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Well permit 85947-
Well permit · receipt 9019504 · 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 | 287.0 ft |
| Driller | HIER DRILLING CO INC (HIER, BRUCE A.) |
| Permit issued | 1976-09-02 |
| Well completed | 1976-10-16 |
| First beneficial use | 1977-05-15 |
| Permit expires | 1978-09-02 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.55007, -104.68013 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R65.0 W S8NENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66652- | Domestic | 0.02 km | 210 ft | — | — | 1973-01-25 |
| 67508- | Domestic | 0.03 km | 207 ft | — | — | 1973-02-26 |
| 87851- | Domestic | 0.1 km | 224 ft | — | 11.0 gpm | 1977-08-20 |
| 129694- | Domestic | 0.12 km | 360 ft | — | — | 1983-05-03 |
| 126508- | Domestic | 0.14 km | 330 ft | — | 9.0 gpm | 1982-08-02 |
| 94049- | Domestic | 0.15 km | — | — | — | — |
| 96555- | Domestic | 0.18 km | 235 ft | — | 12.5 gpm | 1979-04-10 |
| 107742- | Domestic | 0.19 km | 317 ft | — | 13.1 gpm | 1979-08-16 |
| 63828- | Domestic | 0.19 km | 330 ft | — | — | 1973-05-23 |
| 81754- | Domestic | 0.2 km | 210 ft | — | 13.0 gpm | 1976-01-19 |
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.