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Well permit 59291-
Well permit · receipt 9018545 · 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 | 280.0 ft |
| Driller | LEATHERMAN, JAMES E |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-28 |
| Well completed | 1972-06-28 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-06-28 |
| Well plugged | 1996-09-25 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.51241, -104.66386 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R65.0 W S21NESE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53718- | Domestic | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 53721- | Domestic | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 220423- | Domestic | 0.2 km | 745 ft | — | 13.0 gpm | 2001-09-25 |
| 121707- | Domestic | 0.22 km | 402 ft | — | — | 1981-09-03 |
| 121707--A | Domestic | 0.22 km | 480 ft | 270 ft | — | 2022-07-21 |
| 101179- | Domestic | 0.24 km | 430 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1978-09-23 |
| 96352-VE | Unknown | 0.26 km | 485 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1996-08-05 |
| 59291--A | Domestic | 0.26 km | 485 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1996-08-05 |
| 84103-F | Domestic | 0.31 km | 360 ft | — | — | 1965-09-15 |
| 85329-F | Domestic | 0.33 km | 435 ft | 185 ft | 14.0 gpm | 2021-12-07 |
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.