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Well permit 59179-
Well permit · receipt 9074955 · 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 | 35.0 ft |
| Driller | TWIN LAKES DRILLING CO. (SCHAFFER, JAMES O) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-28 |
| Well completed | 1972-07-28 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-07-28 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.53333, -106.02661 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T49.0 N R8.0 E S1NENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47059- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1971-12-02 |
| 74619- | Domestic | 0.05 km | — | — | — | — |
| 68067-F | Domestic | 0.06 km | 100 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2009-06-29 |
| 59998-F | Domestic | 0.07 km | 103 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2003-09-10 |
| 128457--A | Domestic | 0.1 km | 120 ft | 40 ft | 12.0 gpm | 2021-10-14 |
| 67177-F | Domestic | 0.11 km | 110 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2008-06-03 |
| 64747-F | Domestic | 0.12 km | 100 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2007-06-04 |
| 75439-F | Domestic | 0.12 km | 50 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2011-10-19 |
| 76216-F | Domestic | 0.13 km | 145 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 2012-09-05 |
| 68672-F | Domestic, Stock | 0.16 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.