Hydrohistorian
Well permit 44721-
Well permit · receipt 9074806 · Division 2 · Water District 11 · Chaffee 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 Replaced - Abandonment Required |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 144.0 ft |
| Driller | TWIN LAKES DRILLING CO. (SCHAFFER, JAMES O) |
| Permit issued | 1971-03-05 |
| Well completed | 1972-01-05 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-01-05 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.56192, -105.99006 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T50.0 N R9.0 E S29NENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103636- | Household use only | 0.0 km | 59 ft | — | — | 1981-01-27 |
| 44721--A | Domestic | 0.0 km | 240 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1988-01-08 |
| 343251- | Household use only | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 85515-F | Domestic | 0.01 km | 235 ft | 48 ft | — | 2019-09-04 |
| 313078- | Household use only | 0.01 km | 235 ft | 48 ft | 12.0 gpm | 2019-09-04 |
| 100959- | Household use only | 0.07 km | 165 ft | — | — | 1978-08-31 |
| 145091- | Household use only | 0.08 km | 155 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1987-10-24 |
| 328977- | Household use only | 0.1 km | 200 ft | 45 ft | — | 2023-03-30 |
| 156437- | Household use only | 0.13 km | — | — | — | — |
| 163643- | Household use only | 0.13 km | 200 ft | — | — | 1992-12-31 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2011-09-29. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.