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Well permit 55771-
Well permit · receipt 0024744 · Division 2 · Water District 16 · Huerfano 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: Domestic, Stock (category Residential).
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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 11.0 ft |
| Driller | DON STEWART & SON DRILLING (STEWART, DONALD D) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-06 |
| Well completed | 1973-07-31 |
| First beneficial use | 1974-07-13 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.42314, -104.98877 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T30.0 S R68.0 W S22SENW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55773- | Domestic | 0.25 km | — | — | — | — |
| 21892-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.63 km | — | — | — | — |
| 55770- | Stock | 0.63 km | — | — | — | — |
| 174923- | Domestic | 0.63 km | 32 ft | — | — | 1993-12-04 |
| 318742- | Household use only | 0.64 km | 305 ft | 40 ft | 2.0 gpm | 2023-08-05 |
| 85620- | Domestic | 0.68 km | 20 ft | — | — | 1928-12-31 |
| 174923--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.76 km | 200 ft | 35 ft | — | 2020-12-31 |
| 55772- | Stock | 0.86 km | 7 ft | — | — | 1973-07-31 |
| 55787- | Domestic | 0.89 km | 10 ft | — | — | 1973-07-31 |
| 55777- | Domestic, Stock | 0.93 km | 10 ft | — | — | 1974-07-14 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.