Well permits in Weld County
43,473 well permits — 7.2% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is 56 feet deep, against 148 feet statewide.
43,473Permits
56 ftMedian depth
5,765Expired
26,284Denver Basin aquifer
How deep people drill in Weld 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 | 56 ft | 550 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (27,212 permits, 63 %) |
| Yield | 14 gpm | 500 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (7,618 permits, 18 %) |
| Static water level | 29 ft | 250 ft | 58 ft — lower here (18,378 permits, 42 %) |
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 | 14,428 | 33.2% |
| Monitoring/sampling | 10,978 | 25.3% |
| Irrigation | 6,468 | 14.9% |
| Not stated | 2,989 | 6.9% |
| Stock | 2,360 | 5.4% |
| Other | 1,623 | 3.7% |
| Household Use Only | 1,617 | 3.7% |
| Commercial | 1,414 | 3.3% |
| Industrial | 589 | 1.4% |
| Municipal | 380 | 0.9% |
| Geothermal | 237 | 0.5% |
| Dewatering | 207 | 0.5% |
What happened to these permits
23,408 of the 43,473 permits in Weld County ended with a well the Division was told about — 53.8%. And 5,765 expired without one: 13.3%.
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 | 23,408 | 53.8% |
| Permit Expired | 5,765 | 13.3% |
| Well Abandoned | 4,722 | 10.9% |
| Permit Issued | 2,236 | 5.1% |
| Permit Canceled | 2,029 | 4.7% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 1,169 | 2.7% |
| Application Information Requested | 1,158 | 2.7% |
| Application Denied | 542 | 1.2% |
| Final Permit | 420 | 1.0% |
| Application Received | 363 | 0.8% |
Which aquifers
| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| All Unnamed Aquifers | 25,836 | 59.4% |
| Alluvial | 4,921 | 11.3% |
| Not stated | 4,825 | 11.1% |
| Laramie Fox Hills | 3,484 | 8.0% |
| Quaternary Alluvium | 1,572 | 3.6% |
| Laramie-fox Hills | 1,100 | 2.5% |
| Lower Arapahoe | 585 | 1.3% |
| Arapahoe | 214 | 0.5% |
| Upper Arapahoe | 204 | 0.5% |
| Laramie Shale | 142 | 0.3% |
When the permits were issued
| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 8,923 | 20.5% |
| 2010s | 5,692 | 13.1% |
| 2000s | 6,866 | 15.8% |
| 1990s | 5,158 | 11.9% |
| 1980s | 2,257 | 5.2% |
| 1970s | 2,535 | 5.8% |
| 1960s | 2,085 | 4.8% |
| 1950s | 1,556 | 3.6% |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.0% |
Buying land in Weld County, or need a well drilled?
43,473 well permits are on the Division’s register in Weld County, 5,765 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 Weld County
| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rec Exmpt 1211-14-2 Recx13-0044 permit 342609- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 0 | 2026 |
| Family Farm Division Ffd24-0008 permit 342788- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 605 | 0 | 1994 |
| Vollmar permit 342169- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 0 | 1939 |
| Rec Exempt Recx14-0138 permit 90741-F | Well Constructed | Augmentation | 105 | 0 | 2025 |
| Ffd25-0076 permit 342351- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 275 | 0 | 2026 |
| Family Farm Division Ffd24-0041 permit 342278- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 320 | 8 | 2026 |
| Family Farm Division Ffd24-0041 permit 342279- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 10 | 2026 |
| Rec Exemption No 1311-25-3 Recx20-0090 permit 342356- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 0 | 2024 |
| Re-3287 permit 238942--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 840 | 9 | 2026 |
| Ffd23-0006 permit 332051--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 670 | 0 | 2026 |
| Ffd25-0066 permit 342340- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 12 | 1994 |
| Ffd25-0052 permit 342475- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 10 | 2026 |
| Ffd25-0053 permit 342476- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 360 | 10 | 2026 |
| Milton Lake Estates permit 111719--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 13 | 2026 |
| Re-2887 permit 132412--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 0 | 2026 |
| Sunny Acres permit 97490--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 8 | 2026 |
| Re-694 permit 342725--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 0 | 2026 |
| 1473-5-3-re 1994 permit 10819--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 73 | 15 | 2026 |
| Roggen permit 342740- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 1928 |
| Ffd24-0022 permit 342697- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 330 | 15 | 2026 |
| Ffd26-0011 permit 343589- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 890 | 10 | 2023 |
| Recx20-0091 permit 343640- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 510 | 12 | 2002 |
| Ffd24-0026 permit 343990- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 180 | 0 | 2002 |
