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Well permits in Washington County

5,722 well permits — 1.0% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 100 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.

5,722Permits
100 ftMedian depth
649Expired
0Denver Basin aquifer

How deep people drill in Washington 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
MeasurementMedian90th percentileColorado median
Depth100 ft302 ft148 ft — shallower here (3,729 permits, 65 %)
Yield15 gpm820 gpm10 gpm — higher here (894 permits, 16 %)
Static water level62 ft220 ft58 ft — higher here (2,838 permits, 50 %)

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 usePermitsShare
Domestic2,08036.4%
Stock1,95834.2%
Irrigation1,09819.2%
Monitoring/sampling2454.3%
Commercial791.4%
Geothermal520.9%
Other380.7%
Dewatering380.7%
Household Use Only340.6%
Not stated310.5%
Municipal300.5%
Industrial220.4%

What happened to these permits

3,087 of the 5,722 permits in Washington County ended with a well the Division was told about — 53.9%. And 649 expired without one: 11.3%.

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.

StatusPermitsShare
Well Constructed3,08753.9%
Permit Expired64911.3%
Well Abandoned3826.7%
Application Denied3255.7%
Final Permit2855.0%
Permit Issued2524.4%
Well Replaced - Abandonment Required2223.9%
Permit Canceled1482.6%
891.6%
Application Received851.5%

Which aquifers

AquiferPermitsShare
All Unnamed Aquifers4,28574.9%
Ogallala1,16620.4%
Not stated831.5%
Quaternary Alluvium801.4%
Alluvial310.5%
High Plains Aquifer300.5%
Chadron130.2%
High Plains90.2%
White River70.1%
Denver60.1%

When the permits were issued

Issued inPermitsShare
2020s2774.8%
2010s4888.5%
2000s64911.3%
1990s63311.1%
1980s4888.5%
1970s61110.7%
1960s1913.3%
1950s2754.8%
1900s10.0%

Buying land in Washington County, or need a well drilled?

5,722 well permits are on the Division’s register in Washington County, 649 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 Washington County

