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.
8,609Permits
120 ftMedian depth
2,090Expired
0Denver Basin aquifer
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.
| 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 | 4,534 | 52.7% |
| Domestic | 2,336 | 27.1% |
| Monitoring/sampling | 999 | 11.6% |
| Commercial | 222 | 2.6% |
| Municipal | 199 | 2.3% |
| Other | 162 | 1.9% |
| Not stated | 76 | 0.9% |
| Irrigation | 32 | 0.4% |
| Industrial | 20 | 0.2% |
| Stock | 11 | 0.1% |
| Geothermal | 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.
| 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| Application Withdrawn | 113 | 1.3% |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 | 8,355 | 97.0% |
| Alluvial | 110 | 1.3% |
| Not stated | 102 | 1.2% |
| Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer | 17 | 0.2% |
| Dakota | 11 | 0.1% |
| Pierre Shale | 4 | 0.0% |
| Fractured Granite | 3 | 0.0% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 2 | 0.0% |
| Dawson | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ogallala | 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.
Permits on record in Summit County
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coronet permit 90661-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 55 | 5 | 2008 |
| 97 South permit 90543-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 55 | 12 | 1995 |
| 39 Degrees North permit 90641-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 12 | 1994 |
| Quandary Village permit 328065--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 166 | 0 | 2026 |
| Breckenridge Heights (filing: 3) permit 90688-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 142 | 10 | 2024 |
| Breckenridge Heights (filing: 3) permit 90689-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 142 | 0 | 2024 |
| Loma Verde permit 90690-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 2017 |
| 39 Degrees North permit 90706-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 135 | 11 | 2003 |
| Quandary Village permit 90718-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 1994 |
| Juniata permit 90752-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 415 | 5 | 2007 |
| Summit Estates (filing: 1) permit 90772-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 15 | 2020 |
| Meadow Trails permit 143803--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 0 | 2026 |
| Spillway permit 90811-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 150 | 0 | 1980 |
| 39 Degrees North permit 90841-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 165 | 12 | 1995 |
| Bills Ranch permit 343141- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 102 | 0 | 2026 |
| Frisco Heights permit 90840-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 144 | 10 | 1993 |
| Barrys Lakeshore permit 90881-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 8 | 1997 |
| Breckenridge Park Estates permit 90863-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 1982 |
| Ranch At Breckenridge permit 90868-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 287 | 0 | 2025 |
| Leap Year permit 91128-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 52 | 12 | 1996 |
| Government Small Tracts permit 91130-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 2026 |
| Piney Acres permit 132256--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 418 | 0 | 2025 |
| Aspen View (filing: 1) permit 89802-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 306 | 111 | 2025 |
| Loma Verde permit 89815-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 99 | 10 | 2016 |
| Summit Estates (filing: 4) permit 89816-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 252 | 13 | 2000 |
| Barrys Lakeshore permit 89824-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 200 | 0 | 1997 |
| Bekkedal permit 337582- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 190 | 0 | 2026 |
| Coronet permit 337889- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 247 | 0 | 2025 |
| Gold Hill (filing: 1) permit 89982-F | Well Constructed | Other | 220 | 12 | 2021 |
| Summit Estates (filing: 4) permit 89920-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 143 | 2 | 2023 |
| Montezuma Town of permit 89996-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 75 | 0 | 1992 |
| Ranch At Breckenridge Phase Ii permit 89968-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 287 | 0 | 2025 |
| Ruby Ranch (filing: 2) permit 338947- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 58 | 0 | 2025 |
| Crown permit 339008- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 267 | 0 | 2025 |
| Summit Estates (filing: 4) permit 90095-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 100 | 14 | 2025 |
| Goldenview permit 90117-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 230 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bekkedal permit 90118-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 183 | 10 | 1979 |
| Golden Crown permit 339369- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 167 | 15 | 2025 |
| Sunnyslope permit 90164-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 125 | 15 | 2016 |
| Sunnyslope permit 90165-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 205 | 0 | 2007 |
| Mccullough Gulch Reserve (filing: 1) permit 90166-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 292 | 4 | 2018 |
| Ranch At Breckenridge Phase Ii permit 90185-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 287 | 0 | 2025 |
| Crown permit 90186-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 8.8 | 1980 |
| Lees Lakeshore Homesites Resubdivision permit 114418--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 380 | 0 | 2025 |
| Frisco Terrace permit 62769-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 326 | 0 | 2026 |
| Wiborg Park (filing: 1) permit 39855--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 77 | 15 | 2025 |
| Sherwood Forest permit 90254-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 75 | 0 | 1965 |
| Sherwood Forest permit 90255-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 72 | 0 | 1965 |
| Lakeshore permit 90288-F | Well Constructed | Other | 180 | 15 | 1981 |
| Blue Rock Springs permit 341160- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 1971 |
| Coronet permit 90413-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 10 | 2001 |
