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Well permit 20449-
Well permit · receipt 9023430 · Division 1 · Water District 7 · 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 Replaced - Abandonment Required |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 210.0 ft |
| Driller | JAMES DRILLING COMPANY (KEATON, MICHAEL K.) |
| Permit issued | 1964-06-26 |
| Well completed | 1964-08-14 |
| First beneficial use | 1964-08-14 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.83074, -105.44062 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T2.0 S R72.0 W S34NWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104172- | Domestic | 0.25 km | 405 ft | — | 5.5 gpm | 1979-01-22 |
| 115361- | Household use only | 0.25 km | — | — | — | — |
| 332004- | Household use only | 0.25 km | 220 ft | 30 ft | — | 2023-12-20 |
| 20449--A | Household use only | 0.33 km | 500 ft | — | — | 1996-01-11 |
| 119722- | Household use only | 0.37 km | 140 ft | — | — | 1981-06-29 |
| 52834- | Domestic | 0.37 km | 240 ft | — | — | 1972-03-06 |
| 219359- | Household use only | 0.39 km | 300 ft | — | 3.5 gpm | 1999-12-15 |
| 0495516 | Domestic | 0.4 km | — | — | — | — |
| 27852- | Domestic | 0.4 km | 300 ft | — | 7.0 gpm | 1966-06-22 |
| UP10880 | Unknown | 0.41 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.