Hydrohistorian
Well permit 71797-
Well permit · receipt 9019010 · 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, Stock (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 |
| Driller | WHEELER, EUGENE |
| Permit issued | 1973-10-05 |
| Well completed | 1973-10-22 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-10-22 |
| Permit expires | 1975-10-05 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.54661, -104.69654 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R65.0 W S8SWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 173017- | Domestic | 0.09 km | 532 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 1994-09-22 |
| 97711- | Domestic | 0.11 km | 320 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 1983-12-15 |
| 31472- | Domestic | 0.12 km | 103 ft | — | — | 1967-07-15 |
| 36486- | Domestic | 0.12 km | 208 ft | 160 ft | 10.0 gpm | 1969-01-21 |
| 99969- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 295 ft | — | — | 1978-07-06 |
| 97711--A | Domestic | 0.15 km | 320 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1999-09-25 |
| 222079- | Domestic, Stock | 0.15 km | 680 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1999-11-30 |
| 93487-VE | Domestic | 0.17 km | — | — | — | — |
| 39575--A | Domestic | 0.17 km | 380 ft | — | — | 1993-12-16 |
| 99969--A | Domestic | 0.18 km | 280 ft | — | — | 1987-07-22 |
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.