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Well permit 42797-
Well permit · receipt 9023704 · 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 Replaced - Abandonment Required |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 45.0 ft |
| Driller | NORRIS & SONS (NORRIS, T A) |
| Permit issued | 1970-08-27 |
| Well completed | 1970-10-12 |
| First beneficial use | 1970-10-12 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.92380, -105.40021 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T1.0 S R72.0 W S36NENW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42797--A | Domestic | 0.0 km | — | — | 10.0 gpm | 1978-10-27 |
| 303963- | Household use only | 0.1 km | 651 ft | 100 ft | — | 2018-02-02 |
| 93013-VE | Domestic | 0.12 km | — | — | — | — |
| 168702- | Domestic | 0.12 km | 52 ft | — | — | — |
| 168702--A | Domestic | 0.12 km | 302 ft | — | 8.0 gpm | 1993-01-23 |
| 63001- | Domestic | 0.14 km | — | — | — | — |
| 309875--A | Domestic | 0.15 km | 501 ft | 100 ft | 5.0 gpm | 2018-11-09 |
| 39112--A | Domestic | 0.16 km | 350 ft | — | 0.5 gpm | 1987-09-05 |
| 310187- | Household use only | 0.16 km | 475 ft | 100 ft | — | 2018-11-06 |
| 309875- | Domestic | 0.17 km | 120 ft | — | — | 1957-12-31 |
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.