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Well permit 23485-
Well permit · receipt 0901858 · 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 | Permit Canceled |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Driller | RAINS, W C |
| Permit issued | 1965-04-23 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.95132, -103.59924 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T24.0 S R55.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29409- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 582 ft | — | — | 1966-12-10 |
| 29248- | Stock | 0.57 km | 538 ft | — | — | 1966-11-05 |
| 91372-VE | Domestic | 0.82 km | 625 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1991-09-22 |
| 162457- | Domestic | 0.82 km | 650 ft | — | — | — |
| 162457--A | Domestic | 0.82 km | 645 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1991-09-22 |
| 161669- | Domestic | 1.06 km | 600 ft | — | — | — |
| 161669--A | Domestic | 1.06 km | 650 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1991-09-25 |
| 96072- | Domestic | 1.11 km | 570 ft | — | — | 1978-02-27 |
| 69-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 1.18 km | 735 ft | — | — | — |
| 73-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 1.18 km | 575 ft | — | — | — |
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.