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Well permit 178-
Well permit · receipt 9024486 · Division 1 · Water District 8 · Jefferson 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 Abandoned |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 69.0 ft |
| Driller | PURDUE, DONALD |
| Permit issued | 1957-08-01 |
| Well completed | 1957-08-05 |
| First beneficial use | 1957-08-05 |
| Well plugged | 1996-10-08 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.52366, -105.25007 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R70.0 W S17SWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 50 ft | — | — | 1957-08-08 |
| 197932- | Domestic | 0.06 km | — | — | — | — |
| 0401131B | Domestic | 0.06 km | — | — | — | — |
| 71048- | Household use only | 0.06 km | 100 ft | — | 6.0 gpm | 1975-08-19 |
| 3949-AD | Household use only | 0.09 km | — | — | — | — |
| 95735--A | Domestic | 0.13 km | 400 ft | — | — | 1977-12-16 |
| 95735- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 400 ft | — | — | 1977-12-16 |
| 178--A | Domestic | 0.14 km | 405 ft | — | 4.0 gpm | 1996-09-13 |
| 81586--A | Household use only | 0.16 km | 625 ft | — | — | 1999-04-26 |
| 73431- | Household use only | 0.16 km | — | — | — | — |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2014-08-27. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.