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Well permits in Phillips County

2,865 well permits — 0.5% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 270 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.

2,865Permits
270 ftMedian depth
356Expired
0Denver Basin aquifer

How deep people drill in Phillips 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
MeasurementMedian90th percentileColorado median
Depth270 ft340 ft148 ft — deeper here (1,499 permits, 52 %)
Yield20 gpm1500 gpm10 gpm — higher here (516 permits, 18 %)
Static water level146 ft203 ft58 ft — higher here (1,282 permits, 45 %)

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 usePermitsShare
Irrigation1,34546.9%
Domestic96033.5%
Stock2458.6%
Monitoring/sampling1304.5%
Commercial722.5%
Not stated451.6%
Other441.5%
Municipal140.5%
Geothermal60.2%
Household Use Only20.1%
Dewatering10.0%
Industrial10.0%

What happened to these permits

935 of the 2,865 permits in Phillips County ended with a well the Division was told about — 32.6%. And 356 expired without one: 12.4%.

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.

StatusPermitsShare
Well Constructed93532.6%
Application Denied48917.1%
Final Permit39313.7%
Permit Expired35612.4%
Permit Issued2017.0%
Well Abandoned1284.5%
Permit Canceled903.1%
Well Replaced - Abandonment Required632.2%
Application Information Requested321.1%
311.1%

Which aquifers

AquiferPermitsShare
All Unnamed Aquifers1,70959.7%
Ogallala1,08737.9%
Not stated391.4%
High Plains Aquifer220.8%
High Plains50.2%
Quaternary Alluvium20.1%
Alluvial10.0%

When the permits were issued

Issued inPermitsShare
2020s1204.2%
2010s1826.4%
2000s2789.7%
1990s33211.6%
1980s1716.0%
1970s37813.2%
1960s1023.6%
1950s331.2%
1900s10.0%

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

2,865 well permits are on the Division’s register in Phillips County, 356 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 Phillips County

