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Well permit 48861-F
Well permit · receipt 0419633 · 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 | 140.0 ft |
| Driller | WHITEWATER DRILLING INC (BENKUFSKI, JOHN D.) |
| Permit issued | 1997-09-22 |
| Well completed | 1997-10-12 |
| First beneficial use | 1998-07-01 |
| Permit expires | 1999-09-22 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.90901, -105.95892 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T13.0 S R77.0 W S24NWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55297-F | Domestic | 0.11 km | 80 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2001-11-05 |
| 34617-F | Domestic | 0.13 km | 402 ft | — | — | 1989-01-24 |
| 47182-F | Domestic | 0.13 km | 400 ft | — | 0.5 gpm | 1989-01-24 |
| 48233-F | Household use only | 0.14 km | 265 ft | — | — | 1997-06-14 |
| 56248-F | Household use only | 0.14 km | 365 ft | — | 3.5 gpm | 1997-06-14 |
| 45167-F | Domestic | 0.18 km | — | — | — | 1994-09-20 |
| 33341-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.21 km | — | — | — | — |
| 43481-F | Household use only | 0.21 km | 360 ft | — | 0.5 gpm | 1994-09-20 |
| 14648-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.22 km | — | — | — | — |
| 54285-F | Domestic | 0.25 km | 420 ft | — | 4.5 gpm | 2000-09-01 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2026-06-01. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.