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Well permit 259537-
Well permit · receipt 0528773 · Division 2 · Water District 18 · Las Animas 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 553.0 ft |
| Driller | ROCKY MOUNTAIN WATERWORKS LLC (PHYTHIAN, DONALD L.) |
| Permit issued | 2004-09-30 |
| Well completed | 2006-05-16 |
| Permit expires | 2006-09-30 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.35840, -104.62383 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T31.0 S R65.0 W S12NESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196478- | Domestic | 0.45 km | — | — | — | — |
| 281427- | Domestic | 0.5 km | 763 ft | — | — | 2009-09-09 |
| 282958- | Domestic | 1.13 km | 443 ft | — | — | 2010-05-04 |
| 273297- | Domestic, Stock | 1.41 km | 6 ft | — | — | 2003-07-01 |
| 294014- | Domestic, Stock | 1.87 km | — | — | — | — |
| 225923- | Domestic | 2.42 km | — | — | — | — |
| 232150- | Domestic | 2.55 km | 160 ft | — | — | 2001-04-20 |
| 17323- | Stock | 2.62 km | 250 ft | — | — | 1963-12-02 |
| 215940- | Domestic, Stock | 2.68 km | 120 ft | — | — | 1999-03-30 |
| 165615- | Domestic | 2.7 km | 170 ft | — | — | 1992-07-06 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 2025-09-05. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.