Hydrohistorian
Well permit 51492-
Well permit · receipt 9018301 · 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, Stock (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 Replaced - Abandonment Required |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 360.0 ft |
| Driller | HIER DRILLING CO INC (HIER, BRUCE A.) |
| Permit issued | 1972-02-22 |
| Well completed | 1972-04-21 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-06-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.50066, -104.88560 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R67.0 W S27SWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51492--A | Domestic | 0.02 km | 520 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1990-04-23 |
| 97318-VE | Domestic | 0.05 km | 603 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1997-08-01 |
| 118904- | Domestic | 0.05 km | 460 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 1981-12-16 |
| 118904--A | Domestic | 0.05 km | 623 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1997-08-01 |
| 41399--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.13 km | 590 ft | — | 8.0 gpm | 1986-06-13 |
| 41399- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 350 ft | — | — | 1970-05-29 |
| 159672- | Household use only | 0.15 km | — | — | — | 1991-05-10 |
| 161596- | Household use only | 0.16 km | — | — | — | — |
| 85372--A | Household use only | 0.16 km | 540 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2011-07-12 |
| 64636- | Domestic, Stock | 0.17 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.