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Well permit 97796-
Well permit · receipt 9004901 · Division 1 · Water District 2 · Adams 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 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 345.0 ft |
| Driller | WANEKA & SON DRILLING (WANEKA, DON) |
| Permit issued | 1978-04-24 |
| Well completed | 1978-07-18 |
| First beneficial use | 1978-07-18 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.94535, -104.97299 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T1.0 S R68.0 W S23SESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95514-VE | Domestic | 0.05 km | — | — | — | — |
| 186062- | Domestic | 0.05 km | 900 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1995-05-10 |
| 340494- | Domestic | 0.11 km | — | — | — | — |
| 97795- | Domestic | 0.12 km | — | — | — | — |
| 195668- | Domestic | 0.12 km | 320 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 1996-12-20 |
| 96841- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 335 ft | — | — | 1978-03-21 |
| 236119- | Domestic | 0.16 km | 1,060 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2001-09-12 |
| 94948--A | Domestic | 0.17 km | 380 ft | — | — | 1993-08-04 |
| 93285-VE | Domestic | 0.18 km | — | — | — | — |
| 33141- | Domestic | 0.18 km | 170 ft | — | — | 1968-03-20 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2026-02-18. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.