Well permits in Morgan County

9,779 well permits — 1.6% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 91 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.

9,779Permits

91 ftMedian depth

771Expired

2,232Denver Basin aquifer

How deep people drill in Morgan 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	91 ft	171 ft	148 ft — shallower here (7,086 permits, 72 %)
Yield	20 gpm	1400 gpm	10 gpm — higher here (1,926 permits, 20 %)
Static water level	38 ft	86 ft	58 ft — lower here (5,305 permits, 54 %)

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	3,592	36.7%
Irrigation	2,625	26.8%
Monitoring/sampling	1,103	11.3%
Stock	1,075	11.0%
Not stated	550	5.6%
Commercial	245	2.5%
Other	154	1.6%
Household Use Only	118	1.2%
Municipal	108	1.1%
Augmentation	90	0.9%
Industrial	78	0.8%
Geothermal	22	0.2%

What happened to these permits

6,076 of the 9,779 permits in Morgan County ended with a well the Division was told about — 62.1%. And 771 expired without one: 7.9%.

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	6,076	62.1%
Well Abandoned	906	9.3%
Permit Expired	771	7.9%
Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	372	3.8%
Permit Issued	372	3.8%
Permit Canceled	281	2.9%
Final Permit	245	2.5%
Application Denied	244	2.5%
Application Information Requested	195	2.0%
Application Received	70	0.7%

Which aquifers

Aquifer	Permits	Share
All Unnamed Aquifers	8,409	86.0%
Quaternary Alluvium	571	5.8%
Alluvial	449	4.6%
Not stated	237	2.4%
Laramie Fox Hills	26	0.3%
Laramie-fox Hills	17	0.2%
Dakota Sandstone	13	0.1%
Ogallala	9	0.1%
Upper Dawson	9	0.1%
High Plains Aquifer	9	0.1%

When the permits were issued

Issued in	Permits	Share
2020s	516	5.3%
2010s	723	7.4%
2000s	1,044	10.7%
1990s	1,007	10.3%
1980s	568	5.8%
1970s	1,069	10.9%
1960s	739	7.6%
1950s	1,067	10.9%
1940s	1	0.0%

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

9,779 well permits are on the Division’s register in Morgan County, 771 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.

