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Well permit 121873-
Well permit · receipt 0216354 · Division 5 · Water District 38 · Pitkin 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).
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 | 40.0 ft |
| Driller | STEVE SHELTON DRILLING, INC. (SHELTON, STEVE) |
| Permit issued | 1981-08-31 |
| Well completed | 1982-11-10 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.36193, -106.70194 (User supplied) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T8.0 S R83.0 W S7SWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121872- | Domestic | 0.06 km | 60 ft | — | — | 1982-11-13 |
| 22474- | Domestic | 0.11 km | 56 ft | — | — | 1964-11-30 |
| 117191- | Household use only | 0.15 km | 54 ft | — | — | 1983-07-17 |
| 317810- | Household use only | 0.2 km | — | — | — | — |
| 121871- | Domestic | 0.21 km | 51 ft | — | — | 1983-07-14 |
| 121859- | Domestic | 0.25 km | — | — | — | — |
| 245594- | Household use only | 0.26 km | 60 ft | — | — | 2003-08-01 |
| 93004- | Domestic | 0.27 km | 65 ft | — | — | 1977-11-28 |
| 22476- | Domestic | 0.29 km | 54 ft | — | — | 1964-12-04 |
| 35194- | Domestic | 0.3 km | — | — | — | — |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2025-07-01. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.