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Well permit 55975-
Well permit · receipt 9115443 · 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 | 97.0 ft |
| Driller | BUENA VISTA DRILLING (SHELTON, WILLIAM L) |
| Permit issued | 1972-04-06 |
| Well completed | 1972-04-10 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-04-10 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.95033, -105.83782 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T1.0 S R76.0 W S24NWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93030-VE | Domestic | 0.03 km | — | — | — | — |
| 44084--A | Household use only | 0.03 km | 103 ft | — | — | 1993-02-19 |
| 44085--A | Domestic | 0.05 km | 105 ft | — | 9.0 gpm | 1993-02-25 |
| 46646- | Domestic | 0.07 km | — | — | — | — |
| 31840- | Domestic | 0.07 km | 92 ft | — | — | 1967-08-25 |
| 44084- | Domestic | 0.07 km | 110 ft | — | — | 1971-01-08 |
| 44085- | Domestic | 0.07 km | 110 ft | — | — | 1971-01-09 |
| 47668- | Domestic | 0.07 km | 95 ft | — | — | 1971-08-16 |
| 49900- | Domestic | 0.07 km | 100 ft | — | — | 1971-11-19 |
| 49901- | Domestic | 0.07 km | 100 ft | — | — | 1971-11-18 |
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.