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Well permit 73826-
Well permit · receipt 9021942 · 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, Stock (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 Abandoned |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 205.0 ft |
| Driller | TOWNLEY DRILLING (TOWNLEY, WILLIAM B) |
| Permit issued | 1974-04-09 |
| Well completed | 1974-07-20 |
| First beneficial use | 1974-07-20 |
| Permit expires | 1976-04-09 |
| Well plugged | 1996-03-15 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.17417, -104.32679 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T10.0 S R62.0 W S15SWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193435- | Stock | 0.21 km | 170 ft | — | — | — |
| 73826--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.22 km | 540 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1996-02-06 |
| 56336- | Stock | 0.41 km | — | — | — | — |
| 193436- | Stock | 0.56 km | 200 ft | — | — | — |
| 241199- | Domestic, Stock | 0.63 km | 220 ft | — | 6.0 gpm | 2004-03-09 |
| 47555--A | Domestic | 0.65 km | 460 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 2010-03-01 |
| 47555- | Domestic | 0.81 km | 220 ft | — | — | 1971-09-10 |
| 56335- | Domestic, Stock | 0.81 km | — | — | — | — |
| 59002- | Domestic | 0.81 km | — | — | — | — |
| 59001- | Domestic, Stock | 0.91 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.