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Well permit 53228-F
Well permit · receipt 0455903 · 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 | 480.0 ft |
| Driller | WHITEWATER DRILLING INC (BENKUFSKI, JOHN D.) |
| Permit issued | 2000-02-03 |
| Well completed | 2000-02-03 |
| First beneficial use | 2000-06-01 |
| Permit expires | 2002-02-03 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.88702, -105.89826 (User supplied) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T13.0 S R76.0 W S28NWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0399655 | Domestic | 0.03 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46510-F | Domestic | 0.03 km | — | — | — | — |
| 116218- | Domestic | 0.04 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46246-F | Household use only | 0.06 km | — | — | — | — |
| 49766-F | Domestic | 0.08 km | 285 ft | — | — | 1998-07-01 |
| 50693-F | Domestic | 0.15 km | 670 ft | 442 ft | — | 2003-08-18 |
| 58280-F | Domestic | 0.15 km | 670 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 2003-08-18 |
| 30348-F | Household use only | 0.19 km | 427 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1986-09-04 |
| 48564-F | Domestic | 0.21 km | 618 ft | — | 4.0 gpm | 1997-08-12 |
| 62543-F | Household use only | 0.23 km | 302 ft | — | 8.0 gpm | 2005-05-27 |
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.