Well permits in Sedgwick County
2,293 well permits — 0.4% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 100 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.
2,293Permits
100 ftMedian depth
232Expired
0Denver Basin aquifer
How deep people drill in Sedgwick 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.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Colorado median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depth | 100 ft | 380 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (1,518 permits, 66 %) |
| Yield | 50 gpm | 1400 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (304 permits, 13 %) |
| Static water level | 52 ft | 257 ft | 58 ft — lower here (1,097 permits, 48 %) |
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 | 765 | 33.4% |
| Domestic | 639 | 27.9% |
| Stock | 319 | 13.9% |
| Monitoring/sampling | 205 | 8.9% |
| Not stated | 125 | 5.5% |
| Commercial | 89 | 3.9% |
| Other | 53 | 2.3% |
| Augmentation | 25 | 1.1% |
| Household Use Only | 22 | 1.0% |
| Industrial | 18 | 0.8% |
| Municipal | 18 | 0.8% |
| Geothermal | 6 | 0.3% |
What happened to these permits
1,226 of the 2,293 permits in Sedgwick County ended with a well the Division was told about — 53.5%. And 232 expired without one: 10.1%.
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.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Well Constructed | 1,226 | 53.5% |
| Permit Expired | 232 | 10.1% |
| Well Abandoned | 141 | 6.1% |
| Final Permit | 135 | 5.9% |
| Application Denied | 124 | 5.4% |
| Permit Issued | 118 | 5.1% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 101 | 4.4% |
| Permit Canceled | 95 | 4.1% |
| Application Information Requested | 37 | 1.6% |
| Application Received | 22 | 1.0% |
Which aquifers
| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| All Unnamed Aquifers | 1,808 | 78.8% |
| Ogallala | 341 | 14.9% |
| Not stated | 87 | 3.8% |
| Alluvial | 32 | 1.4% |
| Denver | 9 | 0.4% |
| Quaternary Alluvium | 8 | 0.3% |
| High Plains Aquifer | 6 | 0.3% |
| White River | 2 | 0.1% |
When the permits were issued
| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 112 | 4.9% |
| 2010s | 205 | 8.9% |
| 2000s | 299 | 13.0% |
| 1990s | 288 | 12.6% |
| 1980s | 124 | 5.4% |
| 1970s | 258 | 11.3% |
| 1960s | 110 | 4.8% |
| 1950s | 146 | 6.4% |
Buying land in Sedgwick County, or need a well drilled?
2,293 well permits are on the Division’s register in Sedgwick County, 232 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 Sedgwick County
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martens First permit 330612- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 1962 |
| Martens First permit 233860- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 14 | 2001 |
| Clarksons Second permit 10185-F-R | Well Constructed | Municipal | 208 | 0 | 1999 |
| Clarksons Second permit 51615-F-R | Well Constructed | Municipal | 140 | 0 | 1999 |
| Arrow Acres permit 217749- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 1999 |
| Martens First permit 221724--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 1999 |
| Union Pacific (filing: 1) permit 168-G | Well Constructed | Other | 200 | 0 | 1995 |
| Martens permit 152364- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 1988 |
| Martens permit 152364--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 1988 |
| Julesburg permit 106730--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 46 | 15 | 1979 |
| Clarksons permit 94338--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 75 | 0 | 1977 |
| Arrow Acres permit 76793--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 1974 |
| Julesburg Colo permit 33560- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 1968 |
| Clarksons permit 4387-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 91 | 0 | 1963 |
| Julesburg Clarkson permit 20186- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 51 | 0 | 1964 |
| Julesburg Up 1st Addn permit 36174- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 24 | 0 | 1963 |
| Julesburg permit 36554- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 22 | 0 | 1948 |
| Test Name 2 permit 60429-MH | Permit Expired | Monitoring/sampling | 0 | 0 | 2020 |
| Schneider Exemption permit 227749- | Permit Canceled | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 2000 |
| Clarksons Second permit 51615-F | Well Abandoned | Municipal | 107 | 0 | 1957 |
| Martens First permit 221724- | Well Abandoned | Domestic | 150 | 0 | 1999 |
| Arrow Acres permit 212697- | Permit Expired | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 1998 |
| Martin permit 91144-VE | Permit Issued | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1991 |
| Clarkson 1st Addition (filing: 2) permit 21160-F-R | Well Abandoned | Municipal | 205 | 347 | 1976 |
| Arrow Acres permit 76793- | Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 1974 |
| Happy Canyon permit 20978-FP | Final Permit | Irrigation | 320 | 0 | 1964 |
| First Addition | Application Information Requested | Domestic | 0 | 0 | — |
| 60840-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 100 | 1100 | 2026 |
| 4829-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 39 | 450 | 2025 |
| 337317- | Well Constructed | Stock | 426 | 0 | 1973 |
| 336791--A | Well Constructed | Commercial | 256 | 2 | 2025 |
| 4001019-MH | Well Constructed | Not stated | 42 | 0 | 2024 |
