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Well permit 56827-F
Well permit · receipt 0483688 · 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 | 400.0 ft |
| Driller | WHITEWATER DRILLING INC (BENKUFSKI, JOHN D.) |
| Permit issued | 2001-11-16 |
| Well completed | 2002-09-19 |
| First beneficial use | 2002-12-06 |
| Permit expires | 2003-11-16 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.88276, -105.90776 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T13.0 S R76.0 W S28SWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57361-F | Household use only | 0.04 km | 352 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 2002-05-29 |
| 0210524 | Household use only | 0.15 km | — | — | — | — |
| 55037-F | Household use only | 0.17 km | — | — | — | — |
| 85306-F | Domestic | 0.17 km | 430 ft | 370 ft | 7.0 gpm | 2021-06-02 |
| 89719-F | Domestic | 0.18 km | — | — | — | — |
| 117665- | Domestic | 0.19 km | — | — | — | — |
| 28743-F | Household use only | 0.2 km | 478 ft | — | — | 1985-07-29 |
| 52566-F | Domestic | 0.2 km | — | — | — | 1985-07-29 |
| 62857-F | Household use only | 0.22 km | — | — | — | — |
| 54619-F | Household use only | 0.23 km | 420 ft | — | 2.5 gpm | 2001-03-12 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2026-07-02. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.