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Well permit 256970--A
Well permit · receipt 0524455B · 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 | 601.0 ft |
| Driller | TIMBER LINE DRILLING (PFAFFENHAUSER, ROBERT G.) |
| Permit issued | 2004-05-17 |
| Well completed | 2004-09-22 |
| Permit expires | 2006-05-17 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.95288, -103.66032 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T24.0 S R56.0 W S22NENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256970- | Domestic, Stock | 0.15 km | 350 ft | — | — | — |
| 246699- | Domestic, Stock | 0.39 km | 526 ft | — | — | 2003-05-08 |
| 241596- | Domestic, Stock | 0.98 km | 230 ft | — | — | 2002-08-15 |
| 241597- | Domestic, Stock | 1.0 km | 528 ft | — | — | 2002-08-25 |
| 220952- | Stock | 1.04 km | — | — | — | — |
| 3644029 | Domestic, Stock | 1.08 km | — | — | — | — |
| 243994- | Household use only | 1.22 km | 602 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2002-11-11 |
| 71-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 1.38 km | 465 ft | — | — | — |
| 235327- | Domestic, Stock | 1.6 km | 610 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2002-02-20 |
| 91085- | Stock | 1.69 km | 590 ft | — | — | 1977-06-10 |
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.