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Well permit 5553-
Well permit · receipt 9038334 · Division 1 · Water District 3 · Larimer 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 | 48.0 ft |
| Driller | LESH DRILLING INC. (LESH JR., ED) |
| Permit issued | 1960-04-18 |
| Well completed | 1960-04-30 |
| First beneficial use | 1960-04-30 |
| Permit expires | 1962-04-18 |
Location
| Coordinates | 40.59722, -104.98930 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T7.0 N R68.0 W S3SWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14517-F | Irrigation | 0.17 km | — | — | — | — |
| 4001114-DW | Dewatering Well (Notice of Intent) | 0.23 km | 27 ft | 7 ft | — | 2024-05-15 |
| 4000880-DW | Dewatering Well (Notice of Intent) | 0.24 km | 25 ft | 6 ft | — | 2024-03-06 |
| 4000754-DW | Dewatering Well (Notice of Intent) | 0.36 km | 35 ft | — | — | 2024-01-30 |
| 47392-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.4 km | 140 ft | — | — | 2007-10-16 |
| 35198- | Domestic | 0.4 km | 158 ft | — | — | 1968-09-11 |
| 300892- | Domestic, Stock | 0.5 km | 16 ft | — | — | 2017-05-03 |
| 99533- | Stock | 0.54 km | 35 ft | — | — | 1978-08-23 |
| 35198--A | Domestic | 0.56 km | — | — | — | — |
| 10312-R | Irrigation | 0.56 km | — | — | 225.0 gpm | — |
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.