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Well permit 57297-
Well permit · receipt 9018511 · 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 | 80.0 ft |
| Driller | VIRGINIA DRILLING CO. INC. (SHUCK, OTIS C) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-14 |
| Well completed | 1972-04-10 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-05-30 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.37805, -105.03945 (User supplied) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T8.0 S R68.0 W S6SESE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57297--A | Domestic | 0.04 km | 562 ft | 60 ft | 7.0 gpm | 2022-10-28 |
| 67157- | Domestic | 0.28 km | 560 ft | — | — | 1974-09-30 |
| 332743- | Household use only | 0.29 km | — | — | — | — |
| 188773- | Household use only | 0.41 km | — | — | — | — |
| 174816- | Domestic | 0.43 km | 395 ft | — | 8.0 gpm | 1985-08-17 |
| 56015- | Domestic | 0.44 km | — | — | — | — |
| 141232- | Household use only | 0.44 km | 395 ft | — | — | 1985-08-17 |
| 169239- | Domestic | 0.44 km | 610 ft | — | 13.0 gpm | 1993-07-12 |
| 332742- | Household use only | 0.45 km | — | — | — | — |
| 189036- | Domestic | 0.49 km | 43 ft | — | — | — |
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.