| Lees Lakeshore permit 27457--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 0 | 2025 |
| Tordal Estates permit 335889- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 70 | 0 | 2024 |
| Alpine Breckenridge permit 88807-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 1986 |
| Gold King Placer permit 333602- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 205 | 13 | 2025 |
| Bekkedal permit 88907-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 285 | 10 | 1998 |
| Gold King Placer permit 88942-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 240 | 6 | 1995 |
| Meadowbrook Acres permit 333523- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 50 | 0 | 2025 |
| Wilderness permit 141107--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 99 | 0 | 2024 |
| Lees Lakeshore Homesites permit 221309--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ranch At Breckenridge permit 43575-F-R | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 163 | 0 | 2024 |
| Crown permit 89207-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 95 | 5 | 1977 |
| Huron Heights permit 89209-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 182 | 8 | 1992 |
| Ranch At Breckenridge permit 89224-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 163 | 8 | 2024 |
| Ranch At Breckenridge permit 89243-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 282 | 0 | 1998 |
| Ptarmigan Small Tracts permit 334950- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 327 | 1 | 2025 |
| Breckenridge Heights (filing: 1) permit 89291-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 270 | 12 | 1991 |
| Breckenridge Heights (filing: 2) permit 89279-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 4 | 1993 |
| Ten Mile Vista permit 89283-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 0 | 1970 |
| Summit Estates (filing: 1) permit 89305-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 323 | 2 | 2025 |
| Coronet permit 89306-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 205 | 0 | 2001 |
| Bills Ranch permit 89335-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 51 | 12 | 2011 |
| Watson Placer Mining Claim Ms# 2378 permit 89341-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 15 | 1995 |
| Anaconda and Daisy permit 335454- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 62 | 0 | 1969 |
| Gold Hill Placer Ms #13719 permit 89380-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 1989 |
| Wilderness permit 335284- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 87 | 11 | 2025 |
| Gold Hill (filing: 1) permit 319172--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 257 | 0 | 2025 |
| Breckenridge Heights (filing: 2) permit 89453-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 1986 |
| Storms Placer Usms #5758 permit 299640--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 267 | 12 | 2025 |
| Western Sky Ranch permit 89556-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 12 | 2018 |
| Breckenridge Heights (filing: 3) permit 336242- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 135 | 0 | 2024 |
| Skiers Edge permit 89577-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 75 | 13 | 1961 |
| Government Tracts 7-5-77 permit 68278--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 378 | 6 | 2024 |
| St James Lode Usms #13490 permit 89595-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 11 | 2022 |
| Piney Acres permit 89615-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 2 | 1994 |
| Headlight permit 89569-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 7 | 2004 |
| Baldy Ridge Estates permit 89624-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 15 | 2018 |
| Du Lac Placer Ms# 13802 permit 89699-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 328 | 0 | 2025 |
| Breckenridge Park Estates permit 89662-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 62 | 14 | 2024 |
| Gilrose permit 89715-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 58 | 0 | 2025 |
| Frisco Terrace permit 88242-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 112 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mountain View permit 87829-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1972 |
| Anaconda & Daisy permit 87846-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 65 | 12 | 1999 |
| Frisco Terrace permit 330693- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 1967 |
| Valley of the Blue permit 329652- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 205 | 5 | 2004 |
| Valley of the Blue permit 329649- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 161 | 0 | 2023 |
| Hughes Pud permit 87841-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 144 | 10 | 2021 |
| 97 permit 329650- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 110 | 0 | 2025 |
| Montezuma Heights permit 329658- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 173 | 0 | 2023 |
| Breckenridge Park Estates permit 329777- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 129 | 0 | 2023 |
| 39 Degrees North permit 87914-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 9 | 2022 |
| Crown permit 329935- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 178 | 0 | 2024 |
| Skahill/drawbert permit 87969-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 12 | 1996 |
| Lost Creek Ranch permit 87961-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 220 | 15 | 2021 |
| Blue Rock Springs permit 88025-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 65 | 0 | 1997 |
| 39 Degrees North permit 87975-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 132 | 0 | 1998 |
| Tordal Estates permit 330259- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 0 | 1972 |
| Western Sky Ranch permit 88063-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 190 | 10 | 2022 |
| Western Sky Ranch permit 88064-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 318 | 7 | 2022 |
| Quandary Village (filing: 2) permit 88092-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 225 | 0 | 2011 |
By decreed use in Summit County
- Domestic in Summit County — 2,336
- Household Use Only in Summit County — 4,534
Counties with a comparable register
- Chaffee 10,321
- Alamosa 10,088
- Rio Grande 9,833
- Morgan 9,779
- Logan 9,308
- Gunnison 8,894
- Saguache 8,803
- Las Animas 8,050
- Routt 7,264
- Custer 6,916
- Kit Carson 6,777
- Mesa 6,494
- Conejos 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.