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

> 8,803 well permits in Saguache County. The median well is 120 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Saguache County

**8,803** well permits — 1.5% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **120 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Saguache 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 | **120 ft** | 400 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (5,850 permits, 66 %) |
| Yield | **15 gpm** | 1000 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (1,731 permits, 20 %) |
| Static water level | **19 ft** | 151 ft | 58 ft — lower here (3,873 permits, 44 %) |

### 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/saguache/domestic.md) | 3,063 | 34.8% |
| [Irrigation](/county/saguache/irrigation.md) | 2,476 | 28.1% |
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 939 | 10.7% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 694 | 7.9% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 656 | 7.5% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 297 | 3.4% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 268 | 3.0% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 229 | 2.6% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 133 | 1.5% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 19 | 0.2% |
| Fire | 16 | 0.2% |
| Augmentation | 9 | 0.1% |

### What happened to these permits

**5,362** of the 8,803 permits in Saguache County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 60.9%. And
**1,240** expired without one: 14.1%.

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 | 5,362 | 60.9% |
| Permit Expired | 1,240 | 14.1% |
| Application Denied | 513 | 5.8% |
| Permit Canceled | 388 | 4.4% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 363 | 4.1% |
| Permit Issued | 341 | 3.9% |
| Well Abandoned | 304 | 3.5% |
| Application Received | 114 | 1.3% |
| Application Information Requested | 81 | 0.9% |
| Well Constructed - Replacement Permit Issued | 31 | 0.4% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 6,314 | 71.7% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Vall](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-vall.md) | 862 | 9.8% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 758 | 8.6% |
| [Confined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/confined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 408 | 4.6% |
| [Confined San Luis Valley](/aquifer/confined-san-luis-valley.md) | 340 | 3.9% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 67 | 0.8% |
| Unconfined San Luis Valley | 25 | 0.3% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 16 | 0.2% |
| [Quaternary Alluvium](/aquifer/quaternary-alluvium.md) | 7 | 0.1% |
| Confining Layer | 2 | 0.0% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 782 | 8.9% |
| 2010s | 913 | 10.4% |
| 2000s | 1,121 | 12.7% |
| 1990s | 1,591 | 18.1% |
| 1980s | 623 | 7.1% |
| 1970s | 1,062 | 12.1% |
| 1960s | 289 | 3.3% |
| 1950s | 324 | 3.7% |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.0% |

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

8,803 well permits are on the Division’s register in Saguache County, 1,240 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 Saguache County

