Best well drillers in Gilpin County, Colorado
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 42 drilling companies with wells on record in Gilpin County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 2,979 logged wells in the Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) well permit database (records as of 2026-08-14). Every number links back to the public record.
Ranked by wells drilled in Gilpin County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full DWR record. A ★ marks a featured sponsor — sponsors must appear in the county record to be listed, and the ranking below them is never reordered.
Who drills the most wells in Gilpin County?
C. R. Smith Drilling has drilled the most Gilpin County wells in the recent record — 182 since 2016, 1,483 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Gilpin County?
42 companies in the DWR record have drilled wells in Gilpin County; 9 of them have drilled somewhere in Colorado since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.
How deep is a typical well in Gilpin County?
The median drilled depth in Gilpin County is 250 ft, based on 4,387 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Gilpin County wells page.
Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Gilpin County wells page.
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