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Well permit 56423-
Well permit · receipt 9023884 · 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 | 125.0 ft |
| Driller | JAMES DRILLING COMPANY (KEATON, MICHAEL K.) |
| Permit issued | 1972-03-29 |
| Well completed | 1972-05-09 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-05-09 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.87746, -105.45621 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T2.0 S R72.0 W S16SENW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56422- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 125 ft | — | — | 1972-05-06 |
| 297464- | Household use only | 0.03 km | 300 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 2015-09-22 |
| 311963- | Domestic | 0.08 km | 260 ft | 35 ft | 3.0 gpm | 2018-12-17 |
| 154466- | Household use only | 0.09 km | 240 ft | — | — | 1989-07-18 |
| 217947- | Household use only | 0.09 km | 300 ft | — | 2.8 gpm | 1999-08-29 |
| 193080- | Household use only | 0.11 km | 240 ft | — | — | 1996-05-18 |
| 339588- | Household use only | 0.11 km | 380 ft | 10 ft | — | 2025-09-12 |
| 194174- | Household use only | 0.12 km | 80 ft | — | — | 1996-09-18 |
| 194174--A | Household use only | 0.12 km | — | — | — | — |
| 133669- | Household use only | 0.14 km | 120 ft | — | — | 1984-07-31 |
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.