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Well permit 78892-
Well permit · receipt 9019199 · 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 | 260.0 ft |
| Driller | WHEELER, EUGENE |
| Permit issued | 1975-05-02 |
| Well completed | 1975-06-18 |
| First beneficial use | 1975-07-15 |
| Permit expires | 1977-05-02 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.40544, -104.74369 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T7.0 S R66.0 W S35NWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78892--A | Domestic | 0.06 km | 290 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 1999-06-09 |
| 306400- | Domestic | 0.12 km | — | — | — | — |
| 59877- | Domestic | 0.15 km | 170 ft | — | — | 1972-07-29 |
| 53666-F | Commercial | 0.16 km | 605 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2000-07-24 |
| 81923- | Municipal | 0.17 km | 320 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 1976-10-08 |
| 53091-F | Irrigation | 0.2 km | 1,420 ft | — | — | 2000-02-24 |
| 334430- | Household use only | 0.2 km | — | — | — | — |
| 39688- | Domestic | 0.2 km | 195 ft | — | — | 1969-11-26 |
| 87625- | Domestic | 0.21 km | 290 ft | — | — | 1977-01-25 |
| 120110- | Domestic | 0.22 km | 363 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1981-09-23 |
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.