# Well permits in Pitkin County, Colorado — how deep, how much

> 4,805 well permits in Pitkin County. The median well is 103 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Pitkin County

**4,805** well permits — 0.8% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **103 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Pitkin 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 | **103 ft** | 375 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (2,923 permits, 61 %) |
| Yield | **15 gpm** | 25 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (952 permits, 20 %) |
| Static water level | **48 ft** | 165 ft | 58 ft — lower here (2,429 permits, 51 %) |

### 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](/county/pitkin/domestic.md) | 2,295 | 47.8% |
| [Household Use Only](/county/pitkin/household-use-only.md) | 1,064 | 22.1% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 771 | 16.0% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 180 | 3.7% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 177 | 3.7% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 102 | 2.1% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 78 | 1.6% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 57 | 1.2% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 20 | 0.4% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 19 | 0.4% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 16 | 0.3% |
| Dewatering | 13 | 0.3% |

### What happened to these permits

**2,205** of the 4,805 permits in Pitkin County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 45.9%. And
**1,165** expired without one: 24.2%.

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](/expired.md).

| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Well Constructed | 2,205 | 45.9% |
| Permit Expired | 1,165 | 24.2% |
| Permit Canceled | 298 | 6.2% |
| Well Abandoned | 280 | 5.8% |
| Application Denied | 201 | 4.2% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 197 | 4.1% |
| Application Withdrawn | 140 | 2.9% |
| Permit Issued | 102 | 2.1% |
| Application Information Requested | 78 | 1.6% |
| NA | 45 | 0.9% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 4,548 | 94.7% |
| Mancos | 107 | 2.2% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 89 | 1.9% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 52 | 1.1% |
| Leadville Limestone | 4 | 0.1% |
| Mesa Verde Group | 2 | 0.0% |
| [Dakota](/aquifer/dakota.md) | 1 | 0.0% |
| Morrison | 1 | 0.0% |
| Maroon-minturn | 1 | 0.0% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 357 | 7.4% |
| 2010s | 452 | 9.4% |
| 2000s | 782 | 16.3% |
| 1990s | 1,136 | 23.6% |
| 1980s | 602 | 12.5% |
| 1970s | 504 | 10.5% |
| 1960s | 238 | 5.0% |
| 1950s | 18 | 0.4% |

### Buying land in Pitkin County, or need a well drilled?

4,805 well permits are on the Division’s register in Pitkin County, 1,165 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](/privacy.md).

