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Well permit 159565-
Well permit · receipt 0322474 · Division 5 · Water District 51 · Grand 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 Replaced - Abandonment Required |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 40.0 ft |
| Driller | MCPHERSON DRILLING COMPANY (MCPHERSON, BENNY DON) |
| Permit issued | 1991-03-12 |
| Well completed | 1988-10-05 |
Location
| Coordinates | 40.29253, -105.85360 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T4.0 N R76.0 W S24NESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152498- | Household use only | 0.0 km | — | — | 13.0 gpm | 1988-10-05 |
| 159565--A | Domestic | 0.07 km | 100 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2001-09-18 |
| 4000245-MH | Monitoring Hole (Notice of Intent) | 0.08 km | 19 ft | 14 ft | — | 2023-08-25 |
| 98876- | Household use only | 0.38 km | — | — | — | — |
| 105068- | Domestic | 0.45 km | — | — | — | — |
| 151989- | Domestic | 0.45 km | — | — | — | — |
| 234727- | Domestic | 0.51 km | 80 ft | — | — | 2002-10-03 |
| 159562- | Household use only | 0.52 km | — | — | — | — |
| 213876- | Household use only | 0.52 km | — | — | — | — |
| 84913-F | Other, Recreation | 0.53 km | 8 ft | — | — | 2013-06-01 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2012-03-19. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.