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Well permit 253856-
Well permit · receipt 0516909 · Division 2 · Water District 16 · Huerfano 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, Stock (category Residential).
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 Abandoned |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 570.0 ft |
| Driller | OJO SPRING DRILLING & WELL SERVICE (BLOUIN, OCTAVE GEORGE) |
| Permit issued | 2003-10-29 |
| Well completed | 2005-10-28 |
| Permit expires | 2005-10-29 |
| Well plugged | 2004-05-10 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.45556, -104.98651 (GPS) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T30.0 S R68.0 W S10NWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 275832- | Domestic, Stock | 0.27 km | 610 ft | — | 7.0 gpm | 2007-11-06 |
| 239896--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.3 km | 410 ft | — | — | 2007-09-29 |
| 275831- | Domestic, Stock | 0.3 km | 410 ft | — | 7.0 gpm | 2007-09-29 |
| 239896- | Domestic | 0.31 km | 427 ft | — | — | 2003-11-25 |
| 255372- | Household use only | 0.42 km | 207 ft | — | — | 2005-05-18 |
| 235511- | Household use only | 0.59 km | 270 ft | — | — | 2002-09-19 |
| 218183- | Domestic | 0.65 km | 260 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 1999-08-20 |
| 196119- | Stock | 0.68 km | — | — | — | — |
| 202476- | Domestic | 0.69 km | 51 ft | — | — | 1997-04-02 |
| 274212- | Domestic | 0.69 km | 51 ft | — | — | 1997-04-02 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2023-10-17. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.