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Well permit 48809-F
Well permit · receipt 0416568 · Division 3 · Water District 35 · Costilla 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 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 | 300.0 ft |
| Driller | MITCHELL DRILLING CO. (MITCHELL JR., JOHN C.) |
| Permit issued | 1997-10-03 |
| Well completed | 1998-06-18 |
| First beneficial use | 1997-09-17 |
| Permit expires | 1999-10-03 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.40386, -105.35570 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T30.0 S R71.0 W S29SWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46563-F | Domestic | 0.0 km | 180 ft | — | 2.0 gpm | 1997-05-02 |
| 78946-F | Domestic | 0.24 km | 220 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2015-05-10 |
| 68632-F | Domestic | 0.27 km | — | — | — | — |
| 78946-F-R | Domestic | 0.27 km | 300 ft | 160 ft | 10.0 gpm | 2019-04-12 |
| 61278-F | Domestic | 0.32 km | 255 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2004-07-02 |
| 68780-F | Domestic | 0.35 km | 120 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2009-12-01 |
| 43509-F | Household use only | 0.36 km | 230 ft | — | 16.5 gpm | 1994-08-31 |
| 64040-F | Domestic | 0.4 km | 230 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 2006-04-03 |
| 93767- | Domestic | 0.44 km | 165 ft | — | — | 1978-08-09 |
| 66353-F | Domestic | 0.48 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.