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Well permit 52475-F
Well permit · receipt 0451003D · Division 2 · Water District 11 · Chaffee 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 | 55.0 ft |
| Driller | WHITEWATER DRILLING INC (BENKUFSKI, JOHN D.) |
| Permit issued | 1999-09-21 |
| Well completed | 1999-11-15 |
| Permit expires | 2001-09-21 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.94762, -106.18879 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T13.0 S R79.0 W S2NWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85998-F | Domestic | 0.05 km | 80 ft | 50 ft | 12.0 gpm | 2023-04-27 |
| 12029- | Domestic | 0.1 km | 30 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 1962-05-20 |
| 26473- | Domestic | 0.1 km | 50 ft | — | — | 1966-04-22 |
| 28246- | Domestic | 0.1 km | 80 ft | — | — | 1966-08-10 |
| 48716- | Domestic | 0.1 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1971-11-01 |
| 62197-F | Domestic | 0.12 km | 160 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2005-03-09 |
| 81584-F | Domestic | 0.12 km | 80 ft | 25 ft | 12.0 gpm | 2018-01-30 |
| 76928-F | Domestic | 0.14 km | — | — | — | — |
| 83050-F | Domestic | 0.15 km | 120 ft | 66 ft | 14.0 gpm | 2019-04-09 |
| 54303-F | Domestic | 0.18 km | 85 ft | 60 ft | 12.0 gpm | 2000-11-22 |
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.