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Well permit 78458-
Well permit · receipt 9112747 · 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 | Permit Expired |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 115.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 1975-03-28 |
| Well completed | 1910-07-07 |
| First beneficial use | 1910-07-07 |
| Permit expires | 1977-03-28 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.20910, -107.73454 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T46.0 N R8.0 W S27NESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19091- | Domestic | 0.16 km | — | — | — | — |
| 19089- | Domestic | 0.16 km | 85 ft | — | — | 1964-04-04 |
| 19090- | Domestic | 0.16 km | 100 ft | — | — | 1964-04-20 |
| 27107- | Domestic | 0.16 km | 106 ft | — | — | 1966-05-04 |
| 11334- | Domestic | 0.56 km | 50 ft | — | — | 1962-04-23 |
| 35390- | Domestic | 0.6 km | 270 ft | — | — | 1968-09-04 |
| 74796- | Domestic, Stock | 0.89 km | — | — | — | — |
| 0230034 | Commercial | 1.46 km | — | — | — | — |
| 253647- | Household use only | 1.47 km | 183 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2004-01-23 |
| 74484- | Domestic | 1.98 km | — | — | — | — |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2026-03-12. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.