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Well permit 188849-
Well permit · receipt 0385635A · Division 5 · Water District 38 · Garfield 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 | Permit Expired (Pump Installed) |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 47.0 ft |
| Driller | STEVE SHELTON DRILLING, INC. (SHELTON, STEVE) |
| Permit issued | 1995-07-27 |
| Permit expires | 1997-07-27 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.48253, -107.11774 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T7.0 S R87.0 W S4NENW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176755- | Domestic, Stock | 0.1 km | — | — | — | — |
| 31346-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.14 km | 50 ft | — | — | 1997-07-27 |
| 169139- | Domestic | 0.27 km | — | — | — | — |
| 30231-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.32 km | 240 ft | — | — | 1997-04-21 |
| 31347-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.32 km | — | — | — | — |
| 291540- | Domestic, Stock | 0.32 km | — | — | — | — |
| 188851--A | Household use only | 0.33 km | 240 ft | — | 0.5 gpm | 1997-04-21 |
| 290484- | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.4 km | 190 ft | — | — | 2013-05-21 |
| 314168- | Household use only | 0.4 km | 190 ft | 104 ft | 1.0 gpm | 2013-05-21 |
| 300237- | Domestic | 0.4 km | 190 ft | — | — | 2013-05-21 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2025-08-07. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.