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Well permit 57240-
Well permit · receipt 9018506 · 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 | 289.0 ft |
| Driller | HIER DRILLING CO INC (HIER, BRUCE A.) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-14 |
| Well completed | 1973-01-03 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-09-27 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.49574, -104.88159 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R67.0 W S27SWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129962- | Domestic | 0.01 km | 590 ft | — | 11.0 gpm | 1983-06-06 |
| 336862- | Domestic | 0.07 km | 835 ft | 540 ft | 12.0 gpm | 2025-04-04 |
| 66631--A | Domestic | 0.09 km | 605 ft | 430 ft | 12.0 gpm | 2018-01-30 |
| 66631- | Domestic | 0.09 km | 400 ft | — | — | — |
| 68014- | Domestic | 0.12 km | — | — | — | — |
| 117648- | Domestic, Stock | 0.13 km | — | — | — | 1981-01-29 |
| 120008- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 522 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 1982-01-25 |
| 42937--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.13 km | 600 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1985-07-16 |
| 42937- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 370 ft | — | — | 1970-09-09 |
| 137678- | Domestic, Stock | 0.15 km | 596 ft | — | — | 1984-11-12 |
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.