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Well permit 253639-
Well permit · receipt 0516660 · 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, 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 1101.0 ft |
| Driller | CAN-AMERICA DRILLING, INC. (ARDE, WAYNE A.) |
| Permit issued | 2003-10-22 |
| Well completed | 2003-11-18 |
| Permit expires | 2005-10-22 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.03801, -103.81885 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R57.0 W S20NWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243598- | Stock | 0.29 km | — | — | — | — |
| 10228- | Domestic, Stock | 0.43 km | 1,114 ft | — | — | 1962-02-02 |
| 4055-F | Commercial | 0.8 km | 825 ft | — | — | 1963-05-25 |
| 33378- | Domestic | 0.8 km | 50 ft | — | — | 1968-04-08 |
| 68-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 1.22 km | 22 ft | — | — | — |
| 0274269A | Domestic | 1.24 km | — | — | — | — |
| 247321- | Domestic | 1.61 km | 110 ft | — | — | 2003-07-29 |
| 95519- | Domestic, Stock | 2.0 km | 20 ft | — | — | 1978-01-10 |
| 286666- | Other | 2.21 km | — | — | — | — |
| 252296- | Domestic, Stock | 2.29 km | — | — | — | — |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2004-03-24. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.