Well permits in Prowers County

3,895 well permits — 0.6% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 99 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.

3,895Permits

99 ftMedian depth

545Expired

0Denver Basin aquifer

How deep people drill in Prowers 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	99 ft	500 ft	148 ft — shallower here (2,447 permits, 63 %)
Yield	43 gpm	1500 gpm	10 gpm — higher here (434 permits, 11 %)
Static water level	46 ft	234 ft	58 ft — lower here (1,788 permits, 46 %)

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
Irrigation	1,430	36.7%
Domestic	773	19.8%
Stock	631	16.2%
Monitoring/sampling	561	14.4%
Commercial	161	4.1%
Other	136	3.5%
Municipal	117	3.0%
Household Use Only	28	0.7%
Not stated	27	0.7%
Industrial	23	0.6%
Geothermal	4	0.1%
Wildlife	3	0.1%

What happened to these permits

2,003 of the 3,895 permits in Prowers County ended with a well the Division was told about — 51.4%. And 545 expired without one: 14.0%.

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	2,003	51.4%
Permit Expired	545	14.0%
Well Abandoned	304	7.8%
Application Denied	209	5.4%
Permit Canceled	150	3.9%
Application Information Requested	136	3.5%
Permit Issued	134	3.4%
Final Permit	125	3.2%
Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	118	3.0%
	87	2.2%

Which aquifers

Aquifer	Permits	Share
All Unnamed Aquifers	3,196	82.1%
Dakota	173	4.4%
Southern High Plains	140	3.6%
Ogallala	89	2.3%
Cheyenne	62	1.6%
Not stated	49	1.3%
Southern High Plains Aquifer	47	1.2%
Dakota Sandstone	47	1.2%
Cheyenne Sandstone	35	0.9%
Alluvial	22	0.6%

When the permits were issued

Issued in	Permits	Share
2020s	150	3.9%
2010s	323	8.3%
2000s	475	12.2%
1990s	470	12.1%
1980s	210	5.4%
1970s	403	10.3%
1960s	274	7.0%
1950s	109	2.8%

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

3,895 well permits are on the Division’s register in Prowers County, 545 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 Prowers County

