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Well permit 68747-
Well permit · receipt 9018898 · 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 | 260.0 ft |
| Driller | ORMSBEE DEVELOPMENT CO. (ORMSBEE, PAT) |
| Permit issued | 1973-05-04 |
| Well completed | 1973-05-21 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-05-21 |
| Permit expires | 1975-05-04 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.49981, -104.68873 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R65.0 W S29NWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91235- | Domestic, Stock | 0.11 km | 320 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 1979-01-04 |
| 63408- | Domestic | 0.21 km | 200 ft | — | — | 1972-07-11 |
| 36965- | Domestic | 0.22 km | 164 ft | — | — | 1969-03-27 |
| 124816- | Domestic | 0.24 km | 260 ft | — | — | 1982-06-21 |
| 133760- | Domestic, Stock | 0.26 km | 281 ft | — | — | 1984-03-19 |
| 66291- | Domestic | 0.28 km | 210 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1972-12-27 |
| 66482- | Domestic | 0.28 km | 220 ft | — | — | 1972-08-23 |
| 103884- | Domestic, Stock | 0.32 km | 274 ft | — | — | 1979-06-02 |
| 108557- | Domestic | 0.32 km | 260 ft | — | — | 1980-01-09 |
| 98452- | Domestic | 0.32 km | 205 ft | — | — | 1978-09-17 |
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.