Irrigation wells in Phillips County
1,345 of the 2,865 well permits in Phillips County — 46.9% — are decreed for irrigation.
How this group compares
Phillips County holds 2.8% of Colorado’s 47,689 irrigation permits, while holding 0.5% of the register overall — so it is over-represented in this use.
Irrigation means watering land, at the volume the permit allows.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Colorado median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depth | 290 ft | 345 ft | 148 ft — deeper here (492 permits, 37 %) |
| Yield | 1040 gpm | 2200 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (142 permits, 11 %) |
| Static water level | 124 ft | 196 ft | 58 ft — higher here (446 permits, 33 %) |
What happened to these permits
49 of the 1,345 permits decreed for irrigation in Phillips County ended with a well the Division was told about — 3.6%. And 164 expired without one: 12.2%.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Application Denied | 477 | 35.5% |
| Final Permit | 380 | 28.3% |
| Permit Expired | 164 | 12.2% |
| Permit Issued | 94 | 7.0% |
| Permit Canceled | 64 | 4.8% |
| Well Constructed | 49 | 3.6% |
| Final Permit - Well Replaced, Abandonment Required | 19 | 1.4% |
| Application Received | 18 | 1.3% |
| Final Permit - Well Replaced | 14 | 1.0% |
| Application Information Requested | 14 | 1.0% |
Buying land in Phillips County, or need a well drilled?
1,345 well permits are on the Division’s register in Phillips County, 164 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
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17426-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 295 | 800 | 2026 |
| 14088-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 330 | 800 | 2025 |
| 20443-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 389 | 1500 | 2025 |
| 2314-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 340 | 780 | 2026 |
| 12649-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 319 | 500 | 2026 |
| 14742-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 340 | 905 | 2026 |
| 20239-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 355 | 1500 | 2024 |
| 12015-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 325 | 800 | 2023 |
| 6412-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 360 | 0 | 2022 |
| 5009-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 301 | 0 | 2023 |
| 19688-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 310 | 800 | 2021 |
| 4900-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 330 | 850 | 2020 |
| 5453-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 240 | 750 | 2016 |
| 12017-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 346 | 800 | 2019 |
| 13542-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 314 | 350 | 2019 |
| 13528-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 340 | 0 | 2017 |
| 12016-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 310 | 800 | 2017 |
| 12794-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 250 | 800 | 2017 |
| 5599-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 375 | 900 | 2014 |
| 11672-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 340 | 1100 | 2014 |
| 5774-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 280 | 471 | 2013 |
| 15610-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 270 | 1300 | 2012 |
| 8568-RFP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 275 | 800 | 2012 |
| 7009-RFP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 310 | 0 | 2011 |
| 8917-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 280 | 100 | 2012 |
| 11664-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 320 | 1350 | 2010 |
| 12421-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 350 | 775 | 2009 |
| 14366-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 300 | 668 | 2008 |
| 15763-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 310 | 1040 | 2006 |
| 12577-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 320 | 700 | 2004 |
| 18377-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 320 | 800 | 2003 |
| 14634-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 310 | 950 | 2003 |
| 18359-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 300 | 0 | 2004 |
| 18666-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 340 | 1059 | 2001 |
| 20093-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 370 | 560 | 2000 |
| 18787-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 375 | 0 | 2000 |
| 19404-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 295 | 0 | 1999 |
| 17828-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 325 | 1500 | 1991 |
| 18220-RFP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 270 | 2902 | 1986 |
| 12695-RFP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 332 | 0 | 1980 |
| 13804-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 313 | 0 | 1980 |
| 9584-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 273 | 2000 | 1978 |
| 21627-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 354 | 900 | 1977 |
| 603-RFP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 278 | 1750 | 1975 |
| 11163-RFP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 1975 |
| 2375-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 1975 |
| 1872-RFP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 248 | 1500 | 1974 |
| 12769-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 210 | 750 | 1968 |
| 10878-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 266 | 0 | 1966 |
| 11944-FP-R | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2026 |
| 11944-FP-R | Permit Expired | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2022 |
| 4900-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2021 |
| 12148-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2021 |
| 12147-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2021 |
| 14869-FP-R | Permit Expired | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2019 |
| 14820-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2018 |
| 7009-RFP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2018 |
| 12073-FP-R | Permit Expired | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2018 |
| 12530-FP | Final Permit | Irrigation | 284 | 0 | 2017 |
| 12794-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
| 18329-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
| 16200-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
| 603-RFP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
| 12762-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
| 21759-FP-R | Permit Expired | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
| 15273-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
| 5453-FP-R | Permit Expired | Irrigation | 240 | 750 | 2016 |
| 14634-FP | Final Permit | Irrigation | 310 | 0 | 2016 |
| 14797-FP | Final Permit | Irrigation | 212 | 0 | 2016 |
| 21278-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| 5366-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| 11944-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| 21798-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| 12148-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| 11779-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| 12147-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| 11163-RFP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| 5599-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2014 |
| 14583-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2014 |
| 18701-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2014 |
| 20337-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2014 |
| 6412-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2013 |
| 18169-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2013 |
| 14870-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2013 |
| 19110-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2012 |
| 15761-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2011 |
| 15974-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2010 |
| 7194-RFP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2010 |
| 12013-FP-R | Permit Expired | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2010 |
| 4811-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2009 |
| 18788-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2009 |
| 18007-FP-R | Permit Expired | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2007 |
| 15763-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| 11974-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| 15105-RFP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| 12147-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| 15610-FP-R | Permit Expired | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| 17959-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| 16837-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| 16047-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2005 |
| 14366-FP-R | Permit Expired | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2005 |
| 5009-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2004 |
| 5201-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2004 |
| 9099-F | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2004 |
| 12147-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2004 |
| 18168-F | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
| 11519-F | Pump Installed, No Construction Info Received | Irrigation | 0 | 2500 | 2003 |
| 17683-F | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
| 12073-FP | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
| 14795-F | Permit Issued | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
Part of a bigger picture: all 2,865 permits in Phillips County, and every irrigation permit in Colorado.
Other groups of a similar size
- Irrigation — Prowers 1,430
- Domestic — Gilpin 1,415
- Commercial — Weld 1,414
- Household Use Only — Costilla 1,399
- Irrigation — Pueblo 1,399
- Household Use Only — Rio Grande 1,399
- Domestic — Lincoln 1,331
- Stock — Las Animas 1,309
- Irrigation — Logan 1,288
- Not stated — El Paso 1,210
- Stock — Baca 1,206