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Well permit 61285-
Well permit · receipt 9030899 · 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 | 500.0 ft |
| Driller | ERNIE'S MOUNTAIN DRILLING INC. (MALOVICH, ERNEST J) |
| Permit issued | 1972-05-26 |
| Well completed | 1974-08-07 |
| First beneficial use | 1974-08-21 |
| Well plugged | 1981-05-22 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.50657, -105.27332 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T6.0 S R70.0 W S30NWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53191- | Domestic | 0.12 km | 120 ft | — | 10.7 gpm | 1972-05-31 |
| 97970- | Household use only | 0.12 km | 470 ft | — | 0.5 gpm | 1978-07-25 |
| 121221- | Household use only | 0.13 km | 505 ft | — | — | 1981-11-16 |
| 55798--A | Household use only | 0.13 km | 420 ft | — | — | 1989-10-18 |
| 55798- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 280 ft | — | — | 1989-10-18 |
| 64036- | Household use only | 0.13 km | 290 ft | — | — | 1972-09-26 |
| 84718- | Household use only | 0.17 km | 160 ft | — | — | 1976-11-24 |
| 88198- | Household use only | 0.17 km | 240 ft | 60 ft | 9.8 gpm | 1977-03-05 |
| 138709- | Household use only | 0.22 km | — | — | — | — |
| 88198--A | Household use only | 0.22 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.