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Well permit 55157-
Well permit · receipt 9030597 · Division 1 · Water District 9 · 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 Replaced - Abandonment Required |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 223.0 ft |
| Driller | ERNIE'S MOUNTAIN DRILLING INC. (MALOVICH, ERNEST J) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-03 |
| Well completed | 1972-04-13 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-04-28 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.57237, -105.32514 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T5.0 S R71.0 W S34NESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55157--A | Domestic | 0.01 km | 185 ft | — | 12.5 gpm | 1999-06-30 |
| 54623- | Domestic | 0.07 km | 160 ft | — | 3.0 gpm | 1972-06-23 |
| 63117- | Household use only | 0.07 km | 420 ft | — | 2.0 gpm | 1972-08-28 |
| 106427- | Household use only | 0.1 km | — | — | — | — |
| 76207- | Household use only | 0.1 km | — | — | — | — |
| 80428- | Household use only | 0.1 km | — | — | — | — |
| 142195- | Household use only | 0.11 km | 150 ft | — | 6.0 gpm | 1986-01-17 |
| 161442- | Household use only | 0.11 km | 183 ft | — | 8.0 gpm | 1991-11-11 |
| 0010834 | Household use only | 0.15 km | — | — | — | — |
| 55021- | Domestic | 0.15 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.