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Well permit 78551--A
Well permit · receipt 0071898 · Division 1 · Water District 7 · Gilpin 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 (category Residential).
This one is tied to a decreed structure (WDID 0705366, linked above): if it is a non-exempt well, that is where its priority date and any augmentation obligation live, and this page is only the construction record. How permits, decrees and monitoring wells differ →
Permit details
| Status | Permit Expired |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 140.0 ft |
| Driller | C. R. SMITH DRILLING (SMITH, CALVIN R.) |
| Permit issued | 1977-07-19 |
| Well completed | 1978-09-30 |
| Permit expires | 1978-07-19 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.83594, -105.55877 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T2.0 S R73.0 W S33NENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78551- | Domestic | 0.03 km | 140 ft | — | — | — |
| 336436- | Household use only | 0.13 km | 160 ft | 12 ft | — | 2025-09-17 |
| 204609- | Household use only | 0.14 km | 480 ft | — | — | 1997-12-09 |
| 78552- | Domestic | 0.16 km | — | — | — | — |
| 73927- | Household use only | 0.17 km | 103 ft | — | — | 1974-07-01 |
| 30371- | Domestic | 0.31 km | 51 ft | — | — | 1967-04-12 |
| 314716- | Household use only | 0.36 km | — | — | — | — |
| 151258- | Household use only | 0.42 km | 110 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 1988-12-04 |
| 70405- | Household use only | 0.45 km | 140 ft | — | — | 1973-09-22 |
| 38533- | Domestic | 0.46 km | 80 ft | — | — | 1969-09-10 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2026-03-12. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.