permit 207075-	Well Constructed	Domestic	204	10	1998

Part of a bigger picture: all 3,965 permits in Montrose County, and every domestic permit in Colorado.

Domestic wells in Montrose County

How this group compares

What happened to these permits

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The permits

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