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

> 12,597 well permits in Pueblo County. The median well is 45 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Pueblo County

**12,597** well permits — 2.1% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **45 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Pueblo 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 | **45 ft** | 520 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (8,572 permits, 68 %) |
| Yield | **10.7 gpm** | 30 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (1,668 permits, 13 %) |
| Static water level | **30 ft** | 261 ft | 58 ft — lower here (5,801 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 |
|---|---|---|
| [Domestic](/county/pueblo/domestic.md) | 5,760 | 45.7% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/county/pueblo/monitoring-sampling.md) | 2,493 | 19.8% |
| [Irrigation](/county/pueblo/irrigation.md) | 1,399 | 11.1% |
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 983 | 7.8% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 594 | 4.7% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 449 | 3.6% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 361 | 2.9% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 258 | 2.0% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 156 | 1.2% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 80 | 0.6% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 48 | 0.4% |
| Dewatering | 10 | 0.1% |

### What happened to these permits

**7,786** of the 12,597 permits in Pueblo County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 61.8%. And
**2,134** expired without one: 16.9%.

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](/expired.md).

| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Well Constructed | 7,786 | 61.8% |
| Permit Expired | 2,134 | 16.9% |
| Well Abandoned | 718 | 5.7% |
| Permit Canceled | 537 | 4.3% |
| Permit Issued | 423 | 3.4% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 347 | 2.8% |
| Application Information Requested | 205 | 1.6% |
| Application Denied | 155 | 1.2% |
| Application Received | 63 | 0.5% |
|   | 48 | 0.4% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 11,685 | 92.8% |
| [Dakota](/aquifer/dakota.md) | 274 | 2.2% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 241 | 1.9% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 206 | 1.6% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 67 | 0.5% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 37 | 0.3% |
| [Quaternary Alluvium](/aquifer/quaternary-alluvium.md) | 23 | 0.2% |
| Dakota Group Aquifer | 20 | 0.2% |
| Pierre Shale | 11 | 0.1% |
| Cheyenne | 8 | 0.1% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 865 | 6.9% |
| 2010s | 1,358 | 10.8% |
| 2000s | 2,389 | 19.0% |
| 1990s | 1,891 | 15.0% |
| 1980s | 637 | 5.1% |
| 1970s | 1,015 | 8.1% |
| 1960s | 532 | 4.2% |
| 1950s | 553 | 4.4% |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.0% |

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

12,597 well permits are on the Division’s register in Pueblo County, 2,134 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 Pueblo County

