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Well permit 12940-
Well permit · receipt 9114929 · Division 5 · Water District 51 · Grand 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 | 64.0 ft |
| Driller | BUENA VISTA DRILLING (SHELTON, WILLIAM L) |
| Permit issued | 1962-09-21 |
| Well completed | 1962-08-27 |
| First beneficial use | 1962-08-27 |
Location
| Coordinates | 40.09311, -105.94102 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T2.0 N R76.0 W S31SENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45266- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 60 ft | — | — | 1947-05-01 |
| 10-WCB | Commercial | 0.0 km | 51 ft | — | — | 1954-05-23 |
| 140603- | Commercial | 0.04 km | 65 ft | — | — | 1978-05-10 |
| 89275- | Household use only | 0.12 km | 65 ft | — | — | 1978-05-10 |
| 8869-AD | Irrigation | 0.15 km | — | — | — | — |
| 13199-AD | Domestic | 0.19 km | — | — | — | — |
| 3653882 | Commercial | 0.25 km | — | — | — | — |
| 131805- | Household use only | 0.25 km | 60 ft | — | — | 1983-09-05 |
| 131805--A | Household use only | 0.25 km | 250 ft | — | — | 2009-02-10 |
| 158295- | Household use only | 0.27 km | 70 ft | — | 11.0 gpm | 1991-07-04 |
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.