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Well permit 55863-
Well permit · receipt 9021641 · 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 300.0 ft |
| Driller | LEATHERMAN, JAMES E |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-06 |
| Well completed | 1972-03-24 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-11-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.32679, -104.57778 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T8.0 S R64.0 W S29SWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3631252 | Domestic, Stock | 0.11 km | 260 ft | — | — | — |
| 68872-F | Domestic | 0.11 km | — | — | 15.0 gpm | 1986-12-31 |
| 82784-F | Domestic | 0.3 km | — | — | — | — |
| 51388- | Domestic | 0.3 km | 308 ft | — | 9.0 gpm | 1972-06-23 |
| 53127- | Domestic | 0.4 km | 344 ft | — | — | 1974-05-07 |
| 223773- | Domestic | 0.44 km | 286 ft | — | — | 1973-04-11 |
| 67897- | Household use only | 0.44 km | 286 ft | — | — | 1973-04-11 |
| 129248- | Domestic, Stock | 0.49 km | 300 ft | — | — | 1980-10-14 |
| 179027- | Domestic | 0.49 km | 416 ft | — | — | 1994-08-16 |
| 129247- | Domestic, Stock | 0.5 km | 503 ft | — | — | 1983-06-27 |
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.