| 332939- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 50 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332940- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 52 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332941- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 50 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332942- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 52 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332943- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 49 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332944- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 52 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332945- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 52 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332946- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 52 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332947- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 52 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332948- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 37 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332949- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 37 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332950- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 37 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332951- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 37 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332952- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 37 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332953- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 37 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332954- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 37 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332955- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 40 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332956- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 40 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332957- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 42 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332958- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 45 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332959- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 45 | 0 | 2023 |
| 333574- | Well Constructed | Stock | 420 | 30 | 2024 |
| 7038-R-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 62 | 357 | 2024 |
| 334290- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 5 | 2024 |
| 335464- | Well Constructed | Stock | 60 | 0 | 2024 |
| 336593- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 60 | 2024 |
| 335450- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 400 | 40 | 2024 |
| 336854- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 100 | 0 | 2026 |
| 4495-R-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 65 | 111 | 2025 |
| 4000097-MH | Well Constructed | Not stated | 43 | 0 | 2023 |
| 4000164-MH | Well Constructed | Not stated | 18 | 0 | 2023 |
| 4000165-MH | Well Constructed | Not stated | 15 | 0 | 2023 |
| 4000166-MH | Well Constructed | Not stated | 24 | 0 | 2023 |
| 4000188-MH | Well Constructed | Not stated | 20 | 0 | 2023 |
| 330449- | Well Constructed | Stock | 220 | 4.3 | 2023 |
| 330450- | Well Constructed | Stock | 100 | 4.6 | 2023 |
| 88078-F | Well Constructed | Fire | 80 | 170 | 2022 |
| 330782- | Well Constructed | Stock | 360 | 3 | 2023 |
| 330640- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 32 | 0 | 1967 |
| 18078-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 425 | 750 | 2023 |
| 19397-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 380 | 984 | 2023 |
| 331894- | Well Constructed | Stock | 326 | 14 | 2024 |
| 332513- | Well Constructed | Stock | 280 | 0 | 2023 |
| 332721- | Well Constructed | Stock | 400 | 37.5 | 2024 |
| 332512--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 18 | 2023 |
| 332724- | Well Constructed | Stock | 100 | 15 | 2024 |
| 325733- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 27 | 2022 |
| 19486-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 355 | 1005 | 2022 |
| 4444-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 160 | 1118 | 2022 |
| 10289-R-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 55 | 900 | 2022 |
| 327591--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 50 | 2022 |
| 71228--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 480 | 15 | 2024 |
| 5214-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 110 | 600 | 2022 |
| 18570--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 20 | 2024 |
| 68848-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 155 | 924 | 2021 |
| 39705--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 0 | 2021 |
| 11278--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 10 | 2021 |
| 307282--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 287 | 10 | 2021 |
| 321464--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 10 | 2021 |
| 86143-F | Well Constructed | Augmentation | 60 | 0 | 2009 |
| 138489--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 2022 |
| 324378- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 2019 |
| 324724--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 350 | 10 | 2022 |
| 324377--A | Well Constructed | Stock | 100 | 0 | 2021 |
| 13765-FP-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 400 | 800 | 2020 |
| 317727- | Well Constructed | Stock | 360 | 0 | 2020 |
| 7093-R-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 50 | 800 | 2021 |
| 319353- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 35 | 0 | 1925 |
| 312584- | Well Constructed | Stock | 90 | 0 | 1921 |
| 312835- | Well Constructed | Stock | 80 | 11 | 2019 |
| 313412- | Well Constructed | Stock | 140 | 0 | 2019 |
| 312223- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 34 | 0 | 2018 |
| 312224- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 34 | 0 | 2018 |
| 312225- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 69 | 0 | 2018 |
| 312226- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 45 | 0 | 2018 |
| 312500- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 40 | 0 | 2018 |
| 312501- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 50 | 0 | 2018 |
| 3654-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 75 | 373 | 2019 |
Counties with a comparable register
- Archuleta 3,805
- Rio Blanco 3,486
- San Miguel 3,416
- Otero 3,393
- Phillips 2,865
- Lake 2,756
- Bent 2,362
- Cheyenne 2,133
- Montezuma 2,111
- Jackson 1,625
- Mineral 1,539
- Kiowa 1,434
- Hinsdale 1,273
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.