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Well permit 8298-
Well permit · receipt 9112660 · Division 4 · Water District 68 · Ouray 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 | 770.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1961-06-24 |
| First beneficial use | 1961-06-24 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.15008, -107.71003 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T45.0 N R8.0 W S14NWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 215818- | Domestic | 1.11 km | — | — | — | — |
| 7845- | Domestic | 1.44 km | 4,421 ft | — | — | 1960-10-05 |
| 128728- | Household use only | 1.48 km | — | — | — | — |
| 13-GX | Geothermal | 1.65 km | — | — | — | 2009-10-20 |
| 172758- | Domestic, Stock | 1.66 km | — | — | — | — |
| 141907- | Domestic | 1.73 km | 225 ft | — | — | 1985-10-03 |
| 87786- | Domestic, Stock | 1.8 km | 75 ft | — | — | 1977-01-17 |
| 8700-AD | Commercial | 1.86 km | — | — | — | — |
| 112239- | Domestic | 1.86 km | — | — | — | — |
| 141742- | Household use only | 1.89 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.