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Well permit 97986-
Well permit · receipt 9022414 · 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 | 247.0 ft |
| Driller | HIER DRILLING CO. (HIER, PETER J) |
| Permit issued | 1978-05-01 |
| Well completed | 1978-06-09 |
| First beneficial use | 1978-10-23 |
| Permit expires | 1980-05-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.41027, -104.62326 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T7.0 S R65.0 W S25NWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 258382- | Household use only | 0.05 km | — | — | — | — |
| 258885- | Domestic | 0.05 km | 935 ft | — | 13.0 gpm | 2004-09-11 |
| 97987- | Domestic, Stock | 0.09 km | 247 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1978-06-10 |
| 101486- | Domestic, Stock | 0.11 km | — | — | — | — |
| 235594- | Household use only | 0.11 km | 450 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 2001-08-27 |
| 78025-F | Domestic | 0.11 km | — | — | — | 2001-08-27 |
| 131719- | Domestic, Stock | 0.12 km | 340 ft | — | 13.0 gpm | 1983-08-27 |
| 186350- | Household use only | 0.16 km | 320 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1995-08-07 |
| 138714--A | Domestic | 0.17 km | 398 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2005-11-07 |
| 183687- | Household use only | 0.18 km | 302 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 1994-12-09 |
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.