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Well permit 56715-
Well permit · receipt 9030698 · Division 1 · Water District 80 · 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 102.0 ft |
| Driller | ERNIE'S MOUNTAIN DRILLING INC. (MALOVICH, ERNEST J) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-12 |
| Well completed | 1972-05-08 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-05-25 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.45593, -105.37933 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T7.0 S R71.0 W S7SWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159223- | Household use only | 0.06 km | 377 ft | — | 2.0 gpm | 1991-05-25 |
| UP10646 | Unknown | 0.16 km | — | — | — | — |
| 52584- | Domestic, Stock | 0.19 km | 300 ft | — | 1.0 gpm | 1972-05-05 |
| 321106- | Domestic, Stock | 0.23 km | 459 ft | 60 ft | 10.0 gpm | 2022-01-12 |
| 137622- | Household use only | 0.24 km | — | — | — | — |
| 150794- | Commercial | 0.24 km | 590 ft | — | — | 1988-11-09 |
| 0001878 | Household use only | 0.26 km | — | — | — | — |
| 112151- | Household use only | 0.28 km | — | — | — | — |
| 81523-F | Household use only | 0.31 km | 952 ft | 225 ft | 10.0 gpm | 2018-01-23 |
| 54553- | Domestic | 0.31 km | 205 ft | — | 4.5 gpm | 1973-09-07 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2026-06-02. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.