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Well permit 48553-F
Well permit · receipt 0418114 · Division 1 · Water District 23 · Park 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 General Purpose).
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 | General Purpose |
| Total depth | 160.0 ft |
| Driller | WHITEWATER DRILLING INC (BENKUFSKI, JOHN D.) |
| Permit issued | 1997-07-14 |
| Well completed | 1997-08-05 |
| Permit expires | 1999-07-14 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.89578, -105.95755 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T13.0 S R77.0 W S25NENW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42808-F | Domestic | 0.17 km | 202 ft | — | 16.0 gpm | 1994-06-29 |
| 87593-F | Domestic | 0.22 km | 150 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1993-07-29 |
| 46356-F | Domestic | 0.25 km | 308 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 1996-05-18 |
| 42453-F | Household use only | 0.26 km | 150 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1993-07-29 |
| 53406-F | Domestic | 0.26 km | 340 ft | — | 6.0 gpm | 2000-04-17 |
| 61841-F | Household use only | 0.26 km | 120 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2004-12-03 |
| 46356-F-R | Domestic | 0.28 km | 640 ft | — | 1.5 gpm | 2014-08-12 |
| 65450-F | Household use only | 0.29 km | 160 ft | — | 9.0 gpm | 2007-04-21 |
| 42899-F | Domestic | 0.3 km | — | — | — | — |
| 66541-F | Household use only | 0.31 km | 520 ft | — | 2.0 gpm | 2008-03-14 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2026-05-30. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.