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Well permit 4944-
Well permit · receipt 9020759 · Division 1 · Water District 1 · Elbert 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 | 97.0 ft |
| Driller | TOWNLEY DRILLING (TOWNLEY, WILLIAM B) |
| Permit issued | 1959-12-07 |
| Well completed | 1959-11-11 |
| First beneficial use | 1959-11-11 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.47202, -104.57735 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T7.0 S R64.0 W S5SWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4944--A | Domestic | 0.11 km | 181 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 2001-02-05 |
| 91136-VE | Irrigation | 0.25 km | — | — | — | — |
| 76201- | Domestic, Stock | 0.28 km | 250 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1974-10-31 |
| 19955-R-R | Irrigation | 0.36 km | 58 ft | — | 850.0 gpm | 1991-05-23 |
| 19955-R | Irrigation | 0.38 km | 55 ft | — | — | — |
| 2650-AD | Irrigation | 0.39 km | — | — | — | — |
| 4945- | Domestic | 0.4 km | 153 ft | — | — | 1959-11-07 |
| 326783- | Commercial | 0.43 km | 185 ft | 15 ft | — | 2024-09-19 |
| 155290- | Domestic | 0.47 km | 405 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1989-09-25 |
| 326782- | Domestic | 0.47 km | 405 ft | 210 ft | 15.0 gpm | 1989-09-25 |
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.