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Well permit 27896-
Well permit · receipt 9017190 · 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 | 285.0 ft |
| Driller | JAMES DRILLING COMPANY (KEATON, MICHAEL K.) |
| Permit issued | 1966-07-01 |
| Well completed | 1966-07-01 |
| First beneficial use | 1966-06-29 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.37861, -104.94012 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T8.0 S R67.0 W S6SWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51493- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 298 ft | — | — | 1972-05-12 |
| 29780--A | Domestic | 0.05 km | — | — | — | — |
| 229763- | Domestic | 0.05 km | 420 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 2000-11-22 |
| 48658--A | Domestic | 0.13 km | 505 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2011-06-07 |
| 48658- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 302 ft | — | — | 1971-09-09 |
| 36202--A | Domestic | 0.16 km | 500 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2009-04-03 |
| 290506- | Domestic, Stock | 0.17 km | — | — | — | — |
| 77196- | Household use only | 0.17 km | 310 ft | — | — | 1975-04-21 |
| 144649- | Domestic, Stock | 0.22 km | — | — | — | — |
| 105594--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.28 km | — | — | — | — |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.