*Well permits, Pueblo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Meadow Gardens](/search.md) permit 337570- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 35 | 0 | 1942 |
| [Waterbarrel Estates](/search.md) permit 337034- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 603 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Sikes 8200](/search.md) permit 337153- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 623 | 7 | 2025 |
| [Pope Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 338518- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 494 | 9 | 2017 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 340149- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 563 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Red Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 340077- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 563 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Verde Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 340282- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 541 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 340283- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 383 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Woodland Acres](/search.md) permit 340454- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Eagle Ranch](/search.md) permit 340573- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 512 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Mountain View Estates](/search.md) permit 340989- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 580 | 5.5 | 2025 |
| [Waterbarrel Estates](/search.md) permit 340709- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 450 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Highland Canyon Rancho](/search.md) permit 341079- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 552 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Par A Subdivision Variance No. 19](/search.md) permit 13077--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 290 | 9.5 | 2025 |
| [Eagle Ranch](/search.md) permit 243363--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 549 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Highland Canyon Rancho](/search.md) permit 341342- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 544 | 5 | 2025 |
| [Twin Butte Estates](/search.md) permit 341608- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 302 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Lot Line Rearrangement 2006-007](/search.md) permit 29116--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 39 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Mountain View Estates](/search.md) permit 333916- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 601 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Sikes 8200](/search.md) permit 333805- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 564 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Saint Charles River Estates](/search.md) permit 333962- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 561 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Glendale](/search.md) permit 334075- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 475 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Sunshine](/search.md) permit 334178- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 17 | 0 | 1961 |
| [Verde Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 334896- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 302 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Verde Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 334905- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 323 | 8 | 2024 |
| [Waterbarrel Estates](/search.md) permit 334944- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 402 | 6 | 2024 |
| [Hatchet Ranch (filing: 4)](/search.md) permit 335232- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 544 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 335418- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 343 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 335455- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 544 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Goodnight Ave](/search.md) permit 335492- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 15 | 0 | 1965 |
| [Pope Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 335888- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 367 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Mountain View Estates](/search.md) permit 336111- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 581 | 6 | 2024 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 336491- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 564 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Red Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 336265- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 520 | 0 | 2024 |
| [St Chalres Mesa](/search.md) permit 336811- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 28 | 0 | 1935 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 336575- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 336709- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 544 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 336851- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 382 | 0 | 2025 |
| [King-dunn](/search.md) permit 329865--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 20 | 8 | 2023 |
| [Simonson Meadow](/search.md) permit 329611- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 310 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Mountain View Estates](/search.md) permit 329633- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 601 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Burntmill Estates](/search.md) permit 329855- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Sikes 8200 Phase 1](/search.md) permit 224099--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 604 | 5 | 2025 |
| [State Addition To Rye](/search.md) permit 330359- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Davis Addition To Rye](/search.md) permit 330210- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 165 | 6 | 2023 |
| [Pinehurst](/search.md) permit 330209- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 630 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Highland Canyon Rancho](/search.md) permit 330352- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 566 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 330419- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 283 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 330425- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 443 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Woodland Acres](/search.md) permit 330360- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 30 | 0 | 1959 |
| [Neumayr](/search.md) permit 331005- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 55 | 2.5 | 2017 |
| [Rye Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 331342- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Verde Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 331781- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 67 | 9 | 2023 |
| [Mountain View Estates](/search.md) permit 331968- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 601 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Twin Butte Estates](/search.md) permit 332085- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 323 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Woodland Acre (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 332128- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Booth Gardens](/search.md) permit 87503-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 0 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 325319- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 322 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Red Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 325225- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 322 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Twin Butte Estates](/search.md) permit 325382- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 303 | 8 | 2023 |
| [Eagle Ranch (filing: 1-3)](/search.md) permit 325553- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 640 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 224870--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 384 | 7 | 2022 |
| [Saint Charles River Estates](/search.md) permit 325693- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 560 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Rye Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 326005- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Rye Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 326325- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Rye Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 326324- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 326340- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 361 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Highland Canyon Rancho](/search.md) permit 326646- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 581 | 10.5 | 2022 |
| [Pope Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 326787- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 540 | 15 | 2016 |
| [Highland Canyon Rancho](/search.md) permit 327584- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 464 | 6 | 2022 |
| [Eagle Ranch](/search.md) permit 327609- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 582 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Hatchet Ranch Phase Ii (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 327771- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 321 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Saint Charles River Estates](/search.md) permit 327854- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 541 | 12 | 2022 |
| [Green Towers](/search.md) permit 327853- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 130 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Hatchet Ranch](/search.md) permit 327866- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 343 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Red Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 328144- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 283 | 11 | 2022 |
| [Green Towers](/search.md) permit 327925- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 55 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Lakeview Prairie](/search.md) permit 87684-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 650 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Subdivision Exemption No 2017-001](/search.md) permit 310972--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 75 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Twin Butte Estates](/search.md) permit 329399- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 330 | 8 | 2023 |
| [South Pueblo](/search.md) permit 62330-MH | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 22 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Red Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 320058- | Well Constructed | Stock | 580 | 10 | 2021 |
| [San Isabel Mountain Park](/search.md) permit 320209- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 163 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Sikes 8200](/search.md) permit 320191- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 523 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Hatchet Ranch (filing: 1&5)](/search.md) permit 320639- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Hatchet Ranch (filing: 1&5)](/search.md) permit 320470- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 321 | 11 | 2021 |
| [Red Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 320471- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 562 | 9 | 2021 |
| [Hatchet Ranch (filing: 1&5)](/search.md) permit 320472- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 342 | 11 | 2021 |
| [Hatchet Ranch (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 320641- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 302 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Hatchet Ranch (filing: 1&5)](/search.md) permit 320876- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 362 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Cedarwood Station (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 321453- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 12 | 2021 |
| [Red Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 321217- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 301 | 5 | 2021 |
| [Saint Charles River Estates](/search.md) permit 321358- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 553 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Sikes 8200 Phase 1](/search.md) permit 321373- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 321 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Sierra Vista](/search.md) permit 321634- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 105 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Hatchet Ranch (filing: 1&5)](/search.md) permit 321635- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 302 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Hatchet Ranch (filing: 1&5)](/search.md) permit 321639- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 604 | 8 | 2022 |
| [Rye Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 321933- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Rye Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 321934- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Mc Corkles](/search.md) permit 322750- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 25 | 0 | 1922 |
| [Hatchet Ranch (filing: 4)](/search.md) permit 322380- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 331 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Rye Ranchette (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 321931- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 2016 |
| [Rye Ranchette (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 321932- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 15 | 1992 |
| [Hatchet Ranch (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 322607- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 563 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Mountain View Estates](/search.md) permit 322620- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 578 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Garden Home Place](/search.md) permit 30497--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 32 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Sikes 8200](/search.md) permit 323044- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 570 | 12 | 2021 |
| [Subdivision Variance No. 238](/search.md) permit 106491--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 103 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Sikes 8200](/search.md) permit 323241- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 550 | 8.4 | 2022 |
| [Hollyrood Ranch](/search.md) permit 323303- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 202 | 10 | 2021 |

### By decreed use in Pueblo County

- [Domestic in Pueblo County](/county/pueblo/domestic.md) — 5,760
- [Irrigation in Pueblo County](/county/pueblo/irrigation.md) — 1,399
- [Monitoring/sampling in Pueblo County](/county/pueblo/monitoring-sampling.md) — 2,493

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Douglas](/county/douglas.md) 22,500
- [Larimer](/county/larimer.md) 20,919
- [Boulder](/county/boulder.md) 20,791
- [La Plata](/county/la-plata.md) 18,518
- [Elbert](/county/elbert.md) 17,636
- [Arapahoe](/county/arapahoe.md) 17,030
- [Denver](/county/denver.md) 13,096
- [Yuma](/county/yuma.md) 12,410
- [Garfield](/county/garfield.md) 12,165
- [Grand](/county/grand.md) 11,297
- [Teller](/county/teller.md) 10,843
- [Fremont](/county/fremont.md) 10,353
- [Chaffee](/county/chaffee.md) 10,321

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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Recolha: 2026-08-21