| Recx20-0169 permit 343473- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 200 | 12 | 2023 |
| Recx18-0089 permit 343870- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 10 | 2019 |
| Rec Exmpt 1475-4-1 Recx12-0127 permit 340237- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 946 | 0 | 2010 |
| Re-2358 permit 337552--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 285 | 0 | 2025 |
| Lla24-0011 permit 337473- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 15 | 2019 |
| Lla24-0012 permit 337685- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
| Subdivision Exemption 0727-05-01 Subx18-0015 permit 337070- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 840 | 0 | 2026 |
| Recx12-077 permit 336983- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1899 |
| Rec Exmpt Recx19-0055 permit 14860-RFP-R | Well Constructed | Commercial | 174 | 160 | 2025 |
| Frontier Commercial Center permit 89761-F | Well Constructed | Industrial | 32 | 200 | 2004 |
| Family Farm Division Ffd23-0073 permit 336991- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 400 | 11 | 2025 |
| Family Farm Division Ffd23-0073 permit 337072- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 390 | 11 | 2025 |
| Family Farm Division 23-0022 permit 337079- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 13 | 2025 |
| Rec 1469-21-1-re-2214 permit 338297- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 750 | 12 | 2012 |
| Re-3736 permit 336993- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 620 | 13 | 2025 |
| Owl Creek permit 337327- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 405 | 0 | 2025 |
| Owl Creek permit 337328- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 0 | 2025 |
| Lla23-0016 permit 337471- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 0 | 0 | 1940 |
| Family Farm Division Ffd24-0029 permit 337681- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 7 | 2025 |
| Parcel 2 permit 338219- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 340 | 10 | 2025 |
| Recx17-0078 permit 338317- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 8 | 2025 |
| Family Farm Division No Ffd23-0005 permit 338722- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 440 | 0 | 2025 |
| Ffd23-0052 permit 337774- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2025 |
| Ffd22-0016 permit 338195- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 720 | 9 | 2025 |
| Recx20-0013 permit 5423-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 41 | 150 | 2017 |
| Rec Exempt 1055-30-2 Recx20-0013 permit 6789-F-R | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 40 | 150 | 2025 |
| Rec Exmpt 1469-22-02 Recx 16-0131 permit 338850- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 770 | 8 | 2025 |
| Lla 22-0023 permit 328517--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 910 | 10 | 2025 |
| Recorded Exemption Re-2786 permit 339343- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 200 | 0 | 2013 |
| 8-2-66 Sub Exempt Se-854 (.13r) permit 338849- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 520 | 12 | 2025 |
| Frank Farm permit 90435-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 29 | 0 | 2017 |
| Frank Farm permit 90450-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 33 | 0 | 2017 |
| Lot Line Adjustment No Lla21-0014 permit 339768- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2025 |
| Re-143 permit 338857- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 320 | 9 | 2025 |
| Recx16-0132 permit 339325- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 770 | 9 | 2025 |
| 1303-20-3 Re-3521 permit 251039--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 675 | 14 | 2025 |
| Owl Creek permit 339942- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 15 | 2025 |
| Family Farm Division Ffd24-0009 permit 339162- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 500 | 12 | 2025 |
| Recorded Exemption No 0553-5-1 Re864 permit 339889- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 1969 |
| Prada Vista permit 339249- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 480 | 0 | 2025 |
| Recorded Exemption Re-2549 permit 340139- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 425 | 0 | 2025 |
| Green Acres permit 340801- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 1974 |
| Family Farm Division Ffd24-0023 permit 340503- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 390 | 10 | 2025 |
| Recx16-0131 permit 340158- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 750 | 10 | 2025 |
| Ffd24-0008 Barclay permit 340828- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 10 | 2025 |
| Rec Exmpt Re-3574 permit 340912- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 11 | 2025 |
