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Well permit 70898-
Well permit · receipt 9018981 · 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 | Permit Canceled |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 470.0 ft |
| Driller | ORMSBEE DEVELOPMENT CO. (ORMSBEE, PAT) |
| Permit issued | 1973-08-24 |
| Well completed | 1973-10-04 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-12-12 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.55183, -104.66429 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R65.0 W S4SESE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154317- | Domestic, Stock | 0.01 km | 750 ft | — | 11.0 gpm | 1989-05-18 |
| 317056- | Household use only | 0.06 km | 400 ft | 200 ft | 12.5 gpm | 2020-04-17 |
| 300468- | Household use only | 0.1 km | — | — | — | — |
| 0004164 | Domestic | 0.11 km | — | — | — | — |
| 59319- | Domestic, Stock | 0.19 km | 245 ft | — | — | 1972-08-18 |
| 80921--A | Domestic | 0.19 km | 300 ft | 204 ft | 12.0 gpm | 1980-09-22 |
| 80921- | Domestic | 0.2 km | 285 ft | — | — | 1976-04-29 |
| 130066- | Domestic | 0.21 km | — | — | — | — |
| 66656- | Domestic | 0.21 km | — | — | — | — |
| 97789- | Domestic | 0.21 km | 464 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1978-06-30 |
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.