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Well permit 61173-
Well permit · receipt 9018600 · 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 | 310.0 ft |
| Driller | HIER DRILLING CO INC (HIER, BRUCE A.) |
| Permit issued | 1972-05-18 |
| Well completed | 1973-05-11 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-05-11 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.51772, -105.02103 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R68.0 W S20SENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61173--A | Domestic | 0.01 km | — | — | — | — |
| 61173--A | Domestic | 0.01 km | 692 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2002-09-23 |
| 207899- | Domestic | 0.03 km | 480 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 1999-10-18 |
| 93670--A | Domestic | 0.07 km | 620 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 1990-06-29 |
| 179165- | Domestic | 0.1 km | 743 ft | — | 7.0 gpm | 1994-08-19 |
| 211200- | Domestic | 0.1 km | 781 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1998-07-27 |
| 39627- | Domestic | 0.1 km | 310 ft | — | — | 1969-10-16 |
| 156390- | Domestic | 0.11 km | 620 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1990-05-11 |
| 43893- | Domestic | 0.12 km | 325 ft | — | — | 1970-12-02 |
| 95293-VE | Domestic | 0.13 km | — | — | — | — |
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.