Hydrohistorian
Well permit 72172-
Well permit · receipt 9123084 · Division 7 · Water District 33 · La Plata 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 | 300.0 ft |
| Driller | HOLGATE DRILLING CO. (HOLGATE, MERLE) |
| Permit issued | 1973-10-26 |
| Well completed | 1974-10-25 |
| First beneficial use | 1974-10-25 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.16925, -108.12910 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T34.0 N R12.0 W S27NENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72172--A | Domestic | 0.26 km | — | — | — | — |
| 144094- | Domestic | 0.28 km | 410 ft | — | — | 1987-10-13 |
| 115439- | Domestic | 0.37 km | 124 ft | — | — | 1980-07-24 |
| 115439--A | Domestic | 0.37 km | 90 ft | — | — | 1998-08-26 |
| 165736- | Domestic | 0.46 km | 280 ft | — | — | 1993-04-16 |
| 209576- | Domestic | 0.48 km | 70 ft | — | — | 1998-08-28 |
| 6284-AD | Industrial | 0.59 km | — | — | — | — |
| 21197-F | Industrial | 0.59 km | 830 ft | — | — | 1976-08-27 |
| 155595- | Domestic, Stock | 0.63 km | 20 ft | — | — | — |
| 155595--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.63 km | 100 ft | — | — | 1989-10-04 |
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.