Permits on record in Morgan County

Well permits, Morgan 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
Snyder permit 318566--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	80	0	2026
Munn Addition permit 344089-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	1948
Munns Church Addition permit 337097-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	1960
Bijou Acres permit 340507-	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	0	1967
Dahl Minor permit 341147-	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	175	15	2026
Munn Addition permit 336156-	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	0	1920
#ep2023-0008 permit 335813-	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	180	11	2025
Wilton Addition To Weldona permit 330055-	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	0	1931
Schmitz Minor permit 331019-	Well Constructed	Domestic	160	13	2025
Nelson permit 331669--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	130	15	2024
Wilton Addition To Weldona permit 326445--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	15	2022
S 1/2 of Parcel 2 permit 327856-	Well Constructed	Domestic	220	15	2022
Ep2022-0006 permit 328410-	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	500	0.5	2022
Ep2020-0008 permit 321181-	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	9	2023
Parcel 5 permit 322996-	Well Constructed	Domestic	160	15	2021
Murchys First Addition permit 323714-	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	0	1960
Neb Subdivision Exemption permit 317881--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	15	2020
Ep2020-0006 permit 318892-	Well Constructed	Domestic	115	15	2002
Snyder Old Town permit 318715-	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	100	0	2020
Snyder Original Town of permit 319552-	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	100	0	2021
144 Ranchettes permit 83089-F	Well Constructed	Domestic	75	15	2019
Eleven Mile Village (filing: 1) permit 313633-	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	82	0	2019
Troudt Minor Subdivision permit 308281-	Well Constructed	Domestic	75	0	1965
Munns Addition permit 48852--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	15	2018
Fort Morgan Colony permit 310668--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	115	15	2018
Knobhill Addition permit 311537-	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	0	1940
Wilton Addition To Weldona permit 311700-	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	0	1930
Munns permit 305424-	Well Constructed	Domestic	80	0	2017
Abes Place permit 305617-	Well Constructed	Domestic	140	15	2001
Munns Addition permit 296653-	Well Constructed	Domestic	26	0	2015
Munns Addition permit 296652-	Well Constructed	Domestic	80	0	2015
Palomino Ranches permit 299100-	Well Constructed	Domestic	170	15	2016
Brush Addition permit 295199-	Well Constructed	Commercial	130	10	2014
Third Add Brush (filing: 3) permit 296319-	Well Constructed	Domestic	28	0	2014
Munn's Addition East 1/2 permit 290375-	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	0	2013
Dahl Minor permit 288755-	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	135	15	2013
Rothe No 25 Minor Subdivision permit 288778--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	200	15	2012
Aspeys Third Addition permit 289607-	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	0	2012
Ley Minor permit 289824-	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	0	2012
C.m. Boyd's permit 289922--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	105	10	2013
Brush Addition permit 286952--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	118	0	2011
Epstein Minor permit 283571-	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	0	2010
Platte & Beaver Impr Co Add Br permit 284159-	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	2010
Munns Addition permit 279901--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	90	15	2009
Hillrose East Addition permit 281238-	Well Constructed	Domestic	45	0	2009
Hillrose East Addition permit 281239-	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	60	0	2009
Rothe Minor permit 281552-	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	0	2009
Shays (filing: 1) permit 279332-	Well Constructed	Domestic	37	0	2008
Overland Ridge Estates permit 47498-MH	Well Constructed	Monitoring/sampling	120	0	2007
Beaver Creek Addition permit 272028--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	90	15	2007
Cromwell Minor permit 222669--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	110	0	2007
Sunny Acres permit 64964--A	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	440	10	2007
Lousberg Minor 11 permit 276137-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	2007
Turkey Run Estates permit 268699-	Well Constructed	Domestic	52	15	2006
Goodrich Town of permit 265547-	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	0	2005
Munns Addition permit 267058-	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	50	0	2006
South Fulton Heights Addition permit 35624--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	133	15	2003
Lousberg 11 Minor permit 250055-	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	0	2004
Hillrose permit 253227-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	2003
Williams permit 254319--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	2004
Munn's Addition permit 51264--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	97	35	2002
Beaver Creek Addition permit 243166--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	87	15	2002
Gordley Minor permit 19509-F-R	Well Constructed	Commercial	131	30	2002
Hobbs permit 221403-	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	0	1999
Rigli 95ba16 permit 200568-	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	120	15	1997
Hobbs permit 200629-	Well Constructed	Domestic	120	0	1997
Hobbs permit 205349--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	130	15	1997
Log Lane Village permit 4607--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	50	15	1996
Glenn Ranches permit 199604-	Well Constructed	Domestic	140	11	1996
Munns Addition permit 200335--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	102	15	1997
Snyder Old Town of permit 187902--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	90	15	1995
Palomino Ranches permit 191209-	Well Constructed	Domestic	160	10	1995
Wiggins Town of permit 191242-	Well Constructed	Monitoring/sampling	140	0	1995
Munns Church Addition permit 183733--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	104	0	1994
Snyder Old Town permit 167962--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	15	1992
Snyder (old) Town of permit 168192-	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	0	1993
Palomino Ranches permit 172983-	Well Constructed	Domestic	170	10.8	1993
Palomino Ranches permit 174349-	Well Constructed	Domestic	150	25	1981
Knobhill Addition permit 162994--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	90	0	1992
Palomino Ranches permit 163268-	Well Constructed	Domestic	169	15	1993
Centennial Estates permit 167889-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	1992
Munns Addition permit 153727--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	1989
Hillrose Town of permit 150941--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	82	15	1988
Randy Johnson permit 150942-	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	0	1988
Randy Johnson permit 150942--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	45	0	1988
Palimino Ranches permit 151377-	Well Constructed	Domestic	184	0	1988
Hobbs permit 8783--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	119	0	1988
Northside Addition permit 10282-R-R	Well Constructed	Municipal	117	1300	1989
Snyder Old Town permit 146842--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	15	1987
Landmark Addition (filing: 2) permit 10277-R-R	Well Constructed	Municipal	178	2250	1987
Hobbs Addition permit 142882-	Well Constructed	Domestic	120	15	1986
Hillrose Town of permit 144333-	Well Constructed	Domestic	65	0	1986
Hillrose Town of permit 144333--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	65	15	1986
Munns Addition permit 4589--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	55	15	1985
Munns Addition permit 141648--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	0	1985
Snyder Original Town of permit 60228--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	90	15	1984
Snyder Old Town permit 133391--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	90	0	1984
6th Addition permit 123961--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	15	1982
Snyder Original Town of permit 126290--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	95	15	1982
6th Addition permit 118185--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	61	0	1981
Bijou Acres permit 117851--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	67	0	1981
Bijou Acres permit 117852--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	63	15	1981
P & R Brush permit 118807--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	0	1981
Munn's Addition permit 122642--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	15	1981
Munns Addition permit 117854-	Well Constructed	Domestic	99	0	1981
Shawnee (filing: 2) permit 7145-R-R	Well Constructed	Municipal	182	940	1980
144 Ranchettes permit 107064-	Well Constructed	Domestic	55	0	1979
Hillrose Town of permit 104069-	Well Constructed	Household Use Only	80	0	1979
Munns Addition permit 104367--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	100	15	1979
Munns Addition permit 104746-	Well Constructed	Domestic	33	15	1979

By decreed use in Morgan County

Domestic in Morgan County — 3,592
Irrigation in Morgan County — 2,625
Monitoring/sampling in Morgan County — 1,103
Stock in Morgan County — 1,075

Counties with a comparable register

Garfield 12,165
Grand 11,297
Teller 10,843
Fremont 10,353
Chaffee 10,321
Alamosa 10,088
Rio Grande 9,833
Logan 9,308
Gunnison 8,894
Saguache 8,803
Summit 8,609
Las Animas 8,050
Routt 7,264

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.