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Well permit 45491-
Well permit · receipt 9017969 · 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 Abandoned |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 200.0 ft |
| Driller | VIRGINIA DRILLING CO. INC. (SHUCK, OTIS C) |
| Permit issued | 1971-04-19 |
| Well completed | 1971-04-19 |
| First beneficial use | 1971-04-19 |
| Well plugged | 2003-07-10 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.50747, -105.07446 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R69.0 W S23SESE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45491--A | Domestic | 0.01 km | 120 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2003-05-12 |
| 260691- | Domestic | 0.01 km | 120 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2003-05-12 |
| 232922- | Domestic | 0.07 km | 142 ft | — | 12.7 gpm | 1998-04-10 |
| 95026-VE | Fire | 0.12 km | — | — | — | — |
| 176562- | Commercial | 0.12 km | 96 ft | — | 20.0 gpm | 1994-06-09 |
| 176562--A | Other | 0.12 km | 150 ft | — | 11.1 gpm | 1995-01-24 |
| 96193-VE | Domestic | 0.14 km | — | — | — | — |
| 195673- | Domestic | 0.14 km | 80 ft | — | — | — |
| 195673--A | Domestic | 0.14 km | 91 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1996-05-22 |
| 75985--A | Domestic | 0.17 km | 605 ft | — | — | 1974-07-28 |
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.