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Well permit 53178-F
Well permit · receipt 0452222 · 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: Household use only (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 | 130.0 ft |
| Driller | WHITEWATER DRILLING INC (BENKUFSKI, JOHN D.) |
| Permit issued | 2000-01-21 |
| Well completed | 2000-01-22 |
| First beneficial use | 2000-04-08 |
| Permit expires | 2002-01-21 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.26409, -105.73074 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T9.0 S R75.0 W S13SWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78122-F | Household use only | 0.07 km | — | — | — | — |
| 27482-F | Household use only | 0.11 km | 500 ft | — | — | 1984-06-12 |
| 79078-F | Household use only | 0.11 km | 851 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 2015-09-08 |
| 111801- | Household use only | 0.13 km | — | — | — | — |
| 88474-F | Household use only | 0.2 km | — | — | — | — |
| 55851-F | Household use only | 0.21 km | 165 ft | — | — | 2001-10-26 |
| 85853-F | Household use only | 0.22 km | — | — | — | — |
| 84957-F | Household use only | 0.25 km | 401 ft | 60 ft | 9.0 gpm | 2021-08-19 |
| 58857-F | Household use only | 0.29 km | 380 ft | — | 6.0 gpm | 2003-05-28 |
| 100280- | Household use only | 0.29 km | 190 ft | — | — | 1980-07-16 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2026-06-03. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.