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Well permit 161291-
Well permit · receipt 0324796A · Division 2 · Water District 17 · Lincoln 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: Stock (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 | 180.0 ft |
| Driller | KUNAU DRILLING & EXCAVATION (KUNAU, HARVEY) |
| Permit issued | 1991-08-22 |
| Well completed | 1991-04-13 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.68740, -104.04943 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T16.0 S R59.0 W S6NWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161291--A | Stock | 0.01 km | — | — | — | 1991-04-13 |
| 91098-VE | Domestic | 0.38 km | — | — | — | — |
| 40559- | Domestic | 0.99 km | — | — | — | — |
| 7137- | Domestic | 1.0 km | 60 ft | — | — | 1960-09-30 |
| 47712- | Stock | 1.06 km | 153 ft | — | — | 1971-07-24 |
| 82129- | Stock | 1.06 km | 171 ft | — | — | 1976-01-16 |
| 32477--A | Domestic, Stock | 1.1 km | 200 ft | — | 2.0 gpm | 1994-07-09 |
| 94256-VE | Domestic, Stock | 1.11 km | — | — | — | — |
| 7352- | Domestic | 1.13 km | 160 ft | — | — | 1960-11-07 |
| 32477- | Stock | 1.26 km | 205 ft | — | — | 1967-10-24 |
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.