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Well permit 85512-
Well permit · receipt 9019488 · 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 | 275.0 ft |
| Driller | JAMES DRILLING COMPANY (KEATON, MICHAEL K.) |
| Permit issued | 1979-08-17 |
| Well completed | 1976-09-22 |
| First beneficial use | 1976-09-22 |
| Permit expires | 1978-08-17 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.53994, -104.73059 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R66.0 W S12SESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3627610 | Domestic | 0.13 km | — | — | — | — |
| 74355- | Domestic | 0.15 km | 320 ft | — | — | 1974-04-22 |
| 31397-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.18 km | — | — | — | — |
| 10045102 | Domestic | 0.18 km | — | — | — | — |
| 40459- | Domestic | 0.18 km | 96 ft | — | — | 1970-03-02 |
| 47265- | Domestic | 0.18 km | 160 ft | — | — | 1971-07-15 |
| 109103- | Domestic, Stock | 0.19 km | 520 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1979-08-23 |
| 131852- | Domestic, Stock | 0.2 km | 600 ft | — | — | 1983-10-14 |
| 91178- | Domestic | 0.24 km | — | — | 15.0 gpm | 1978-04-15 |
| 90547-VE | Household use only | 0.25 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.