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Well permit 94117-
Well permit · receipt 0913168 · 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 | Permit Expired |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Driller | HOWERTON WATER WELLS (HOWERTON, HOWARD H.) |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.97144, -103.57853 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T24.0 S R55.0 W S9NWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 341581- | Household use only | 0.27 km | 720 ft | 240 ft | — | 2026-03-25 |
| 649-RN | Domestic, Stock | 0.29 km | 575 ft | — | — | 1955-11-10 |
| 341918- | Household use only | 0.32 km | 705 ft | 235 ft | — | 2026-05-01 |
| 216745- | Domestic, Stock | 0.4 km | 570 ft | — | — | — |
| 155532- | Domestic, Stock | 0.42 km | 555 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 1989-06-15 |
| 159477- | Domestic, Stock | 0.42 km | 555 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1989-06-15 |
| 142283- | Domestic | 0.49 km | 560 ft | — | — | 1986-03-05 |
| 72-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.57 km | 575 ft | — | — | — |
| 100-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.57 km | 110 ft | — | — | — |
| 183-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.57 km | 477 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.