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Well permit 42556-
Well permit · receipt 9023695 · 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 | 200.0 ft |
| Driller | C. R. SMITH DRILLING (SMITH, CALVIN R.) |
| Permit issued | 1970-08-17 |
| Well completed | 1970-08-20 |
| First beneficial use | 1970-08-17 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.84113, -105.45527 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T2.0 S R72.0 W S28SESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42556--A | Domestic | 0.15 km | 420 ft | — | — | 1995-02-21 |
| 118337- | Household use only | 0.27 km | 320 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1981-10-07 |
| 245972- | Household use only | 0.28 km | 452 ft | — | — | 2003-01-23 |
| 81316- | Household use only | 0.28 km | 300 ft | — | — | 1977-09-02 |
| 10842-AD | Domestic, Stock | 0.33 km | — | — | — | — |
| 112152- | Household use only | 0.4 km | — | — | — | — |
| 37823- | Domestic | 0.4 km | 109 ft | — | — | 1969-05-20 |
| 52446- | Domestic | 0.4 km | 140 ft | — | — | 1972-03-09 |
| 78840- | Household use only | 0.42 km | 240 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 1975-05-19 |
| 143612- | Household use only | 0.43 km | — | — | 7.0 gpm | — |
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.