| Lla24-0025 permit 340544- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 475 | 0 | 2004 |
| Rec Exmpt No 0707-12-1 Re1175 Amd permit 298449--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 68 | 0 | 2025 |
| Re-338 permit 330899--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 520 | 10 | 2025 |
| Rec Exmpt No 1469-17-1 Re3982 permit 340541- | Well Constructed | Commercial | 715 | 10 | 2025 |
| Tract 1 permit 340972- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 10 | 2025 |
| Family Farm Division No Ffd25-0016 permit 340623- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 516 | 9 | 1975 |
| Recx16-0107 permit 341687- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 36 | 0 | 2014 |
| Rec Exmpt 0553-04-03 Recx17-0057 permit 341005- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 365 | 12 | 2025 |
| Carr Town of permit 341207- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 1957 |
| Parcel 2 permit 341016- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 850 | 15 | 2026 |
| Rec Exmot No 0799-31-3 Re-4090 permit 181931--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 10 | 2025 |
| Rec Exmpt Re-583 permit 341060- | Well Constructed | Stock | 260 | 0 | 2026 |
| 1amrecx19-13-0078 permit 341161- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 375 | 9 | 2025 |
| County Exemption #1305-17-4 Amre-3268 permit 340636- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 840 | 10 | 2025 |
| Family Farm Division Ffd21-0027 permit 341349- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 280 | 14 | 2026 |
| Re-4260 permit 341491- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 11 | 2026 |
| Rec Exmpt Re-3574 permit 340910- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 618 | 0 | 1998 |
| Ffd25-0045 permit 341580- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 680 | 13 | 2019 |
| Family Farm Division Ffd24-0039 permit 341480- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 8 | 2026 |
| 1469-14-3 Re 3161 permit 341638- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 740 | 0 | 2026 |
| Ffd 23-0044 permit 341526- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 700 | 0 | 2026 |
| Martin Brothers Pud permit 341276- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1030 | 10 | 2025 |
| Re-4921 permit 341310- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 460 | 9 | 2025 |
| Ffd24-0042 permit 341713- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 8 | 2026 |
| Family Farm Division Ffd24-0039 permit 341591- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 8 | 2026 |
| Family Farm Div Ffd24-0040 permit 341652- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 300 | 9 | 2026 |
| Family Farm Div Ffd24-0040 permit 341653- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 9 | 2026 |
| Vantage Acres permit 341472- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 440 | 10 | 2026 |
| Jacobs Run permit 341437- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 1250 | 10 | 2025 |
| Re-1809 permit 199150--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 970 | 0 | 2026 |
| Recx17-0072 permit 306977--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 340 | 15 | 2025 |
| 1469-17-1-re-4289 permit 341708- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 760 | 0 | 2026 |
| Ffd23-0031 permit 334651- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2022 |
| Rec Exmpt 1311-33-1 Recx 19-0018 permit 335277- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 600 | 10 | 2014 |
| 1209-12-2-re 3718 permit 333683- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 275 | 9 | 2025 |
| Ffd23-0012 permit 333161- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 680 | 7 | 2003 |
| Re-4209 permit 333124- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 626 | 14 | 1976 |
| Re-3195 permit 336852- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 800 | 0 | 2025 |
| Lla23-0022 permit 88998-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 1060 | 35 | 2017 |
| Lla23-0017 permit 333208- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 1983 |
| Rec Exmpt 1475-29-4 Recx20-0064 permit 333590- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 230 | 10 | 2025 |
By decreed use in Weld County
- Commercial in Weld County — 1,414
- Domestic in Weld County — 14,428
- Household Use Only in Weld County — 1,617
- Irrigation in Weld County — 6,468
- Monitoring/sampling in Weld County — 10,978
- Not stated in Weld County — 2,989
- Other in Weld County — 1,623
- Stock in Weld County — 2,360
Counties with a comparable register
- El Paso 46,491
- Jefferson 42,751
- Adams 26,561
- Park 22,930
- Douglas 22,500
- Larimer 20,919
- Boulder 20,791
- La Plata 18,518
- Elbert 17,636
- Arapahoe 17,030
- Denver 13,096
- Pueblo 12,597
- Yuma 12,410
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.