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Well permit 53116-
Well permit · receipt 9018391 · 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 | 358.0 ft |
| Driller | HIER DRILLING CO INC (HIER, BRUCE A.) |
| Permit issued | 1972-03-15 |
| Well completed | 1972-06-28 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-06-28 |
| Well plugged | 2002-09-19 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.49690, -104.87965 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R67.0 W S27NESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53116--A | Domestic | 0.01 km | 565 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2002-09-19 |
| 314399- | Domestic | 0.05 km | 840 ft | 540 ft | 15.0 gpm | 2020-06-18 |
| 138284- | Domestic | 0.09 km | 520 ft | — | — | 1985-04-10 |
| 35904- | Domestic | 0.1 km | 370 ft | — | — | 1968-11-18 |
| 286802- | Domestic | 0.11 km | — | — | 11.0 gpm | — |
| 42937--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.12 km | 600 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1985-07-16 |
| 57240--A | Domestic | 0.12 km | 520 ft | — | — | 1990-09-07 |
| 244622- | Household use only | 0.12 km | 540 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2003-04-28 |
| 42937- | Domestic | 0.12 km | 370 ft | — | — | 1970-09-09 |
| 35904--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.15 km | 560 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1981-08-25 |
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.