Well permits, Phillips County — 36 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 numberStatusDecreed useDepth (ft)Yield (gpm)Year
Tract 2
permit 297486--A		Well ConstructedDomestic340502023
Ferguson
permit 322481-		Well ConstructedDomestic25002021
Ferguson
permit 322482-		Well ConstructedDomestic250302021
Ferguson
permit 323230-		Well ConstructedCommercial26002021
Pace Homestead
permit 319103-		Well ConstructedDomestic240102020
Exemption 240025
permit 300956-		Well ConstructedDomestic240102016
Phillips County Subdivision Exemption
permit 297259-		Well ConstructedDomestic240102015
Amherst Town of First Addition
permit 281109--A		Well ConstructedDomestic240152009
Amherst Town of
permit 274117-		Well ConstructedDomestic17302007
Amherst
permit 257707--A		Well ConstructedDomestic24002004
Amherst
permit 212409-		Well ConstructedDomestic001998
Amherst Town of
permit 187261--A		Well ConstructedCommercial26001995
Amherst
permit 188365--A		Well ConstructedDomestic240151995
Amherst
permit 189262-		Well ConstructedDomestic22001995
Amherst
permit 159292--A		Well ConstructedDomestic25001990
Frenchman Heights
permit 62-G		Well ConstructedOther20001989
Amherst
permit 152661-		Well ConstructedDomestic001988
Park Lane
permit 4-G		Well ConstructedOther16001984
Amherst
permit 128467-		Well ConstructedDomestic2857.51982
Auskeef Compart
permit 116316-		Well ConstructedCommercial260151980
Amherst
permit 98854-		Well ConstructedDomestic270151987
Amherst
permit 86883-		Well ConstructedDomestic245101976
Amherst
permit 78912-		Well ConstructedDomestic270121975
Amherst
permit 75450-		Well ConstructedDomestic250201974
Auskeef
permit 339395-		Permit IssuedDomestic002025
Amherst Town of First Addition
permit 281109-		Well AbandonedDomestic16002009
Amherst
permit 257707-		Well AbandonedDomestic002004
Amherst
permit 95221-VE		Permit IssuedDomestic001995
Amherst
permit 187261-		Well Replaced - Abandonment RequiredCommercial20001995
Amherst
permit 95151-VE		Permit IssuedCommercial001995
Amherst
permit 188365-		Well Replaced - Abandonment RequiredDomestic10001995
Amherst
permit 189262--A		Permit ExpiredDomestic001995
Exemption
permit 184284--A		Well Replaced - Abandonment RequiredDomestic360401994
Amherst
permit 159292-		Well Replaced - Abandonment RequiredDomestic001991
Amherst
permit 90431-VE		Permit IssuedDomestic001990
Amherst
permit 152661--A		Permit ExpiredDomestic001988
342498-Well ConstructedStock26001971
17426-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation2958002026
14088-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation3308002025
339810-Well ConstructedDomestic300382025
337331-Well ConstructedStock27501968
337268-Well ConstructedDomestic295422025
337545-Well ConstructedStock3007001969
338284-Well ConstructedDomestic320202025
20443-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation38915002025
338323-Well ConstructedStock37002025
338691-Well ConstructedCommercial28002025
338800--AWell ConstructedDomestic280422025
338906--AWell ConstructedDomestic31038.52025
2314-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation3407802026
12649-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation3195002026
14742-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation3409052026
20239-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation35515002024
333690-Well ConstructedDomestic26002024
333796-Well ConstructedDomestic150262024
334095--AWell ConstructedDomestic28002024
334522--AWell ConstructedStock30002024
335778-Well ConstructedDomestic28001974
33050--AWell ConstructedDomestic300432025
329716--AWell ConstructedStock30002023
330316--AWell ConstructedDomestic26002023
330695-Well ConstructedStock310352023
330718-Well ConstructedDomestic29002024
82933--AWell ConstructedDomestic21002024
12015-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation3258002023
332720-Well ConstructedDomestic340432024
332697--AWell ConstructedDomestic30002023
332658-Well ConstructedStock27002003
325164-Well ConstructedDomestic320202022
325393-Well ConstructedDomestic20002023
325789-Well ConstructedStock34002022
6412-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation36002022
326031-Well ConstructedDomestic312242022
116104--AWell ConstructedStock340202022
327466-Well ConstructedDomestic34002022
98842--AWell ConstructedDomestic310252022
38806--AWell ConstructedDomestic340202022
32634--AWell ConstructedDomestic340502024
328155-Well ConstructedDomestic320382022
328731-Well ConstructedStock340332022
328799-Well ConstructedDomestic24502023
299765--AWell ConstructedDomestic320102022
329024-Well ConstructedDomestic334202024
5009-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation30102023
19688-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation3108002021
321008-Well ConstructedDomestic30072021
321544--AWell ConstructedDomestic380102021
322634-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling22032021
322635-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling30072021
323643-Well ConstructedStock300102021
323469-Well ConstructedDomestic22002021
3196--AWell ConstructedDomestic21302021
324091-Well ConstructedStock30002021
314872--AWell ConstructedDomestic22002022
324050-Well ConstructedDomestic313462021
324930-Well ConstructedDomestic260102022
324947-Well ConstructedDomestic305101972
318942-Well ConstructedStock16062020
317230-Well ConstructedStock27002020
317497-Well ConstructedCommercial30002021
4900-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation3308502020
118989--AWell ConstructedDomestic30002020
17622--AWell ConstructedDomestic320302020
317973--AWell ConstructedDomestic380102020
318776-Well ConstructedDomestic38002020
318915--AWell ConstructedDomestic20002021
318731-Well ConstructedDomestic28002020
319550-Well ConstructedDomestic30022020
316642-Well ConstructedCommercial260301980
5453-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation2407502016

By decreed use in Phillips County

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