*Well permits, Saguache 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Lime Creek](/search.md) permit 341965- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 303 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Town of Crestone](/search.md) permit 337017- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2025 |
| [La Garita Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 337598- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 320 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Ewing Ranch](/search.md) permit 337845- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 3 | 2025 |
| [Cotton Creek Estates](/search.md) permit 338175- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 338217- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 150 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Dageford](/search.md) permit 338303- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Dageford](/search.md) permit 338302- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Dageford](/search.md) permit 338301- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 575 | 7 | 2025 |
| [La Garita Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 338515- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 243 | 0 | 1998 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 338461- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 338925- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Baca Grande](/search.md) permit 339416- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 140 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Bonanza](/search.md) permit 340999- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 341281- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Kerber Creek](/search.md) permit 341416- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 85 | 0 | 1976 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 341665- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 158192-A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 15 | 2026 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 333778- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2024 |
| [New Survey](/search.md) permit 335103- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Ewing Ranch](/search.md) permit 333305- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 318 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Baca Grande](/search.md) permit 334973- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 130 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Ewing Ranch Iii](/search.md) permit 334172- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Irby Eisenhower Exemption](/search.md) permit 333865- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 220 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 334559- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 130 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Baca Grande](/search.md) permit 333994- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Baca Grande](/search.md) permit 334977- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 10 | 2025 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 335024- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 334459- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 130 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 334458- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Baca Grande Grants Unit 1](/search.md) permit 334856- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Baca Grande](/search.md) permit 334976- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 130 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Sargents Town of](/search.md) permit 286109--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 335243- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 130 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Sargents Town of](/search.md) permit 80245--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Sargents Town of](/search.md) permit 324143--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Mineral Hot Sprgs Estates](/search.md) permit 335275- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 10 | 2026 |
| [Sargents](/search.md) permit 275356--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 335985- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Scenic Mountain Estates](/search.md) permit 329873- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Baca Grande](/search.md) permit 329954- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Persky Subdivision](/search.md) permit 240725--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Cortese Tracts Subdivision](/search.md) permit 329815- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 180 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Kelly Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 329860- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Baca Grande Grants Unit 1](/search.md) permit 329886- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 95 | 12 | 2023 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 330369- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 330732- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Dageforde](/search.md) permit 331721- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 395 | 9 | 2024 |
| [Elk Mountain Springs](/search.md) permit 331810- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 190 | 0 | 2006 |
| [Ewing Ranch](/search.md) permit 331004- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 330848- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Gold Basin High Country Ranch](/search.md) permit 330997- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Sargent Knights](/search.md) permit 323372--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 175 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Crestone, Town of](/search.md) permit 331590- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Elk Mountain Springs](/search.md) permit 332102- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 3 | 2023 |
| [Ghost Mine Ranch](/search.md) permit 332296- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 332297- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 14 | 2024 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 325114- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Little Kerber Creek](/search.md) permit 325178- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 325 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 325816- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 325832- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Baca Grande](/search.md) permit 326281- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 115 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 170750--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Ghost Mine Ranch](/search.md) permit 326284- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Mineral Hot Springs Estates](/search.md) permit 326712- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 326714- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2023 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 327468- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 327312- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 90 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 327396- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Bonanaza Ranch](/search.md) permit 327558- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 185 | 14 | 2023 |
| [Ewing Ranch](/search.md) permit 327563- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Oxcart Ranch](/search.md) permit 328194- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Meadow Ranch](/search.md) permit 87467-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 0 | 0 | 1954 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 328534- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 130 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Baca Grande](/search.md) permit 329047- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Ghost Mine Ranch](/search.md) permit 320085- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Ewing Ranch](/search.md) permit 320148- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 320150- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Lime Creek Estates](/search.md) permit 133613--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 325 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Ewing Ranch](/search.md) permit 320832- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Reigel Division of Land](/search.md) permit 219093--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 322405- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 177592--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 260 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Ghost Mine Ranch](/search.md) permit 322433- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 322444- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 120 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Villa Grove](/search.md) permit 324680- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Ewing Ranch](/search.md) permit 322911- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 325 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 323562- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Ewing Ranch Iv (filing: 4)](/search.md) permit 324185- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 405 | 4 | 2023 |
| [Villa Grove](/search.md) permit 323791- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Villa Grove](/search.md) permit 324179- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Ghost Mine Ranch](/search.md) permit 323560- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 640 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Ewing Range Mishak Lakes](/search.md) permit 324081- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 1914 |
| [La Garita Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 324461- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 265 | 15 | 2022 |
| [La Garita Creek Ranchettes](/search.md) permit 324540- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 205 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Villa Grove](/search.md) permit 324679- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 140 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Villa Grove](/search.md) permit 324731- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Oklahoma Land & Colonization Tracts](/search.md) permit 317530- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 400 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 317640- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 240 | 10 | 2020 |
| [Ewing Ranch](/search.md) permit 317717- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Villa Grove, Town of](/search.md) permit 317718- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 35 | 0 | 1964 |
| [Baca Grande Grants](/search.md) permit 318074- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 140 | 10 | 2023 |
| [South Beaver Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 317650- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 160 | 15 | 2021 |
| [Ewing Ranch](/search.md) permit 317924- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Gold Basin High Country Ranch](/search.md) permit 318054- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Ghost Mine Ranch](/search.md) permit 318645- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Dageford](/search.md) permit 318648- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 265 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Ewing Ranch](/search.md) permit 62733--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Gold Basin High Country Ranch](/search.md) permit 318809- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 625 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Moffat](/search.md) permit 319013- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 80 | 15 | 2020 |

### By decreed use in Saguache County

- [Domestic in Saguache County](/county/saguache/domestic.md) — 3,063
- [Irrigation in Saguache County](/county/saguache/irrigation.md) — 2,476

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Fremont](/county/fremont.md) 10,353
- [Chaffee](/county/chaffee.md) 10,321
- [Alamosa](/county/alamosa.md) 10,088
- [Rio Grande](/county/rio-grande.md) 9,833
- [Morgan](/county/morgan.md) 9,779
- [Logan](/county/logan.md) 9,308
- [Gunnison](/county/gunnison.md) 8,894
- [Summit](/county/summit.md) 8,609
- [Las Animas](/county/las-animas.md) 8,050
- [Routt](/county/routt.md) 7,264
- [Custer](/county/custer.md) 6,916
- [Kit Carson](/county/kit-carson.md) 6,777
- [Mesa](/county/mesa.md) 6,494

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