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Well permit 53694-
Well permit · receipt 9064757 · Division 1 · Water District 3 · Weld 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, Stock (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 | 705.0 ft |
| Driller | LESH DRILLING INC. (LESH JR., ED) |
| Permit issued | 1972-03-21 |
| Well completed | 1972-09-20 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-09-20 |
| Well plugged | 2018-03-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 40.64452, -104.82263 (GPS) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T8.0 N R66.0 W S19NESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53694--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.02 km | 706 ft | 164 ft | 15.0 gpm | 2018-02-07 |
| 237717- | Domestic | 0.58 km | 710 ft | — | 8.0 gpm | 2002-05-10 |
| 218837--A | Domestic | 0.6 km | 580 ft | — | 11.0 gpm | 2001-05-21 |
| 218837- | Domestic | 0.61 km | 600 ft | — | 2.5 gpm | 2000-03-04 |
| 261285- | Household use only | 0.7 km | — | — | — | — |
| 210077- | Domestic | 0.71 km | 593 ft | — | 7.5 gpm | 1998-07-17 |
| 334189- | Household use only | 0.71 km | 600 ft | 85 ft | — | 1998-07-17 |
| 142720--A | Household use only | 0.8 km | 800 ft | 238 ft | — | 2021-07-23 |
| 142720- | Household use only | 0.81 km | 200 ft | — | — | 1986-02-21 |
| 215047- | Domestic | 0.85 km | 310 ft | — | — | 1975-01-10 |
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.