Well permits, Prowers 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
Holmes & Parmenter permit 330135--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	25	15	2023
Mckenzie Springs Ranch permit 309869-	Well Constructed	Domestic	380	0	2018
Placer Valley Village permit 80070-F	Well Constructed	Domestic	80	10	2016
Maxwell Add To City of Lamar permit 293492-	Well Constructed	Domestic	14	0	2014
First Subdivision of Ne 1/4 permit 284360-	Well Constructed	Domestic	73	0	2010
Third Subdivision of Sw 1/4 permit 284361-	Well Constructed	Stock	28	0	2010
Meadows permit 257112--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	29	15	2004
Meadows permit 257110--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	15	2004
Town of Lamar permit 61987-F	Well Constructed	Other	38	300	2004
Wiley Town of permit 12384-R-R	Well Constructed	Municipal	711	0	2002
Town of Wiley permit 57088-F	Well Constructed	Municipal	702	90	1977
Wiley permit 232830-	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	0	2001
Wiley permit 232830--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	10	2001
Moores permit 230821-	Well Constructed	Domestic	1	0	1964
O T Wiley permit 227052--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	2000
Holmes & Parmenter Add To Lamar permit 52447-F	Well Constructed	Other	22	15	1997
Holmes & Parmenter Add To Lamar permit 52448-F	Well Constructed	Other	22	10	1997
West Side Addition permit 47755-F	Well Constructed	Municipal	24	0	1997
Duggers Addition permit 46205-F	Well Constructed	Municipal	830	150	1980
Moore House permit 196434--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	23	0	1996
Placerville permit 190025-	Well Constructed	Commercial	30	15	1970
Hilltop Village permit 177722--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	50	0	1994
Wiley permit 164620--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	12	1992
West Side Addition permit 165338--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	25	0	1992
Broadview permit 41679-F	Well Constructed	Other	32	11.5	1992
Mims and Keets permit 156935--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	15	1990
Wiley permit 157014--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	45	10	1990
Meadows permit 157555--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	33	10	1990
Mayhew Heights permit 158779--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	80	0	1991
Mckeever permit 157822-	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	0	1990
Mckeever permit 157822--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	36	50	1990
Wilkins Addition permit 153410--A	Well Constructed	Domestic	45	30	1989
San Miguel River Estates permit 34422-F-R	Well Constructed	Commercial	39	10	1989
Holly permit 90160-	Well Constructed	Domestic	27	0	1977
Holmes & Parmenter permit 95219-	Well Constructed	Domestic	23	0	1977
D & D permit 95221-	Well Constructed	Domestic	32	0	1977
Mayhew Heights permit 54764-	Well Constructed	Domestic	66	0	1972
Holmes & Parmenter permit 57553-	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	1972
Willow Valley permit 59924-	Well Constructed	Domestic	147	15	1972
Lamar Town of permit 62208-	Well Constructed	Domestic	102	0	1972
Town of Lamar permit 881-RF	Well Constructed	Industrial	64	0	1970
Cedar Hills permit 41945-	Well Constructed	Domestic	43	0	1970
Stewart permit 42473-	Well Constructed	Domestic	29	0	1970
Bristol permit 20-WCB	Well Constructed	Stock	51	0	1953
Jw Bents Cottage	Well Constructed	Domestic	25	0	1970
Original Town of Lamar permit 3405-F	Well Constructed	Municipal	0	0	—
Swafford permit 8068-	Well Constructed	Domestic	189	0	1961
M & H Addn permit 14928-	Well Constructed	Domestic	36	0	1963
Parkview permit 15093-	Well Constructed	Domestic	145	0	1963
Willow Valley permit 19382-	Well Constructed	Domestic	50	0	1964
West Side permit 20602-	Well Constructed	Domestic	21	0	1964
West Side permit 20677-	Well Constructed	Domestic	21	0	1964
Holmes & Parmenter permit 20678-	Well Constructed	Domestic	41	0	1964
Ft Bent Addn permit 20825-	Well Constructed	Domestic	237	0	1964
Holmes & [parmenter permit 20826-	Well Constructed	Domestic	41	0	1964
Parkview permit 20901-	Well Constructed	Domestic	61	0	1964
Side Addn permit 20902-	Well Constructed	Domestic	25	0	1964
Lamar permit 20903-	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	0	1964
O.t. Lamar permit 20904-	Well Constructed	Domestic	42	0	1964
Maxwells permit 21042-	Well Constructed	Domestic	97	0	1964
Holmes & Parmenter permit 21069-	Well Constructed	Domestic	37	0	1964
Lamar permit 21188-	Well Constructed	Domestic	39	0	1964
Lamar permit 21269-	Well Constructed	Domestic	32	0	1964
Lamar permit 21283-	Well Constructed	Domestic	25	0	1964
Holmes & Parmenter permit 21346-	Well Constructed	Domestic	23	0	1964
Lamar permit 21571-	Well Constructed	Domestic	34	0	1964
Marehouse permit 21598-	Well Constructed	Domestic	26	0	1964
Morehouse permit 21658-	Well Constructed	Domestic	23	0	1964
Holmes & Parmenter permit 21816-	Well Constructed	Domestic	24	0	1964
Westside permit 21817-	Well Constructed	Domestic	27	0	1964
Holmes & Parmenter permit 21980-	Well Constructed	Domestic	26	0	1964
Holmes & Parmenter permit 23587-	Well Constructed	Domestic	35	0	1965
Coopers Addn permit 24705-	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	0	1965
Oak Place permit 24706-	Well Constructed	Domestic	24	0	1965
Mckeefer permit 24733-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	—
Hillside permit 24734-	Well Constructed	Domestic	0	0	—
Mayhew Heights permit 24735-	Well Constructed	Domestic	83	0	1965
West Side permit 24736-	Well Constructed	Domestic	25	0	1965
Willow Valley permit 25229-	Well Constructed	Domestic	61	0	—
Mckeever permit 26462-	Well Constructed	Domestic	20	0	1966
Lamar permit 41989-	Well Constructed	Domestic	27	0	1970
Bent's Cottage Place permit 42244-	Well Constructed	Domestic	28	0	1970
Willow Valley permit 42245-	Well Constructed	Domestic	155	0	1970
Orchard Place permit 42246-	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	0	1970
Cedar Hill permit 42247-	Well Constructed	Domestic	41	0	1970
Mayhew Heights permit 42295-	Well Constructed	Domestic	110	0	1970
West Side permit 42303-	Well Constructed	Domestic	19	0	1970
Mayhew Heights permit 42359-	Well Constructed	Domestic	110	0	1970
Mayhew Heights permit 42360-	Well Constructed	Domestic	110	0	1970
Hilltop permit 42412-	Well Constructed	Domestic	200	0	1971
Cottage Place permit 42954-	Well Constructed	Domestic	30	0	1970
Jw Bents Cottage permit 42955-	Well Constructed	Domestic	28	0	1970
Sunny Heights permit 42956-	Well Constructed	Domestic	67	0	1970
Willow Valley permit 43388-	Well Constructed	Domestic	95	0	1970
Lamar permit 44948-	Well Constructed	Domestic	50	0	1950
Parkview permit 45895-	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	1971
Cedar Hill permit 46050-	Well Constructed	Domestic	48	0	1971
Mckeever's permit 46178-	Well Constructed	Domestic	40	0	1971
Holmes & Parmenter permit 46884-	Well Constructed	Domestic	43	0	1971
Hilltop Village permit 47905-	Well Constructed	Domestic	360	0	1971
Holmes & Parmenter permit 87555-	Well Constructed	Domestic	80	0	—
Morris permit 90002-	Well Constructed	Domestic	18	0	—
Morris permit 90003-	Well Constructed	Domestic	60	0	—
Holmes & Parmenter permit 330135-	Well Replaced - Abandonment Required	Domestic	0	0	2023
Original Town permit 44299-MH	Well Abandoned	Monitoring/sampling	0	0	2004
Original Town permit 44300-MH	Well Abandoned	Monitoring/sampling	0	0	2004
Original Town permit 44301-MH	Well Abandoned	Monitoring/sampling	0	0	2004
Original Town permit 44302-MH	Permit Expired	Monitoring/sampling	0	0	2004
First Addition permit 44303-MH	Well Abandoned	Monitoring/sampling	0	0	2004
Original Town permit 44304-MH	Permit Expired	Monitoring/sampling	0	0	2004

By decreed use in Prowers County

Irrigation in Prowers County — 1,430

Counties with a comparable register

Gilpin 4,606
Moffat 4,379
Costilla 4,256
Huerfano 4,190
Lincoln 4,107
Montrose 3,965
Delta 3,935
Archuleta 3,805
Rio Blanco 3,486
San Miguel 3,416
Otero 3,393
Phillips 2,865
Lake 2,756

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.