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Well permit 55431-
Well permit · receipt 9115440 · 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 | 293.0 ft |
| Driller | VIRGINIA DRILLING CO. INC. (SHUCK, OTIS C) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-04 |
| Well completed | 1972-09-15 |
| First beneficial use | 1977-07-13 |
Location
| Coordinates | 40.01699, -105.88813 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T1.0 N R76.0 W S27SESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60160- | Domestic | 0.02 km | 193 ft | — | — | 1972-08-30 |
| 163966- | Household use only | 0.06 km | 150 ft | — | — | 1992-05-20 |
| 93482- | Household use only | 0.07 km | 225 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 1977-10-06 |
| 130652- | Household use only | 0.1 km | — | — | — | — |
| 147097- | Household use only | 0.11 km | 155 ft | — | — | 1988-09-20 |
| 152865- | Household use only | 0.11 km | 185 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 1988-12-06 |
| 224705- | Household use only | 0.12 km | 396 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2000-08-17 |
| 55425- | Domestic | 0.15 km | — | — | — | — |
| 34861-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.15 km | 682 ft | — | — | 1998-10-27 |
| 56185- | Domestic | 0.15 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.