Hydrohistorian
Well permit 51238-F-R
Well permit · receipt 3647868 · 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 | 450.0 ft |
| Driller | WHITEWATER DRILLING INC (BENKUFSKI, JOHN D.) |
| Permit issued | 2010-11-02 |
| Well completed | 2010-12-22 |
| Permit expires | 2012-11-02 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.88357, -105.90287 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T13.0 S R76.0 W S28SESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51238-F | Domestic | 0.0 km | 280 ft | — | 3.0 gpm | 1999-03-21 |
| 46798-F | Household use only | 0.14 km | 302 ft | — | — | 1996-10-18 |
| 51179-F | Domestic | 0.16 km | 660 ft | — | 2.0 gpm | 1999-04-22 |
| 51182-F | Domestic | 0.17 km | — | — | — | — |
| 54120-F | Domestic | 0.17 km | — | — | — | — |
| 58612-F | Domestic | 0.17 km | — | — | — | — |
| 67763-F | Household use only | 0.19 km | 600 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 2008-12-12 |
| 45215-F | Household use only | 0.21 km | 420 ft | — | 6.0 gpm | 1995-08-18 |
| 58020-F | Household use only | 0.21 km | 320 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 2003-07-30 |
| 61570-F | Household use only | 0.22 km | — | — | — | — |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2026-06-02. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.