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Well permit 78403-
Well permit · receipt 9083851 · Division 2 · Water District 17 · El Paso 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 | 215.0 ft |
| Driller | M & B DRILLING CO. (MATEYKA, JOHN E.) |
| Permit issued | 1975-03-26 |
| Well completed | 1975-04-15 |
| First beneficial use | 1975-04-16 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.72451, -104.23994 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T15.0 S R61.0 W S20SESE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85150- | Domestic, Stock | 0.36 km | 290 ft | — | — | 1976-09-14 |
| 137324- | Domestic | 0.42 km | — | — | — | 1984-10-22 |
| 0247351 | Domestic | 0.43 km | — | — | — | — |
| 101383- | Stock | 0.44 km | 140 ft | — | — | 1978-09-08 |
| 238078- | Domestic | 0.94 km | 535 ft | 320 ft | 6.5 gpm | 2003-02-25 |
| 110286- | Domestic | 0.97 km | 277 ft | — | — | 1979-10-01 |
| 93479-VE | Domestic | 1.02 km | — | — | — | — |
| 106484- | Domestic | 1.02 km | 190 ft | — | — | 1979-04-18 |
| 106484--A | Domestic | 1.02 km | 255 ft | — | — | 1993-12-11 |
| 208729- | Domestic | 1.02 km | 400 ft | — | — | 1998-05-15 |
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.