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Well permit 243806-
Well permit · receipt 0498357A · 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: 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 | 42.0 ft |
| Driller | B & B DRILLING SALES & SERVICE (BECHTOLD, DEAN H.) |
| Permit issued | 2002-09-05 |
| Well completed | 2002-09-20 |
| First beneficial use | 1948-05-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.00031, -103.54796 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R55.0 W S34SESE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243806--A | Domestic | 0.0 km | 40 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2002-09-20 |
| 14327-R | Irrigation | 0.06 km | 30 ft | — | — | — |
| 6891-R-R | Municipal | 0.15 km | 41 ft | — | 1200.0 gpm | 1987-04-20 |
| 14390-R-R | Municipal | 0.15 km | 39 ft | — | 750.0 gpm | 1994-03-07 |
| 14327-R-R | Irrigation | 0.15 km | 40 ft | 15 ft | 500.0 gpm | 2002-09-18 |
| 6891-R | Irrigation | 0.15 km | 42 ft | — | — | 1954-05-30 |
| 14390-R | Municipal | 0.16 km | 45 ft | — | — | 1950-11-30 |
| 7165-AD | Municipal | 0.22 km | — | — | — | — |
| 14391-R-R | Municipal | 0.23 km | 41 ft | — | 860.0 gpm | 1991-09-30 |
| 14391-R | Municipal | 0.23 km | 45 ft | — | — | 1972-10-22 |
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.