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

> 8,609 well permits in Summit 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 Summit County

**8,609** well permits — 1.4% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **120 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Summit 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** | 287 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (5,393 permits, 63 %) |
| Yield | **10 gpm** | 15 gpm | 10 gpm — the same here (2,483 permits, 29 %) |
| Static water level | **45 ft** | 140 ft | 58 ft — lower here (4,475 permits, 52 %) |

### 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 |
|---|---|---|
| [Household Use Only](/county/summit/household-use-only.md) | 4,534 | 52.7% |
| [Domestic](/county/summit/domestic.md) | 2,336 | 27.1% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/use/monitoring-sampling.md) | 999 | 11.6% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 222 | 2.6% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 199 | 2.3% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 162 | 1.9% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 76 | 0.9% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 32 | 0.4% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 20 | 0.2% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 11 | 0.1% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 9 | 0.1% |
| Dewatering | 6 | 0.1% |

### What happened to these permits

**4,463** of the 8,609 permits in Summit County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 51.8%. And
**2,090** expired without one: 24.3%.

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 | 4,463 | 51.8% |
| Permit Expired | 2,090 | 24.3% |
| Permit Canceled | 708 | 8.2% |
| Well Abandoned | 331 | 3.8% |
| Application Denied | 266 | 3.1% |
| Permit Issued | 197 | 2.3% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 194 | 2.3% |
| Application Information Requested | 132 | 1.5% |
| Application Withdrawn | 113 | 1.3% |
| Permit Expired (Pump Installed) | 35 | 0.4% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 8,355 | 97.0% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 110 | 1.3% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 102 | 1.2% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 17 | 0.2% |
| [Dakota](/aquifer/dakota.md) | 11 | 0.1% |
| Pierre Shale | 4 | 0.0% |
| Fractured Granite | 3 | 0.0% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 2 | 0.0% |
| [Dawson](/aquifer/dawson.md) | 1 | 0.0% |
| [Ogallala](/aquifer/ogallala.md) | 1 | 0.0% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 750 | 8.7% |
| 2010s | 830 | 9.6% |
| 2000s | 1,673 | 19.4% |
| 1990s | 2,131 | 24.8% |
| 1980s | 980 | 11.4% |
| 1970s | 854 | 9.9% |
| 1960s | 378 | 4.4% |
| 1950s | 19 | 0.2% |

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

8,609 well permits are on the Division’s register in Summit County, 2,090 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 Summit County

