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Well permit 51863-
Well permit · receipt 9103923 · Division 3 · Water District 20 · Mineral 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 | 35.0 ft |
| Driller | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING & SUPP. (BURK, COY) |
| Permit issued | 1972-02-29 |
| Well completed | 1972-08-31 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-08-31 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.78560, -106.99610 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T41.0 N R1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51866- | Domestic | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 51867- | Domestic | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 12180-AD | Household use only | 0.13 km | — | — | — | — |
| 51048-F | Municipal | 0.13 km | 31 ft | — | — | 1973-06-14 |
| 51048-F-R | Commercial | 0.13 km | 52 ft | — | 25.0 gpm | 2013-11-07 |
| 12179-AD | Household use only | 0.14 km | — | — | — | — |
| 51049-F | Municipal | 0.14 km | 31 ft | — | — | 1973-06-14 |
| 242319--A | Domestic | 0.2 km | 440 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2004-10-19 |
| 51864--A | Domestic | 0.23 km | 140 ft | 35 ft | 15.0 gpm | 2023-10-19 |
| 242319- | Domestic | 0.24 km | 500 ft | — | — | — |
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.