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Well permit 5868-
Well permit · receipt 9016319 · Division 1 · Water District 8 · Douglas 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 | 235.0 ft |
| Driller | M & B DRILLING CO. (MATEYKA, JOHN E.) |
| Permit issued | 1960-05-16 |
| Well completed | 1960-05-26 |
| First beneficial use | 1960-05-26 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.15343, -104.80930 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T10.0 S R66.0 W S29SWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232562- | Domestic, Stock | 0.12 km | 400 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2001-04-20 |
| 86242- | Domestic | 0.23 km | — | — | — | 1976-10-22 |
| 169463- | Stock | 0.24 km | — | — | — | — |
| 208223- | Stock | 0.24 km | — | — | — | 1956-12-31 |
| 188005- | Household use only | 0.27 km | 375 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1995-09-26 |
| 54089-F | Commercial, Industrial | 0.27 km | 1,830 ft | — | — | 2000-09-24 |
| 151446- | Household use only | 0.29 km | — | — | — | — |
| 245721- | Domestic | 0.32 km | 503 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2002-12-05 |
| 198753- | Domestic | 0.34 km | 400 ft | — | 7.0 gpm | 1997-10-10 |
| 194898- | Household use only | 0.35 km | 417 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1997-08-21 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2008-07-21. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.