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Well permit 42417-
Well permit · receipt 9117170 · Division 5 · Water District 38 · Pitkin 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 | 220.0 ft |
| Driller | MOUNTAIN DRILLING CO. (MCVEY, ORA) |
| Permit issued | 1970-08-06 |
| Well completed | 1970-08-17 |
| First beneficial use | 1970-08-17 |
Location
| Coordinates | 39.26770, -106.96610 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T9.0 S R86.0 W S14NESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 344416- | Household use only | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 21864-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.28 km | — | — | — | — |
| 179419- | Household use only | 0.28 km | 140 ft | — | — | 1994-08-11 |
| 292312- | Household use only | 0.28 km | — | — | — | — |
| 99631--A | Household use only | 0.29 km | 380 ft | — | — | 2016-10-07 |
| 99631- | Household use only | 0.3 km | 90 ft | — | — | 1978-06-27 |
| 156219- | Household use only | 0.31 km | 104 ft | — | 4.0 gpm | — |
| 97167- | Household use only | 0.36 km | — | — | — | — |
| 187392- | Household use only | 0.4 km | 160 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1995-07-31 |
| 187392--A | Household use only | 0.4 km | 300 ft | — | 6.5 gpm | 2000-09-25 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2023-10-05. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.