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Well permit 51629-
Well permit · receipt 9018307 · 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 | 255.0 ft |
| Driller | HIER DRILLING CO INC (HIER, BRUCE A.) |
| Permit issued | 1972-02-24 |
| Well completed | 1972-02-25 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-09-01 |
| Well plugged | 1997-05-19 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.38401, -105.01291 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T8.0 S R68.0 W S4SWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96201-VE | Domestic | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 51629--A | Domestic | 0.06 km | 463 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1997-05-14 |
| 97413- | Domestic | 0.11 km | — | — | 9.0 gpm | 1978-10-20 |
| 120244- | Domestic | 0.16 km | — | — | — | — |
| 173879- | Domestic, Stock | 0.2 km | — | — | — | — |
| 84803- | Domestic, Stock | 0.2 km | 257 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1976-08-01 |
| 52041- | Domestic | 0.21 km | — | — | — | — |
| 52329- | Domestic | 0.21 km | — | — | — | — |
| 52330- | Domestic | 0.21 km | — | — | — | — |
| 69959- | Household use only | 0.21 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.