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Well permit 70281-
Well permit · receipt 9087375 · 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 | 140.0 ft |
| Driller | DON STEWART & SON DRILLING (STEWART, DONALD D) |
| Permit issued | 1973-07-26 |
| Well completed | 1973-01-20 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-01-20 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.50341, -105.02143 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T29.0 S R68.0 W S20SWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 247556- | Domestic, Stock | 0.23 km | 511 ft | — | — | 2003-05-15 |
| 247557- | Domestic, Stock | 0.34 km | 451 ft | — | — | 2003-06-20 |
| 50567- | Domestic, Stock | 0.36 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1965-05-01 |
| 50569- | Domestic, Stock | 0.36 km | 35 ft | — | — | 1965-05-01 |
| 230594- | Household use only | 0.42 km | — | — | — | — |
| 11071-AD | Irrigation | 0.5 km | — | — | — | — |
| 11072-AD | Irrigation | 0.5 km | — | — | — | — |
| 318363- | Domestic, Stock | 0.63 km | — | — | 5.0 gpm | — |
| 35650-F | Irrigation | 0.65 km | — | — | — | — |
| 312342- | Domestic | 0.76 km | 23 ft | 18 ft | 9.5 gpm | 2019-02-11 |
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.