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Well permit 40499--A
Well permit · receipt 0224948 · Division 3 · Water District 20 · Mineral 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 | 57.0 ft |
| Driller | IRRIGATION & CONT. SPEC. (MERRIFIELD, CLAUDE) |
| Permit issued | 1982-05-18 |
| Well completed | 1982-07-15 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.81018, -106.93414 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T41.0 N R1.0 W S12SESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40499- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 37 ft | — | — | 1970-06-23 |
| 41506- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 35 ft | — | 20.0 gpm | 1970-06-26 |
| 41711- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 45 ft | — | — | 1970-06-30 |
| 76969- | Household use only | 0.19 km | 50 ft | — | — | 1976-09-13 |
| 119738- | Household use only | 0.24 km | 43 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1981-08-07 |
| 61002-F | Household use only | 0.31 km | 100 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 2005-03-04 |
| 103315- | Household use only | 0.37 km | — | — | — | — |
| 58303- | Domestic | 0.37 km | 44 ft | — | — | 1972-06-06 |
| 55322-F | Domestic | 0.37 km | 100 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2001-09-07 |
| 115568- | Household use only | 0.4 km | — | — | — | — |
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.