*Well permits, Summit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Coronet](/search.md) permit 90661-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 55 | 5 | 2008 |
| [97 South](/search.md) permit 90543-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 55 | 12 | 1995 |
| [39 Degrees North](/search.md) permit 90641-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 12 | 1994 |
| [Quandary Village](/search.md) permit 328065--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 166 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Breckenridge Heights (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 90688-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 142 | 10 | 2024 |
| [Breckenridge Heights (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 90689-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 142 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Loma Verde](/search.md) permit 90690-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 2017 |
| [39 Degrees North](/search.md) permit 90706-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 135 | 11 | 2003 |
| [Quandary Village](/search.md) permit 90718-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 1994 |
| [Juniata](/search.md) permit 90752-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 415 | 5 | 2007 |
| [Summit Estates (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 90772-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Meadow Trails](/search.md) permit 143803--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Spillway](/search.md) permit 90811-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 0 | 1980 |
| [39 Degrees North](/search.md) permit 90841-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 165 | 12 | 1995 |
| [Bills Ranch](/search.md) permit 343141- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 102 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Frisco Heights](/search.md) permit 90840-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 144 | 10 | 1993 |
| [Barrys Lakeshore](/search.md) permit 90881-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 8 | 1997 |
| [Breckenridge Park Estates](/search.md) permit 90863-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 1982 |
| [Ranch At Breckenridge](/search.md) permit 90868-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 287 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Leap Year](/search.md) permit 91128-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 52 | 12 | 1996 |
| [Government Small Tracts](/search.md) permit 91130-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Piney Acres](/search.md) permit 132256--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 418 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Aspen View (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 89802-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 306 | 111 | 2025 |
| [Loma Verde](/search.md) permit 89815-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 99 | 10 | 2016 |
| [Summit Estates (filing: 4)](/search.md) permit 89816-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 252 | 13 | 2000 |
| [Barrys Lakeshore](/search.md) permit 89824-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 1997 |
| [Bekkedal](/search.md) permit 337582- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 190 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Coronet](/search.md) permit 337889- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 247 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Gold Hill (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 89982-F | Well Constructed | Other | 220 | 12 | 2021 |
| [Summit Estates (filing: 4)](/search.md) permit 89920-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 143 | 2 | 2023 |
| [Montezuma Town of](/search.md) permit 89996-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 75 | 0 | 1992 |
| [Ranch At Breckenridge Phase Ii](/search.md) permit 89968-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 287 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Ruby Ranch (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 338947- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 58 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Crown](/search.md) permit 339008- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 267 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Summit Estates (filing: 4)](/search.md) permit 90095-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 14 | 2025 |
| [Goldenview](/search.md) permit 90117-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 230 | 2 | 2024 |
| [Bekkedal](/search.md) permit 90118-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 183 | 10 | 1979 |
| [Golden Crown](/search.md) permit 339369- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 167 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Sunnyslope](/search.md) permit 90164-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 125 | 15 | 2016 |
| [Sunnyslope](/search.md) permit 90165-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 205 | 0 | 2007 |
| [Mccullough Gulch Reserve (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 90166-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 292 | 4 | 2018 |
| [Ranch At Breckenridge Phase Ii](/search.md) permit 90185-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 287 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Crown](/search.md) permit 90186-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 8.8 | 1980 |
| [Lees Lakeshore Homesites Resubdivision](/search.md) permit 114418--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 380 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Frisco Terrace](/search.md) permit 62769-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 326 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Wiborg Park (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 39855--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 77 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Sherwood Forest](/search.md) permit 90254-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 75 | 0 | 1965 |
| [Sherwood Forest](/search.md) permit 90255-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 72 | 0 | 1965 |
| [Lakeshore](/search.md) permit 90288-F | Well Constructed | Other | 180 | 15 | 1981 |
| [Blue Rock Springs](/search.md) permit 341160- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 1971 |
| [Coronet](/search.md) permit 90413-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 10 | 2001 |
| [Lees Lakeshore](/search.md) permit 27457--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Tordal Estates](/search.md) permit 335889- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Alpine Breckenridge](/search.md) permit 88807-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 1986 |
| [Gold King Placer](/search.md) permit 333602- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 205 | 13 | 2025 |
| [Bekkedal](/search.md) permit 88907-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 285 | 10 | 1998 |
| [Gold King Placer](/search.md) permit 88942-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 6 | 1995 |
| [Meadowbrook Acres](/search.md) permit 333523- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Wilderness](/search.md) permit 141107--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 99 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Lees Lakeshore Homesites](/search.md) permit 221309--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 1 | 2024 |
| [Ranch At Breckenridge](/search.md) permit 43575-F-R | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 163 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Crown](/search.md) permit 89207-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 95 | 5 | 1977 |
| [Huron Heights](/search.md) permit 89209-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 182 | 8 | 1992 |
| [Ranch At Breckenridge](/search.md) permit 89224-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 163 | 8 | 2024 |
| [Ranch At Breckenridge](/search.md) permit 89243-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 282 | 0 | 1998 |
| [Ptarmigan Small Tracts](/search.md) permit 334950- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 327 | 1 | 2025 |
| [Breckenridge Heights (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 89291-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 270 | 12 | 1991 |
| [Breckenridge Heights (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 89279-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 4 | 1993 |
| [Ten Mile Vista](/search.md) permit 89283-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 0 | 1970 |
| [Summit Estates (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 89305-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 323 | 2 | 2025 |
| [Coronet](/search.md) permit 89306-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 205 | 0 | 2001 |
| [Bills Ranch](/search.md) permit 89335-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 51 | 12 | 2011 |
| [Watson Placer Mining Claim Ms# 2378](/search.md) permit 89341-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 15 | 1995 |
| [Anaconda and Daisy](/search.md) permit 335454- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 62 | 0 | 1969 |
| [Gold Hill Placer Ms #13719](/search.md) permit 89380-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 1989 |
| [Wilderness](/search.md) permit 335284- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 87 | 11 | 2025 |
| [Gold Hill (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 319172--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 257 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Breckenridge Heights (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 89453-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 1986 |
| [Storms Placer Usms #5758](/search.md) permit 299640--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 267 | 12 | 2025 |
| [Western Sky Ranch](/search.md) permit 89556-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 12 | 2018 |
| [Breckenridge Heights (filing: 3)](/search.md) permit 336242- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 135 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Skiers Edge](/search.md) permit 89577-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 75 | 13 | 1961 |
| [Government Tracts 7-5-77](/search.md) permit 68278--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 378 | 6 | 2024 |
| [St James Lode Usms #13490](/search.md) permit 89595-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 11 | 2022 |
| [Piney Acres](/search.md) permit 89615-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 2 | 1994 |
| [Headlight](/search.md) permit 89569-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 7 | 2004 |
| [Baldy Ridge Estates](/search.md) permit 89624-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 15 | 2018 |
| [Du Lac Placer Ms# 13802](/search.md) permit 89699-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 328 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Breckenridge Park Estates](/search.md) permit 89662-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 62 | 14 | 2024 |
| [Gilrose](/search.md) permit 89715-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 58 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Frisco Terrace](/search.md) permit 88242-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 112 | 4 | 2023 |
| [Mountain View](/search.md) permit 87829-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1972 |
| [Anaconda & Daisy](/search.md) permit 87846-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 65 | 12 | 1999 |
| [Frisco Terrace](/search.md) permit 330693- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 1967 |
| [Valley of the Blue](/search.md) permit 329652- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 205 | 5 | 2004 |
| [Valley of the Blue](/search.md) permit 329649- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 161 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Hughes Pud](/search.md) permit 87841-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 144 | 10 | 2021 |
| [97](/search.md) permit 329650- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Montezuma Heights](/search.md) permit 329658- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 173 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Breckenridge Park Estates](/search.md) permit 329777- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 129 | 0 | 2023 |
| [39 Degrees North](/search.md) permit 87914-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 9 | 2022 |
| [Crown](/search.md) permit 329935- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 178 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Skahill/drawbert](/search.md) permit 87969-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 12 | 1996 |
| [Lost Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 87961-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 15 | 2021 |
| [Blue Rock Springs](/search.md) permit 88025-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 65 | 0 | 1997 |
| [39 Degrees North](/search.md) permit 87975-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 132 | 0 | 1998 |
| [Tordal Estates](/search.md) permit 330259- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 1972 |
| [Western Sky Ranch](/search.md) permit 88063-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 190 | 10 | 2022 |
| [Western Sky Ranch](/search.md) permit 88064-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 318 | 7 | 2022 |
| [Quandary Village (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 88092-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 225 | 0 | 2011 |

### By decreed use in Summit County

- [Domestic in Summit County](/county/summit/domestic.md) — 2,336
- [Household Use Only in Summit County](/county/summit/household-use-only.md) — 4,534

### Counties with a comparable register

- [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
- [Saguache](/county/saguache.md) 8,803
- [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
- [Conejos](/county/conejos.md) 5,774

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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