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Well permit 491-RN-A
Well permit · receipt 0063067 · Division 2 · Water District 17 · Otero 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: Stock (category General Purpose).
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 | General Purpose |
| Total depth | 40.0 ft |
| Driller | KUNAU DRILLING & EXCAVATION (KUNAU, HARVEY) |
| Permit issued | 1986-04-01 |
| Well completed | 1986-03-07 |
| Permit expires | 1988-04-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.10652, -103.93812 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T22.0 S R58.0 W S30SWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 491-RN | Stock | 0.0 km | 25 ft | — | — | — |
| 324722- | Domestic | 0.45 km | 43 ft | 28 ft | — | 2022-01-13 |
| 268152- | Domestic, Stock | 0.45 km | — | — | — | — |
| 282960- | Domestic | 0.64 km | — | — | — | — |
| 4005905-MH | Monitoring Hole (Notice of Intent) | 0.7 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46048-F | Commercial | 0.76 km | 1,550 ft | — | — | 1996-09-21 |
| 83569--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.9 km | — | — | — | — |
| 283374- | Irrigation, Stock | 0.95 km | 47 ft | — | — | — |
| 283374--A | Irrigation, Stock | 0.95 km | — | — | — | — |
| 79355- | Domestic | 1.0 km | 39 ft | — | — | 1975-07-11 |
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.