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Well permit 51842--A
Well permit · receipt 0438018 · 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, Stock (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 | 124.0 ft |
| Driller | L D SPENCER DRILLING & PUMP (SPENCER, LONNIE D.) |
| Permit issued | 1998-11-06 |
| Well completed | 1999-06-24 |
| Permit expires | 2000-11-06 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.73340, -106.45933 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T40.0 N R5.0 E S8NWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51842- | Domestic | 0.01 km | 83 ft | — | — | 1974-11-01 |
| 170749--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.14 km | 220 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2012-09-09 |
| 51842--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.31 km | 320 ft | 103 ft | 15.0 gpm | 2017-08-09 |
| 170749- | Domestic, Stock | 0.33 km | 102 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1976-01-20 |
| 137078- | Domestic | 0.46 km | 100 ft | — | — | 1985-12-01 |
| 72620--A | Household use only | 0.47 km | 190 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2014-02-03 |
| 72620- | Household use only | 0.5 km | 66 ft | — | — | 1974-04-04 |
| 274185- | Household use only | 0.57 km | — | — | — | — |
| 170806- | Household use only | 0.61 km | — | — | — | — |
| 271960- | Household use only | 0.61 km | 200 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2009-02-10 |
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.