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Well permit 55221-
Well permit · receipt 9018455 · 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 | 125.0 ft |
| Driller | ATLAS DRILLING COMPANY (JENNINGS, DONALD) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-03 |
| Well completed | 1972-10-20 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-10-20 |
| Well plugged | 1995-09-02 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.45821, -104.69761 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T7.0 S R65.0 W S8SWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95322-VE | Domestic | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 55221--A | Domestic | 0.0 km | 460 ft | — | 18.0 gpm | 1995-08-03 |
| 63634- | Domestic | 0.01 km | 355 ft | — | — | 1974-05-16 |
| 66890--A | Domestic | 0.09 km | 495 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1991-09-10 |
| 48928- | Domestic | 0.14 km | 160 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1971-09-20 |
| 66890- | Domestic | 0.15 km | 207 ft | — | — | 1973-02-01 |
| 75137- | Stock | 0.16 km | — | — | — | — |
| 57176- | Domestic | 0.18 km | — | — | 7.0 gpm | 1972-07-24 |
| 65879--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.19 km | 368 ft | — | — | 1975-11-18 |
| 65879- | Domestic, Stock | 0.19 km | 368 ft | — | — | 1972-09-01 |
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.