Hydrohistorian
Well permit 55344-
Well permit · receipt 9087309 · Division 2 · Water District 16 · Huerfano 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, Stock (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 | 28.0 ft |
| Driller | METZ, TOM |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-04 |
| Well completed | 1972-08-21 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-03-23 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.73438, -105.30059 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T27.0 S R71.0 W S2NENW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 148792- | Domestic | 0.15 km | — | — | — | — |
| 87130- | Stock | 0.25 km | 93 ft | — | — | 1976-12-30 |
| 249449- | Domestic | 0.48 km | 226 ft | — | — | 2003-10-21 |
| 245884- | Domestic, Stock | 0.53 km | 44 ft | — | — | — |
| 10-WCB | Domestic | 0.63 km | 37 ft | — | — | — |
| 343330- | Household use only | 0.82 km | — | — | — | — |
| 18060- | Domestic | 0.82 km | 17 ft | — | — | 1963-11-22 |
| 18562- | Domestic | 0.9 km | 38 ft | — | — | 1964-02-17 |
| 23175- | Domestic | 0.9 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1965-04-03 |
| 123913- | Domestic | 0.92 km | 10 ft | — | — | 1948-05-31 |
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.