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Well permit 97915-
Well permit · receipt 9075639 · 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 | 341.0 ft |
| Driller | TWIN LAKES DRILLING CO. (SCHAFFER, JAMES O) |
| Permit issued | 1978-04-25 |
| Well completed | 1978-07-05 |
| First beneficial use | 1978-07-05 |
| Permit expires | 1980-04-25 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.89006, -106.20897 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T13.0 S R79.0 W S27NWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56961- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 340 ft | — | — | — |
| 309746- | Household use only | 0.18 km | 520 ft | 350 ft | 7.0 gpm | 2018-07-26 |
| 160775- | Household use only | 0.24 km | 520 ft | — | 7.5 gpm | 1991-08-20 |
| 61786-F | Domestic | 0.24 km | 385 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2005-07-27 |
| 160774- | Household use only | 0.29 km | 520 ft | — | — | 1991-08-15 |
| 103855- | Household use only | 0.31 km | — | — | — | — |
| 312616- | Household use only | 0.31 km | — | — | — | — |
| 72630- | Household use only | 0.31 km | 385 ft | — | 7.0 gpm | 1974-02-07 |
| 93118-VE | Household use only | 0.33 km | — | — | — | — |
| 74297- | Household use only | 0.33 km | 355 ft | — | 8.0 gpm | 1974-06-01 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2007-12-31. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.