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Well permit 17842-
Well permit · receipt 9023410 · Division 1 · Water District 6 · Gilpin 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 | 195.0 ft |
| Driller | JAMES DRILLING COMPANY (KEATON, MICHAEL K.) |
| Permit issued | 1963-10-23 |
| Well completed | 1963-10-14 |
| First beneficial use | 1963-10-14 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.92154, -105.41472 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T1.0 S R72.0 W S35SWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221690- | Household use only | 0.01 km | 500 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2001-01-26 |
| 238534- | Household use only | 0.14 km | 600 ft | — | 2.0 gpm | 2002-03-22 |
| 187042- | Household use only | 0.17 km | — | — | — | — |
| 227557- | Household use only | 0.18 km | 727 ft | — | — | 2001-01-31 |
| 171393- | Household use only | 0.19 km | 415 ft | — | — | 1993-08-18 |
| 187041- | Household use only | 0.19 km | — | — | — | — |
| 243180- | Household use only | 0.19 km | 660 ft | — | — | 2002-08-21 |
| 116552- | Household use only | 0.22 km | 8 ft | — | — | — |
| 116552--A | Household use only | 0.22 km | 220 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 1980-10-13 |
| 157791- | Household use only | 0.24 km | 180 ft | — | — | 1990-08-13 |
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.