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Well permit 59178-
Well permit · receipt 9074954 · 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 | 99.0 ft |
| Driller | TWIN LAKES DRILLING CO. (SCHAFFER, JAMES O) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-28 |
| Well completed | 1972-05-12 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-01-10 |
| Permit expires | 1974-04-28 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.84882, -106.18593 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T14.0 S R79.0 W S11SENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 299929- | Household use only | 0.08 km | 220 ft | — | — | 2016-01-27 |
| 63367-F | Domestic | 0.12 km | 225 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 2005-11-21 |
| 83563-F | Domestic | 0.12 km | 198 ft | 148 ft | 11.5 gpm | 1980-03-14 |
| 97917- | Household use only | 0.12 km | 198 ft | — | 11.5 gpm | 1980-03-14 |
| 59178--A | Domestic | 0.13 km | 176 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1987-12-08 |
| 239654- | Household use only | 0.18 km | 218 ft | — | — | 2002-04-30 |
| 67415-F | Household use only | 0.19 km | 160 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1985-03-31 |
| 96884- | Household use only | 0.19 km | 186 ft | — | — | 1979-05-09 |
| 57638-F | Domestic | 0.2 km | 218 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 2002-04-30 |
| 26423-F | Household use only | 0.25 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.