Well permits, Washington County — 85 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 numberStatusDecreed useDepth (ft)Yield (gpm)Year
Ex24-06
permit 339412-		Well ConstructedDomestic18002025
Cope Orginal Town of
permit 332848--A		Well ConstructedDomestic6002024
Tract 2
permit 329418-		Well ConstructedDomestic400272023
Resolution 79-2020
permit 318944-		Well ConstructedCommercial180152020
Ex18-01
permit 312485-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only95152019
Ex18-07
permit 311536-		Well ConstructedDomestic260152018
Townsite of Cope Colorado
permit 299112-		Well ConstructedDomestic1902015
Cope Original
permit 288735-		Well ConstructedDomestic7001978
Cope Orginal Town of
permit 289263-		Well ConstructedDomestic6002012
Segelke
permit 282817-		Well ConstructedDomestic9602010
Segelke
permit 282818-		Well ConstructedDomestic9602010
Adams
permit 283015-		Well ConstructedDomestic13002010
Baker
permit 280714-		Well ConstructedDomestic500152009
Cope Town of
permit 265109--A		Well ConstructedDomestic6002005
Munns Addition
permit 256985--A		Well ConstructedDomestic95152004
Smart
permit 252230-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only95152004
Smart
permit 252229-		Well ConstructedHousehold Use Only901001995
Cope Town of
permit 227188--A		Well ConstructedDomestic5502000
Otis City of
permit 279-G		Well ConstructedGeothermal30002000
Cope Town of
permit 228895-		Well ConstructedDomestic7002000
Cope Town of
permit 215170-		Well ConstructedDomestic3701998
Cope Town of
permit 4492--A		Well ConstructedDomestic5201999
Platner Town of
permit 218471--A		Well ConstructedDomestic13801999
Cope Town of
permit 98393-VE		Well ConstructedCommercial3701998
Browns Addition To Cope
permit 210346-		Well ConstructedDomestic1501998
E E Hickman
permit 211640-		Well ConstructedDomestic140101998
Cope Town of
permit 211034--A		Well ConstructedDomestic45201998
Morning Side
permit 177-G		Well ConstructedGeothermal25001996
Akron Town of (filing: 1add)
permit 182-G		Well ConstructedGeothermal30001997
Cope Original
permit 188371-		Well ConstructedStock3401995
Platner Town of
permit 188356-		Well ConstructedDomestic140151995
Messex Townsite
permit 189172--A		Well ConstructedDomestic57151995
Hueske
permit 169-G		Well ConstructedGeothermal25001995
Cope Town of
permit 184282-		Well ConstructedDomestic6001994
Hueske Addition
permit 98-G		Well ConstructedGeothermal25001990
Henderson Addition
permit 90-G		Well ConstructedGeothermal30001990
Morningside Addition (filing: 4)
permit 87-G		Well ConstructedGeothermal30001990
Cope Town of
permit 148178--A		Well ConstructedDomestic5801986
Shannon 2nd Edtion
permit 140035--A		Well ConstructedDomestic150151985
Bears Addition
permit 101204-		Well ConstructedDomestic5001978
Cope Original
permit 69695-		Well ConstructedDomestic5001973
Bonner Peak Ranch
permit 15039-		Well ConstructedStock19001963
Herzman Mesa
permit 3001-		Well ConstructedDomestic2501959
Akron Height Addition
permit 47-WCB		Well ConstructedDomestic9801953
Shannon AddWell ConstructedDomestic00—
Cope Town of
permit 14602-		Well ConstructedDomestic4401963
Henderson Addition (filing: 8)
permit 21178-		Well ConstructedDomestic10101964
Henderson Addition
permit 21350-		Well ConstructedDomestic9401964
Henderson Addition
permit 21425-		Well ConstructedDomestic9201964
Akron
permit 24504-		Well ConstructedDomestic14501965
Henderson (filing: 9)
permit 24671-		Well ConstructedDomestic10001965
Application Parcel Name Missing
permit 26409-		Well ConstructedDomestic00—
Parcel 2
permit 341782-		Permit IssuedDomestic002026
Resolution 110-2010
permit 342656-		Permit IssuedDomestic002026
Ex#24-09
permit 337464-		Permit IssuedDomestic002025
Cope Original
permit 333007-		Permit ExpiredDomestic002024
Cope Orginal Town of
permit 332848-		Well Replaced - Abandonment RequiredDomestic4001966
Parcel 2
permit 323789-		Permit ExpiredDomestic002021
Henderson (filing: 9)
permit 308457-		Permit IssuedDomestic002018
870221
permit 311369-		Permit ExpiredDomestic002018
Brent Exemption
permit 297518-		Permit ExtendedDomestic002015
Townsite of Cope Colorado
permit 299112--A		Permit ExpiredDomestic002015
Laybourn
permit 275346-		Permit ExpiredDomestic002007
Laybourn
permit 275347-		Permit ExpiredDomestic002007
Laybourn
permit 275348-		Permit ExpiredDomestic002007
Laybourn
permit 275349-		Permit ExpiredDomestic002007
Laybourn
permit 275350-		Permit ExpiredDomestic002007
Laybourn
permit 275351-		Permit ExpiredDomestic002007
Laybourn
permit 275352-		Permit ExpiredDomestic002007
Cope Town of
permit 265109-		Well AbandonedDomestic002005
Munns Addition
permit 256985-		Well Replaced - Abandonment RequiredDomestic12502004
Cope Town of
permit 227188-		Well Replaced - Abandonment RequiredDomestic002000
Platner Town of
permit 218471-		Well AbandonedDomestic14001999
Browns Addition To Cope
permit 210346--A		Permit ExpiredDomestic001998
Cope Town of
permit 211034-		Well AbandonedDomestic2801998
Brown Addition To Cope
permit 97405-VE		Permit IssuedDomestic001997
Corman Exemption
permit 196497-		Well AbandonedDomestic1001.51996
Margie J Corman Exemption
permit 199195-		Permit ExpiredDomestic001996
Messex
permit 95312-VE		Permit IssuedDomestic001995
Cope Townsite of
permit 184282--A		Permit ExpiredDomestic001994
Arkon
permit 13288-		Permit CanceledDomestic00—
Sunny Acres
permit 85280-		Permit ExpiredHousehold Use Only00—
Sunny Acres
permit 85282-		Permit ExpiredHousehold Use Only00—
Evergreen Meadows (filing: 8-10)Application Information RequestedHousehold Use Only00—
Golden Valley
permit 417-		Well Replaced - Abandonment RequiredDomestic3601957
341868-Well ConstructedStock365501973
3944-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation41014002026
342405-Well ConstructedStock20002026
148598--AWell ConstructedStock6002026
6846-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation3603532026
343380-Well ConstructedStock37501963
337490-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling4002024
337491-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling4002024
337492-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling4002024
337493-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling4002024
337494-Well ConstructedMonitoring/sampling4002024
8369-R-RWell ConstructedIrrigation759002025
338628--AWell ConstructedStock6002025
31950--AWell ConstructedStock40012.22025
16373-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation36502025
102450--AWell ConstructedDomestic280392025
339594-Well ConstructedDomestic18502025
241994--AWell ConstructedDomestic400152025
340745-Well ConstructedDomestic15002025
1228--AWell ConstructedStock4002025
331787--AWell ConstructedDomestic20015.32025
11568-FP-RWell ConstructedIrrigation3007002026
341500--AWell ConstructedDomestic60152026
341607-Well ConstructedDomestic130232026
341590--AWell ConstructedStock16002026

By decreed use in Washington County

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