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Well permit 15949-F
Well permit · receipt 0016799 · Division 2 · Water District 10 · El Paso County
Source DWR administrative record · verify at DWR permit record ↗
What this permit is not
A well permit is the State Engineer’s permission to construct and use a well — it is not a decreed water right and confers none. DWR’s record limits its use to: Commercial (category General Purpose).
It carries no WDID, so nothing on the decreed side of this site describes it. For an exempt household or stock well that is normal: such a well is exempt from administration in the priority system — a river call does not curtail it — and never needed a decree. For a non-exempt use it may mean the application expired, was denied, or was permitted under an augmentation plan DWR has not linked here. How permits, decrees and monitoring wells differ →
Permit details
| Status | Well Abandoned |
|---|---|
| Category | General Purpose |
| Total depth | 300.0 ft |
| Driller | TOWNLEY DRILLING (TOWNLEY, WILLIAM B) |
| Permit issued | 1971-12-27 |
| Well completed | 1971-03-15 |
| Permit expires | 1973-12-27 |
| Well plugged | 2002-06-25 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.83163, -104.55323 (GPS) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T14.0 S R64.0 W S15SWNW |
Nearby well permits
The 10 closest permits on record, as DWR describes them. Depth and static water level are what the driller reported at completion — one reading, on one day, not a monitored trend. See them on the map →
| Permit | Use | Distance | Depth | Static level | Yield | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98412-VE | Commercial | 0.02 km | — | — | — | — |
| 15949-F-R | Commercial | 0.02 km | 300 ft | — | — | 1984-04-05 |
| 94478-VE | Commercial | 0.1 km | — | — | — | — |
| 27481-F | Commercial | 0.1 km | 841 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1984-07-11 |
| 27481-F-R | Commercial | 0.1 km | 890 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 1994-11-04 |
| 0377999 | Commercial | 0.1 km | 890 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1994-11-04 |
| 197048- | Domestic | 0.16 km | 365 ft | — | 7.0 gpm | 1977-11-28 |
| 219848- | Domestic | 0.16 km | 365 ft | — | 7.0 gpm | 1977-11-28 |
| 94556- | Household use only | 0.16 km | 365 ft | — | 7.0 gpm | 1977-11-28 |
| 15949-F-R | Commercial | 0.18 km | 300 ft | — | 11.0 gpm | 1998-09-26 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2022-07-19. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.