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Well permit 274539-
Well permit · receipt 3619234 · 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, 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 | Permit Expired |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 120.0 ft |
| Driller | WHITEWATER DRILLING INC (BENKUFSKI, JOHN D.) |
| Permit issued | 2007-07-25 |
| Well completed | 2009-11-20 |
| Permit expires | 2009-07-25 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.74324, -106.11925 (User supplied) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T15.0 S R78.0 W S16NESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87293-F | Domestic | 0.09 km | 203 ft | 40 ft | — | 2019-12-23 |
| 83540-F | Domestic, Stock | 0.09 km | 203 ft | 40 ft | — | 2019-12-23 |
| 268870- | Domestic, Stock | 0.41 km | — | — | — | — |
| 191643- | Domestic | 0.45 km | — | — | — | — |
| 262005- | Domestic | 0.45 km | 200 ft | — | 14.3 gpm | 2005-08-30 |
| 84890-F | Domestic | 0.45 km | 240 ft | 160 ft | 11.0 gpm | 2020-12-22 |
| 3224-F | Irrigation | 0.45 km | 42 ft | — | — | 1961-06-22 |
| 323209- | Domestic, Stock | 0.5 km | 260 ft | 45 ft | — | 2022-12-01 |
| 277557- | Domestic | 0.54 km | 80 ft | — | 12.6 gpm | 2008-06-17 |
| 191645- | Domestic | 0.6 km | — | — | — | — |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2026-03-12. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.