Domestic wells in Otero County

1,182 of the 3,393 well permits in Otero County — 34.8% — are decreed for domestic.

How this group compares

Otero County holds 0.5% of Colorado’s 243,096 domestic permits, while holding 0.6% of the register overall — so it is under-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	40 ft	585 ft	148 ft — shallower here (830 permits, 70 %)
Yield	15 gpm	46 gpm	10 gpm — higher here (110 permits, 9 %)
Static water level	22 ft	250 ft	58 ft — lower here (501 permits, 42 %)

What happened to these permits

741 of the 1,182 permits decreed for domestic in Otero County ended with a well the Division was told about — 62.7%. And 141 expired without one: 11.9%.

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	741	62.7%
Permit Expired	141	11.9%
Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	79	6.7%
Well Abandoned	51	4.3%
Permit Issued	50	4.2%
Permit Canceled	41	3.5%
	35	3.0%
Application Information Requested	18	1.5%
Application Denied	14	1.2%
Application Received	6	0.5%

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

1,182 well permits are on the Division’s register in Otero County, 141 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, Otero 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
Riverside Place permit 340531-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	2025
Beaty permit 310450-	Well Constructed	Domestic	43	0	1921
North la Junta permit 304640-	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	2017
Jachim Settlement permit 302095-	Well Constructed	Domestic	37	0	2016
Lj Gardens permit 302931-	Well Constructed	Domestic	36	0	1911
Jc Fox permit 290108-	Well Constructed	Domestic	45	0	1926
Manzanola Town of permit 290473--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	29	12	2013
La Junta Gardens permit 286451-	Well Constructed	Domestic	45	0	2011
San Joseville permit 282971--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	28	0	2010
Valley Vista permit 283347-	Well Constructed	Domestic	583	0	2010
Jachim permit 278047--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	0	2010
Dunton Gardens permit 274731--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	0	2009
Hancock permit 276192-	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	0	2007
Orchard Addition permit 255533--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	27	0	2004
Swinks (filing: 2) permit 248374-	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	2003
North la Junta permit 248250-	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	2003
East Addition North la Junta permit 248425-	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	2003
La Junta East Addition permit 248468-	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	0	2003
Reeds permit 248464-	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	2003
Riverside Place permit 249275-	Well Constructed	Domestic	32	0	2003
La Junta River Side permit 242935--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	37	15	2004
Swinks (filing: 2) permit 243135--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	2004
Jachim Settlement permit 243806--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	15	2002
La Junta Gardens permit 233714-	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	2001
Valley Vista permit 200354--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	585	10	1999
Lazy Acres permit 204994--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	45	12	1997
Garden Place permit 202303-	Well Constructed	Domestic	33	0	1997
Dunton Gardens permit 7662--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	33	0	1997
Valley Vista permit 194648-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	1996
Manzanola Town of permit 196777-	Well Constructed	Domestic	28	0	1996
East la Junta permit 198143--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	620	0	1996
Dunton Gardens permit 187004-	Well Constructed	Domestic	20	0	1995
Dunton Gardens permit 189130-	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	0	1995
Fairview Addition permit 190070-	Well Constructed	Domestic	28	0	1995
Creery Gardens permit 160988--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	0	1991
Lazy Acres permit 33788--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	5	1990
Manzanola Town of permit 147125--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	26	0	1987
Ryan Brothers permit 148076--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	0	1987
Jachim permit 142533--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	36	0	1985
Jachim permit 142494-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	1985
Jachim permit 142494--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	15	1986
Reeds permit 107919-	Well Constructed	Domestic	36	0	1979
Rocky Ford City of (filing: 2) permit 101998-	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	0	1979
Shelly permit 100475--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	0	1978
Parkdale Addition permit 10397-R-R	Well Constructed	Domestic	480	0	1978
