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Well permit 20879-
Well permit · receipt 9115010 · 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 | 25.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1964-07-25 |
| First beneficial use | 1964-07-25 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.95354, -105.81987 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T1.0 S R75.0 W S18SWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4005589-MH | Monitoring Hole (Notice of Intent) | 0.25 km | — | — | — | — |
| 11560-AD | Municipal | 0.36 km | — | — | — | — |
| 70406- | Household use only | 0.38 km | 73 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1976-03-18 |
| 251343- | Commercial | 0.41 km | 200 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2003-10-30 |
| 75841-F | Irrigation, Municipal | 0.41 km | 200 ft | — | 50.0 gpm | 2003-10-30 |
| 4005588-MH | Monitoring Hole (Notice of Intent) | 0.44 km | — | — | — | — |
| 34810-F | Municipal | 0.46 km | 122 ft | 2 ft | 69.0 gpm | 1986-11-03 |
| 4000729-MH | Monitoring Hole (Notice of Intent) | 0.48 km | — | — | — | — |
| 4003561-MH | Monitoring Hole (Notice of Intent) | 0.48 km | 45 ft | — | — | 2025-09-26 |
| 341494- | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.48 km | 50 ft | 19 ft | — | 2025-09-26 |
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.