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Well permit 56943-
Well permit · receipt 9018494 · 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 240.0 ft |
| Driller | JAMES DRILLING COMPANY (KEATON, MICHAEL K.) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-13 |
| Well completed | 1972-05-18 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-08-11 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.54269, -104.72365 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R66.0 W S12NWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84705- | Domestic | 0.07 km | 247 ft | 114 ft | 13.0 gpm | 1977-08-04 |
| 72009- | Household use only | 0.13 km | — | — | — | — |
| 35380- | Domestic | 0.13 km | — | — | — | 1968-09-28 |
| 36533- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 150 ft | — | — | 1969-01-17 |
| 42751- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 160 ft | — | — | 1970-08-24 |
| 48289- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 158 ft | — | — | 1971-08-12 |
| 103083- | Domestic | 0.16 km | — | — | — | — |
| 132722- | Domestic | 0.16 km | 340 ft | — | — | 1983-11-08 |
| 61459- | Domestic | 0.16 km | 180 ft | — | — | 1972-10-11 |
| 42617--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.18 km | 318 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1983-07-18 |
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.