Malouff permit 88826-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	1977
Timpas Townsight permit 95152-	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	0	1977
Fowler Dunton Gardens permit 87556-	Well Constructed	Domestic	29	0	1976
Lazy Acres permit 58472-	Well Constructed	Domestic	62	3	1972
Lazy Acres permit 24264-	Well Constructed	Domestic	21	0	1965
Lazy Acres	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	—
Riverside Place	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	—
North la Junta	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	—
Riverside Place permit 139-RN	Well Constructed	Domestic	24	0	1950
La Junta Gardens permit 295-RN	Well Constructed	Domestic	42	0	1967
Gillen permit 438-RN	Well Constructed	Domestic	700	0	1950
Morningside Heights permit 773-RN-A	Well Constructed	Domestic	633	10	1976
Dunton Gardens permit 784-RN	Well Constructed	Domestic	31	0	1958
Rocky Ford permit 818-RN	Well Constructed	Domestic	216	0	1958
Riverside Place permit 884-RN	Well Constructed	Domestic	27	0	1948
Manzanola permit 5455-	Well Constructed	Domestic	43	0	1960
Manzanola permit 13005-	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	0	1962
Manzanola permit 14411-	Well Constructed	Domestic	19	0	1963
Catlin permit 21890-	Well Constructed	Domestic	32	0	1964
Manzanola permit 24944-	Well Constructed	Domestic	36	0	1965
Ja Junta Gardens permit 28176-	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	0	1966
Mcnutt Yergert permit 31278-	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	0	1967
North la Junta permit 38257-	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	1969
Mcnutt Yergert permit 127821-	Well Constructed	Domestic	27	0	1965
Beaty permit 340193--A	Permit Issued	Domestic	0	0	2025
North la Junta permit 336883--A	Permit Issued	Domestic	0	0	2024
Orchard Addition permit 309555-	Permit Issued	Domestic	0	0	2018
Beaty permit 310450--A	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	2018
Lj Gardens permit 302931--A	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	2016
Jc Fox permit 290108--A	Permit Expired	Domestic	45	0	2013
Manzanola Town of permit 290473-	Well Abandoned	Domestic	30	0	2013
San Joseville permit 282971-	Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	Domestic	27	0	2010
Jachim permit 278047-	Well Abandoned	Domestic	35	0	2008
Dunton Gardens permit 274731-	Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	Domestic	40	0	2007
Hancock permit 276192--A	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	2007
Orchard Addition permit 255533-	Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	Domestic	0	0	2004
Swinks (filing: 2) permit 248374--A	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	2003
Malouff permit 250516-	Permit Canceled	Domestic	50	0	2003
La Junta River Side permit 242935-	Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	Domestic	50	0	2002
Jachim Settlement permit 243806-	Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	Domestic	42	0	2002
La Junta Gardens permit 233714--A	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	2001
Jachim permit 216280-	Well Abandoned	Domestic	40	0	1999
Jachim permit 216280--A	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	1999
Lazy Acres permit 204994-	Permit Issued	Domestic	0	0	1997
North Lajunta permit 195358-	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	1996
Valley Vista permit 200354-	Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	Domestic	608	0	1996
East la Junta permit 198143-	Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	Domestic	420	0	1996
Dunton Gardens permit 189130--A	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	1995
Swink Second Area 7 permit 162805-	Well Abandoned	Domestic	0	0	1992
Swink Second Area 7 permit 162805--A	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	1992
Ryan Brothers permit 148076-	Permit Issued	Domestic	0	0	1987
Jachim permit 142533-	Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	Domestic	0	0	1986
Sunrise permit 100499-	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	1978
Shelly permit 100475-	Well Abandoned	Domestic	30	0	1978
Malouff permit 88826--A	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	1977
Park West permit 31413-	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	1967
Cripple Creek Mountain Estates Inc permit 25232-	Permit Canceled	Domestic	38	0	1965
Manzanola permit 144-RN	Permit Canceled	Domestic	28	0	1960
Swink permit 12091-AD	Application Denied	Domestic	0	0	—
Swink permit 12101-AD	Application Denied	Domestic	0	0	—
Rocky Ford permit 930-RN	Application Received	Domestic	0	0	—
Sun View permit 37549-	Permit Canceled	Domestic	0	0	—
Holbrook permit 77825-	Permit Expired	Domestic	0	0	—
San Joseville	Application Withdrawn	Domestic	0	0	—
La Junta permit 948-RN		Domestic	0	0	—

Part of a bigger picture: all 3,393 permits in Otero County, and every domestic permit in Colorado.

Domestic wells in Otero County

How this group compares

What happened to these permits

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