Hydrohistorian
Well permit 55780-
Well permit · receipt 9087318 · 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: 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 | 10.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 1974-11-08 |
| Well completed | 1973-07-31 |
| First beneficial use | 1974-07-15 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.41545, -104.99728 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T30.0 S R68.0 W S27NWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55785- | Stock | 0.07 km | 10 ft | — | — | 1973-07-31 |
| 55789- | Other | 0.1 km | 12 ft | — | — | 1973-07-31 |
| 55777- | Domestic, Stock | 0.23 km | 10 ft | — | — | 1974-07-14 |
| 55787- | Domestic | 0.27 km | 10 ft | — | — | 1973-07-31 |
| 55782- | Domestic | 0.64 km | — | — | — | — |
| 55770- | Stock | 0.66 km | — | — | — | — |
| 55781- | Domestic | 0.85 km | — | — | — | — |
| 55773- | Domestic | 0.89 km | — | — | — | — |
| 55771- | Domestic, Stock | 1.14 km | 11 ft | — | — | 1973-07-31 |
| 55784- | Domestic, Stock | 1.18 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.