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Well permit 53771-
Well permit · receipt 9074917 · 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 45.0 ft |
| Driller | TWIN LAKES DRILLING CO. (SCHAFFER, JAMES O) |
| Permit issued | 1972-03-22 |
| Well completed | 1972-04-07 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-06-20 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.80704, -106.10857 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T14.0 S R78.0 W S27NWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30923--A | Domestic | 0.05 km | 61 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 2004-04-19 |
| 65504- | Household use only | 0.07 km | 45 ft | — | 14.5 gpm | 1972-12-08 |
| 46311--A | Domestic | 0.1 km | 93 ft | 40 ft | — | 2017-06-05 |
| 206316- | Household use only | 0.11 km | 75 ft | — | — | 1997-06-03 |
| 135475- | Household use only | 0.12 km | — | — | — | — |
| 70187- | Household use only | 0.12 km | 40 ft | — | — | 1974-07-12 |
| 31443--A | Domestic | 0.14 km | 60 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 2004-05-13 |
| 161183- | Household use only | 0.16 km | 69 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1991-11-29 |
| 89348--A | Household use only | 0.16 km | 80 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2005-04-25 |
| 89348- | Household use only | 0.16 km | 41 ft | — | — | 1977-05-11 |
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.