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Well permit 856--A
Well permit · receipt 0297018 · Division 1 · Water District 1 · Elbert 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 | 42.0 ft |
| Driller | WESLEY RUNYON DRILLING CO. (RUNYON, WESLEY M) |
| Permit issued | 1989-03-16 |
| Well completed | 1954-11-10 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.46089, -103.94513 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T7.0 S R59.0 W S12NWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 856- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 163 ft | — | — | 1958-03-15 |
| 1993042-AB | Other | 0.14 km | — | — | — | — |
| 265832- | Domestic | 0.19 km | 115 ft | 55 ft | — | 1956-12-12 |
| 10218- | Domestic | 0.19 km | 100 ft | 42 ft | — | 1919-11-30 |
| 32115- | Domestic | 0.19 km | — | — | — | — |
| 211292- | Domestic | 0.34 km | — | — | — | — |
| 210833- | Domestic | 0.38 km | — | — | — | — |
| 210833--A | Domestic | 0.38 km | 120 ft | — | — | 1999-03-26 |
| 212856- | Domestic | 0.38 km | 120 ft | — | — | 1999-03-29 |
| 317443- | Domestic, Stock | 0.5 km | 195 ft | 70 ft | 13.0 gpm | 2022-04-29 |
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.