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Well permit 68946-
Well permit · receipt 9070186 · Division 1 · Water District 65 · Yuma 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: 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 210.0 ft |
| Driller | TWISS, AARON D. |
| Permit issued | 1973-05-16 |
| Well completed | 1973-05-19 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-05-16 |
Location
| Coordinates | 40.39710, -102.35845 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T5.0 N R45.0 W S15SESE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169232- | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.21 km | 210 ft | — | — | 1994-08-18 |
| 21629-FP | Irrigation | 0.29 km | 350 ft | — | 1200.0 gpm | 1977-03-14 |
| 21638-FP | Irrigation | 0.29 km | 350 ft | — | — | 1977-05-15 |
| 167321- | Commercial | 0.33 km | 380 ft | — | 25.0 gpm | 1992-12-01 |
| 167320- | Commercial | 0.33 km | 380 ft | — | 50.0 gpm | 1992-12-02 |
| 180311- | Domestic | 0.33 km | 380 ft | — | 25.0 gpm | 1992-12-01 |
| 177830- | Commercial | 0.46 km | 380 ft | — | 50.0 gpm | 1994-05-29 |
| 177831- | Domestic | 0.47 km | 320 ft | — | 45.0 gpm | 1994-05-30 |
| 169233- | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.53 km | 210 ft | — | — | 1994-08-18 |
| 21858-FP | Irrigation | 0.59 km | 380 ft | — | — | 1977-09-15 |
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.