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Well permit 53991-
Well permit · receipt 9018427 · 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 Replaced - Abandonment Required |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 564.0 ft |
| Driller | HIER DRILLING CO INC (HIER, BRUCE A.) |
| Permit issued | 1972-03-24 |
| Well completed | 1972-05-15 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-05-15 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.44582, -104.87466 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T7.0 S R67.0 W S15SWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53991--A | Domestic | 0.04 km | — | — | 10.0 gpm | — |
| 191212- | Household use only | 0.1 km | 698 ft | — | 11.0 gpm | 1997-06-20 |
| 168597- | Domestic | 0.12 km | — | — | — | — |
| 168435- | Household use only | 0.12 km | 698 ft | — | 9.0 gpm | 1993-03-25 |
| 196773- | Domestic | 0.12 km | 1,085 ft | — | 7.0 gpm | 1997-04-10 |
| 68735- | Domestic | 0.12 km | — | — | — | 1976-10-14 |
| 50940- | Domestic | 0.14 km | 260 ft | — | — | 1972-02-04 |
| 71534--A | Domestic | 0.19 km | 392 ft | 87 ft | 11.0 gpm | 1973-06-14 |
| 0450161A | Domestic | 0.19 km | — | — | — | — |
| 23305- | Domestic | 0.19 km | 260 ft | — | — | 1965-04-12 |
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.