### Permits on record in Pitkin County

*Well permits, Pitkin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Wieben Ranch First Amended Subdivision Exemption](/search.md) permit 342566- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Wieben Ranch First Amended Subdivision Exemption](/search.md) permit 342564- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 410 | 15 | 2004 |
| [Guber Family Trust](/search.md) permit 342541- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 188 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Guber Family Trust](/search.md) permit 342543- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 155 | 15 | 1987 |
| [Moore Open Space Preservation](/search.md) permit 90994-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 413 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Dexter Rutecki Properties Exemption Lot Line Adj](/search.md) permit 338812- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 147 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 337628- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 478 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 337629- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 450 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Stein Lot Split](/search.md) permit 90339-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 137 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Dexter Rutecki Properties Exemption Lot Line Adj](/search.md) permit 338813- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 144 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Douglas Casey Shield-o-meadows](/search.md) permit 338806- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 0 | 1994 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 339612- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 700 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Fifield](/search.md) permit 90505-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 504 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Star Mesa](/search.md) permit 204465--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 745 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Starwood](/search.md) permit 32691-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 230 | 30 | 2023 |
| [Sopris Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 334387- | Well Constructed | Fire | 296 | 4.34 | 2020 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 334706- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 0 | 2011 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 334707- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 503 | 0 | 2011 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 334708- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 350 | 0 | 2012 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 334709- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 700 | 0 | 2013 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 334710- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 810 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 334711- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 747 | 7.7 | 2023 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 334712- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 590 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Starwood](/search.md) permit 334452- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 83 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Stein Lot Split](/search.md) permit 89399-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Stein Lot Split](/search.md) permit 89400-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 133 | 30 | 2003 |
| [Capitol Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 332041- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 470 | 0 | 2024 |
| [West Buttermilk Pfister Tracts](/search.md) permit 329536- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 0 | 2025 |
| [R & O](/search.md) permit 87767-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 15 | 2000 |
| [Erie Lode Ms#3283](/search.md) permit 127960--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 158 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 330261- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 747 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Miller Nichols](/search.md) permit 330832- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Natal Ranch](/search.md) permit 225395--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 50 | 15 | 2024 |
| [M/b Snowmass Creek](/search.md) permit 88624-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 52 | 0 | 1980 |
| [Brush Creek Village](/search.md) permit 88643-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 15 | 1984 |
| [Ruedi South Shore](/search.md) permit 88642-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 163 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 331970- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 590 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 331971- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 850 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Ruedi South Shore](/search.md) permit 87298-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 298 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Castle Creek Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 87577-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 30 | 1992 |
| [Sopris Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 86704-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 46 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Happy Day Ranch](/search.md) permit 86481-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 281 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Ruedi South Shore](/search.md) permit 86624-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 145 | 15 | 2017 |
| [Flying Dog Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 326217- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 243 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Sunfire Ranch](/search.md) permit 48633--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 73 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Red Butte Ranch](/search.md) permit 86969-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 45 | 2021 |
| [Red Butte Ranch](/search.md) permit 326375- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 40 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Elk Mountain](/search.md) permit 326669- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 363 | 5 | 2023 |
| [Craig Ranch](/search.md) permit 326242- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Craig Ranch](/search.md) permit 326243- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 194 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Chaparral Aspen Homestead 1 Condominiums](/search.md) permit 327277- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 112 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 327887- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 235 | 0 | 2013 |
| [Little Texas](/search.md) permit 87366-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 65 | 14 | 2008 |
| [Flying Dog Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 328206- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 73 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Flying Dog Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 328207- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 350 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Flying Dog Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 328208- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 68 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Castle Creek Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 87444-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 295 | 10 | 1987 |
| [Castle Creek Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 87445-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 275 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Ruedi South Shore](/search.md) permit 28179-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 158 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Droste/pioneer Springs Ranch](/search.md) permit 328506- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 608 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Phillips Lot Line Adjustment](/search.md) permit 328665- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Lazy-o Ranch Pud](/search.md) permit 87561-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 56 | 50 | 2021 |
| [Crown Mountain Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 269337--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 71 | 11 | 2022 |
| [Castle Creek Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 85071-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 131 | 15 | 2008 |
| [Nystrom Tracts](/search.md) permit 181614--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 151 | 5 | 2021 |
| [Redstone Ranch Acres](/search.md) permit 321644- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 225 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Knollwood](/search.md) permit 297310--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 13 | 2021 |
| [Pitkin Green](/search.md) permit 85548-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 122 | 45 | 2021 |
| [Sopris Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 321958- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Mountain High Condo](/search.md) permit 85712-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 111 | 15 | 2005 |
| [Carbondale Lou Usms No. 6344](/search.md) permit 322934- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 452 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Launer/stringer Lot Line Adjustment](/search.md) permit 107370--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 42 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Navratilova Lot Split](/search.md) permit 156627--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 13.5 | 2021 |
| [Little Texas](/search.md) permit 323249- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Twin Creeks Ranch](/search.md) permit 324878- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 7 | 10 | 2001 |
| [Shield-o-terraces](/search.md) permit 323881- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 88 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Aspen River Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 86394-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Aspen River Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 86395-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 74 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Aspen River Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 86396-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 135 | 12 | 2022 |
| [Aspen River Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 86397-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 63 | 0 | 1978 |
| [Highlands Ranch](/search.md) permit 324471- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Crown Mountain Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 269336--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 96 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Stonywood Trust-snowmass Larson Llc Lot Line Adjus](/search.md) permit 324664- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 141 | 13.8 | 2014 |
| [Red Butte Ranch](/search.md) permit 84224-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Red Butte Ranch](/search.md) permit 84225-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 630 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Shield-o-mesa](/search.md) permit 317589- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 505 | 1 | 2020 |
| [Oh Be Joyful](/search.md) permit 45580-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Oh Be Joyful Acres](/search.md) permit 318487- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 48 | 0 | 1929 |
| [Lower Sewell Tracts](/search.md) permit 319496- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1971 |
| [Wildcat Ranch](/search.md) permit 319173- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 5 | 2020 |
| [Wildcat Ranch](/search.md) permit 319174- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 250 | 15 | 2021 |
| [Wildcat Ranch](/search.md) permit 319175- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 229 | 15 | 2021 |
| [Hercules Lode Usms No. 4251](/search.md) permit 318281- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 480 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Rogers Lot Line Adjustment](/search.md) permit 84871-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 99 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Chaparral Aspen](/search.md) permit 320003- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 197 | 15 | 2021 |
| [White Horse Springs](/search.md) permit 83344-F | Well Constructed | Other | 0 | 0 | 1992 |
| [Roaring Fork View Parcels Long Line Adj](/search.md) permit 83342-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 270 | 15 | 2021 |
| [Roaring Fork View Parcels Long Line Adj](/search.md) permit 83314-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 198 | 15 | 2021 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 314340- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 810 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Wildcat Ranch](/search.md) permit 314916- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 158 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Chaparral Aspen](/search.md) permit 314913- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 115 | 0 | 2017 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 312708- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 700 | 0 | 2013 |
| [Horseshoe Lode Us Mineral Survey No. 6010](/search.md) permit 313371- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 15 | 2019 |
| [Wildcat Ranch](/search.md) permit 314101- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 508 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Deadwood Parcel Sub Exemption](/search.md) permit 315472- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 810 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Sparovic](/search.md) permit 81887-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 144 | 15 | 2012 |
| [Thomas Emma Exemption](/search.md) permit 308444- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 177 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Crown Mountain Ranch Exemption](/search.md) permit 269335--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 230 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Crystal View Heights (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 81830-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 30 | 2018 |
| [Brush Creek Village](/search.md) permit 87657--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 445 | 0 | 2018 |

### By decreed use in Pitkin County

- [Domestic in Pitkin County](/county/pitkin/domestic.md) — 2,295
- [Household Use Only in Pitkin County](/county/pitkin/household-use-only.md) — 1,064

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Custer](/county/custer.md) 6,916
- [Kit Carson](/county/kit-carson.md) 6,777
- [Mesa](/county/mesa.md) 6,494
- [Conejos](/county/conejos.md) 5,774
- [Washington](/county/washington.md) 5,722
- [Clear Creek](/county/clear-creek.md) 5,556
- [Baca](/county/baca.md) 5,424
- [Eagle](/county/eagle.md) 4,742
- [Gilpin](/county/gilpin.md) 4,606
- [Moffat](/county/moffat.md) 4,379
- [Costilla](/county/costilla.md) 4,256
- [Huerfano](/county/huerfano.md) 4,190
- [Lincoln](/county/lincoln.md) 4,107

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](/county.md).

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