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Well permit 85997-
Well permit · receipt 9070789 · 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: 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 298.0 ft |
| Driller | KORF, FREDERICK J |
| Permit issued | 1976-09-07 |
| Well completed | 1976-09-18 |
| First beneficial use | 1977-05-24 |
| Permit expires | 1978-09-07 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.65987, -102.51395 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T4.0 S R46.0 W S34SWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12765-FP | Irrigation | 0.76 km | 274 ft | — | — | 1968-12-01 |
| 85195- | Stock | 0.98 km | 258 ft | — | — | 1976-09-06 |
| 33002- | Stock | 0.99 km | 264 ft | — | — | 1968-02-20 |
| 96102-VE | Domestic, Stock | 1.22 km | 280 ft | — | 20.0 gpm | 1996-04-09 |
| 195794- | Domestic, Stock | 1.22 km | 200 ft | — | — | — |
| 195794--A | Domestic, Stock | 1.22 km | — | — | — | — |
| 26816- | Domestic | 1.22 km | 188 ft | — | — | 1966-04-04 |
| 125472- | Stock | 1.52 km | 280 ft | — | 20.0 gpm | 1982-05-28 |
| 12647-FP | Irrigation | 1.61 km | 264 ft | — | — | 1968-02-15 |
| 712-AD | Irrigation | 1.65 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.