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Well permit 56491-
Well permit · receipt 9023890 · 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 235.0 ft |
| Driller | C. R. SMITH DRILLING (SMITH, CALVIN R.) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-10 |
| Well completed | 1972-09-19 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-10-10 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.84125, -105.44587 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T2.0 S R72.0 W S28SESE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12022- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 150 ft | 15 ft | — | 1962-06-22 |
| 40671- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 160 ft | — | — | 1970-03-20 |
| 77042- | Household use only | 0.1 km | 200 ft | — | — | 1975-07-29 |
| 109962- | Household use only | 0.11 km | — | — | — | — |
| 41388--A | Domestic | 0.12 km | 440 ft | 20 ft | 6.0 gpm | 2022-06-16 |
| 41388- | Domestic | 0.14 km | 105 ft | — | — | 1970-07-26 |
| 77202- | Household use only | 0.22 km | 200 ft | — | 5.5 gpm | 1974-11-14 |
| 77123- | Household use only | 0.29 km | 115 ft | — | — | 1974-12-03 |
| 5569-AD | Household use only | 0.3 km | — | — | — | — |
| 5570-AD | Household use only | 0.33 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.