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Well permit 55153-
Well permit · receipt 9064790 · Division 1 · Water District 1 · 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 (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 | 45.0 ft |
| Driller | LESH DRILLING INC. (LESH JR., ED) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-03 |
| Well completed | 1973-03-10 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-03-10 |
| Well plugged | 2006-07-15 |
Location
| Coordinates | 40.61341, -104.70806 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T8.0 N R65.0 W S31SESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46478- | Domestic, Stock | 0.22 km | 379 ft | — | — | 1971-03-28 |
| 55153--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.25 km | — | — | — | — |
| 55153--A | Domestic | 0.25 km | 40 ft | — | 3.0 gpm | 2006-06-30 |
| 145-GX | Geothermal | 0.3 km | 300 ft | — | — | 2024-02-14 |
| 243501- | Geothermal | 0.41 km | — | — | — | — |
| 52752-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.5 km | 30 ft | — | — | 2014-08-06 |
| 298374- | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.5 km | 30 ft | — | — | 2014-08-06 |
| 298375- | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.5 km | — | — | — | 2014-08-06 |
| 25438-F | Irrigation | 0.56 km | 33 ft | — | — | — |
| 48409- | Domestic | 0.6 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.