Hydrohistorian
Well permit 98853-
Well permit · receipt 9071086 · Division 1 · Water District 49 · Yuma County
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 | 180.0 ft |
| Driller | WELLSTONE INDUSTRIES DBA TWISS & WILSON DRILLING INC (TWISS, RAYMOND L.) |
| Permit issued | 1978-05-22 |
| Well completed | 1978-06-04 |
| First beneficial use | 1978-06-04 |
| Permit expires | 1980-05-22 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.67899, -102.06799 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T4.0 S R42.0 W S28SESE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81962- | Stock | 0.95 km | 160 ft | — | — | 1975-11-02 |
| 285217- | Stock | 1.13 km | 165 ft | — | — | — |
| 285216- | Stock | 1.32 km | 148 ft | — | — | — |
| 79239- | Stock | 1.69 km | 224 ft | — | — | 1975-06-19 |
| 131197- | Stock | 1.92 km | 220 ft | — | — | 1983-07-11 |
| 40733- | Stock | 1.92 km | 163 ft | — | — | 1970-04-20 |
| 14953-FP | Irrigation | 1.96 km | 210 ft | — | 950.0 gpm | 1970-08-10 |
| 313923- | Stock | 1.98 km | 180 ft | 124 ft | 17.6 gpm | 2020-07-29 |
| 98851- | Stock | 2.04 km | 120 ft | — | 4.0 gpm | 1978-05-27 |
| 283242- | Domestic, Stock | 2.13 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.