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Well permit 198097-
Well permit · receipt 0405831A · 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 Replaced - Abandonment Required |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 300.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 1996-09-11 |
| First beneficial use | 1907-04-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.54373, -106.13035 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T38.0 N R8.0 E S17NWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54578- | Domestic | 0.02 km | 200 ft | — | — | — |
| 96402-VE | Domestic | 0.03 km | — | — | — | — |
| 198097--A | Domestic | 0.03 km | 308 ft | — | — | 1996-09-03 |
| 12370- | Domestic | 0.03 km | 290 ft | — | — | 1962-08-02 |
| 12370--A | Domestic | 0.03 km | 305 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 2004-04-19 |
| 54578--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.04 km | 858 ft | — | — | 1997-12-28 |
| 54578--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.04 km | 858 ft | 3 ft | — | 1997-12-28 |
| 54579- | Domestic | 0.04 km | 300 ft | — | — | — |
| 54577- | Domestic | 0.05 km | 30 ft | — | — | — |
| 344400- | Domestic, Stock | 0.11 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.