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Well permit 89871--A
Well permit · receipt 0235463 · Division 3 · Water District 20 · Rio Grande 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 | 50.0 ft |
| Driller | IRRIGATION & CONT. SPEC. (MERRIFIELD, CLAUDE) |
| Permit issued | 1983-08-30 |
| Well completed | 1983-04-26 |
| First beneficial use | 1983-04-28 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.69314, -106.56119 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T40.0 N R4.0 E S20SESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89871- | Domestic | 0.01 km | 50 ft | — | — | 1940-06-01 |
| 48248-F | Household use only | 0.28 km | 60 ft | — | — | 1997-11-15 |
| 119771- | Domestic | 0.4 km | 64 ft | — | — | 1981-08-04 |
| 330882- | Household use only | 0.4 km | 325 ft | 60 ft | — | 2024-03-04 |
| 50777- | Domestic | 0.41 km | — | — | — | — |
| 330881- | Household use only | 0.42 km | — | — | — | — |
| 322777- | Domestic | 0.56 km | 265 ft | 60 ft | 15.0 gpm | 2021-07-19 |
| 203435- | Domestic | 0.58 km | 80 ft | — | — | 1998-12-03 |
| 52599-F | Household use only | 0.58 km | 150 ft | — | — | 2000-06-05 |
| 90630-F | Domestic, Stock | 0.59 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.